I rolled up in church yesterday morning wearing one of my Southbanks, as I generally do in the winter; and the pastor's wife, who's learning to sew at the moment, observed that it must have been very hard to sew. It's a good quality
I touched on this matter in passing when I was talking about stage costuming in an earlier post, but it is worth going into quite a lot more detail here, because it's important for... well, basically, anyone with boobs. And this is something I do know quite a
You remember that American recipe book that had the recipe for the clafoutis that it took me four attempts to get to work properly? It also had one for a banana loaf, which was, rather mysteriously, filed under "breakfast". (Indeed, a surprising amount of things we'd
I first came across the soma cube many years ago; I can't recall exactly how old I was at the time, but I would have been anywhere up to my early teens, because I wasn't yet old enough to be allowed to spend my pocket money
I can't recall at what point I decided that Porthos' Christmas present this year was going to be a cuddly dragon, but it was quite early - I definitely knew before I went to the concert at the beginning of October, because I remember telling his mother
in 2007 my sister got married. And that was great, all the more so because I was in fact the one who'd introduced her to her husband - although I really hadn't expected what would happen. He was (and is) very quiet, and my sister is
It occurs to me that I haven't yet talked about the process I go through when I'm choosing a pattern; and it's probably worth doing that, because that process is going to be a bit different for everyone. And, as it happens, I chose
I can't remember exactly why Porthos wanted a frock coat. I mean, yes, he is a semi-pro countertenor (and a very good one at that), so he does sing on the stage; but I'm fairly sure it wasn't for that. But, anyway, for whatever
Back in 2011 I won a very welcome and unexpected prize. It was a trip to the Bath Fashion Museum, courtesy of Your Wardrobe Unlock'd (I would love to link them, but it appears they're no longer running, which is very sad because what they did
When I started using Linux, which is quite a long time ago now, I wanted some games that would run on it, because I'd been used to playing the standard Windows games like Minesweeper (at which I was pretty good). And almost the first game I found turned
I know, I know. It's way too early to start thinking about Christmas decorations. We're barely even into Advent. But if I do this post now and you get inspired by it, then it means you have time to get your supplies in. You don'
I was almost 14 when Blake's 7 first aired, and I'm eternally grateful that we were allowed to watch it. The thing was, Mum wanted to watch it, so it was fine. If she hadn't, we would not have been, because it started during