Desperate Reader

It's a depressingly common thing to mock recipe blogs for not getting straight to the point and it's always annoyed me. There's ...

Whilst the weather is cool I've been knitting in most of my spare time which means I'm somewhat behind on the reading - although the...

I like Jane Austen's books a lot but will admit to being a little bit bemused by the industry that has sprung up around her life and wor...

I can't believe it's Friday again, but it is and so it's time to update my jumper diary - very much for my own benefit, so bear ...

One of my favourite kitchen gadgets is an ice cream maker - and if I had more space and cash I'd get myself a really decent one. The che...

It's been a busy couple of weeks with quite a few deadlines in it, heat which I don't cope well in to contend with, and the great ju...

I don't know if it's my age, general state of mind, the last year and a bit, the influence of my partner - who does not care for clu...

It's been a strange sort of week, full of distractions, deadlines, stress, and to balance it all a few nicer things as well. I have almo...

The second volume of the Shetland Wool Adventures Journal has landed with me today (I've been scanning the post for this for the last we...

This time it's about beginnings rather than the finished object. For a very long time - two, maybe three, years I've been dithering ...