I couldn’t believe my eyes a couple of months back when I got an email from the Communications Officer of my local Royal College of Nursing branch asking me if I’d mind if they did a feature in the weekly Bulletin about me! Of course I snapped up the offer, after all as Brendan Behan’s [...]
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Mmm? A post about potatoes and the first thing seen is a loaf of bread, now that can’t be right can it? Well, yes it can, wait for it, drum roll please … potato bread! Potato bread comes in lots of different guises, this one incorporates mashed potatoes into a yeasted dough which is then [...]
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I realise I’m very late posting this but last Friday was Children in Need day, but it’s not too late for donations at all, so I don’t feel so bad in being so late. Children in Need is an event run by the BBC – each year since 1980, the BBC has set aside one evening [...]
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First off, a wee apology for being such a lame blogger of late. It’s been over a week since my last post and I can’t believe how much I’ve missed writing here. The reason for my lack of communcation? I’ve been working what feels like pretty much permanent nights so I’ve had very little time to write [...]
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Recently I’ve been wondering if my blog is really up to scratch, if I’m doing well or if I’m just coasting along. Maybe it’s because I’ve reached the one year of blogging mark (this always appears to get us bloggers contemplating doesn’t it) or maybe it’s got something to do with me getting turned down [...]
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There is something so mystifying about Moroccan food which I love, especially at this time of year when the days are getting shorter and the nights colder, ‘exotic’ food can bring the idea of warmth and comfort so easily and Moroccan food is right there at the centre of it for me. Contrary to popular [...]
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You might remember sometime back that I mentioned my Dad was away in Germany on a business trip, well I’ve finally managed to get round to blogging about it. My Dad works for ThyssenKrupp Stainless UK Ltd, a company who have branches throughout Europe including Germany, hence the trip. Despite my Dad not having all [...]
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May the road rise up to meet you, May the wind be ever at your back, May the sun shine warm upon your face, And the rain fall softly on your fields, And until we meet again, May God hold you in the hollow of his hand. It is with great sadness that I write [...]
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