Chocolate Cake in a Mug
Friday started out sunny – I tried to make the children go out in the garden but they were set on staying in the house with the toys and the books and the computer and television – but then the sky...
View ArticleDiet sabotage
I would like to point out that sticking to a diet is very difficult when your fourteen-year-old daughter wants to be a pastry chef and insists on practicing her skills. Last weekend, chocolate fudge...
View Article2010 was the year…
2010 was the year… I finished Blood of the Volcano and sold it (yay!) to my new editor at Samhain. It’s nervewracking sending in a new book, it’s more nervewracking sending it to a new editor, and it’s...
View ArticleWorld of baking
So, I bought Abstract a breadmaker for Christmas, and it’s what you might call a huge success. He’s baked bread nearly every day since (fortunately, Gloworm bought him two big boxes of bread mix) and...
View ArticlePeaceful Saturday
I took Sparkler to her dance and drama thing this morning, then went and had my Oatso Simple and latte in Mcdonald’s with my laptop, and worked on the Secret Project. In the afternoon Abstract and...
View ArticleSpiced cider
It’s a horrid cold day here – no frost or anything interesting, just that damp cold that goes all the way through you. I felt bad for my daughters having to come home from the bus stop in the cold, so...
View ArticleCheesemaking
As a fun new endeavour (that might…or might not…save us money), we’re trying out cheesemaking. This is Abstract heating up unhomogenized, full-cream milk to 32 degrees C exactly. This is the heated...
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