Farewell Christmas Lights

Our street is still cheered by the warm glow of Christmas lights on the houses at night. I like them lighting up the snow. In only a handful of days they will be switched off – to be taken down later when it’s a little less like a freezer outside. Still, the Christmas festivities will…

One axe murderer, two petrol heads…and an overactive imagination

The last couple of months I’ve been suffering from hesitancy to post. The long winter seemed to have frozen my brain and I worried that I couldn’t possibly say anything of interest to anyone. I read a lot of blogs, better written blogs, and got into a trough of negative comparison which is never a…

Snow what? It’s Christmas.

Can it be post Christmas Day already? After a month where my existence seemed to consist of work, eat, sleep, shop and bake, it hardly seems possible that we’re done. I’m a big fan of the days between Christmas and New Year – though I have had to go to work on a couple of…