I’m told that ‘aglio e olio’ means ‘garlic and oil’ in Italian and there’s not a whole else besides in this dish. I found the recipe in a vegetarian cookbook, but I’m sure its one of those that can – and has – been amended according to taste and availability of ingredients. My version was…
Today is Motor Neuron Disease (MND) Global Awareness Day. What is that, you ask? Here’s some information from the MND website: Every year since 1997, the International Alliance has celebrated 21 June as the global day of recognition of ALS/MND – a disease that affects people in every country of the globe. June 21 is a…
A few months ago MILO sent us a fantastic kit of sporting gear so the kids could get outside in the spirit of the active play campaign. This kits contains such things as a soccer net, balls, cones and a pump (handy!). You can see what it looks like in the photo below, used with…
June! Winter! Time to retreat indoors, under the blankets or with a hot water bottle, and do some heavy-duty reading. Or is that just me? Anyway. To continue… The Master and Margarita is by Russian author Mikhail Bulgakov. I was not familiar with this novel before I picked it up, but neither was the rest…
This morning, thanks to Disney, we went along with a whole bunch of other bloggers and guests to an advance screening of the new Pixar movie, Brave. There was highland dancing, bagpipes and the usual mega-long queue for face-painting. The children were much more patient than I ever would’ve been and waited their turn; Riley…
I was investigating The Commons the other day when I was inspired by some of the photographs I saw of women reading, and thought I’d make a post of these. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did. 1881 circa 1890 circa 1903 1908 1912 circa 1913 circa 1918 circa 1923 circa 1935…
Some afternoons, be they on a weekend or after a long working day, call – nay, beg – for taking some time out to relax. Such was the feeling I had recently, when I retired to the bathroom with a book, a drink and very stern instructions that I was not to be interrupted, no…
I got a big shock when I looked back to find that the last time I’d done a ‘One Recipe a Week’ post for my Living List (spoiler alert: that little baby is going to really heat up over the next two months) was about nine weeks ago. I figured that this long weekend would…
Edited to add: Look, guys, what happened over the weekend. Names! Fabulous names! And more than a hundred dollars added to the cause. This is why I love blogging. The running is hard, but the help is outstanding. * I’m supposed to be running a half marathon in a little over five weeks. Um,…
