Comfort is a matter that has been touched on over the last several few posts and I am not certain what is left to write about on that topic. We love our van and the travels that we undertake in it. It’s quite comfortable, as motorhomes go, and the bed offers us a reasonable night’s …
Monthly archives: December 2020
December Reflectons 20: Best Book of 2020
If asked, I would shamefully have admitted to having read virtually nothing this year. I picked up a book a couple of nights ago and am thoroughly enjoying it. My tendency is always to believe that my latest book is the best that I have read in the year and this time I honestly believed …
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December reflections 19: I said Goodbye To
Last year we lost my delightful Father-in-Law, the year previously we bid farewell to my lovely Mother-in-Law. This year we have lost nobody. Covid-19 has touched us only with a late report of my Brother-in-Law’s infection and he happily has recovered. A good year for us, by comparison to that experienced by other people. Although …
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December REFLECTIONS 18: I said Hello To…
It has been a funny old year and I cannot claim to have said “Hello” to many new people in the past 12 months. One chance meeting does however stand out in my mind. I belong to a Facebook Group that concerns itself with cooking on the go – meaning by and large, in Motorhomes …
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December Reflections 17: Things I Missed
Much of what I have missed in 2020 has been covered by the prompts so far and I don’t plan to dwell on any of it. It is clear to any reader how much I (we) have missed our travels and that we really missed going to Portugal this winter. I wrote yesterday of my …
Swirly
Who remembers these? Duchesse The epitome of dinner party sophistication back in the 70s – the Duchesse Potato. Very “Cordon Bleu”. I first made them in the A-Level Domestic Science room circa 1970. I have made many Duchesses in my time, though not these particular examples. I became very adept at piping Duchesses, as well …