So I had the feast dream last night. This one was a bit different from the usual one. Normally, in the feast dream, I turn up to the hall only to discover that I've somehow neglected to bring most of the food with me, or we don't have all the proper gear, or are in some other way seriously disorganised and we have to muddle through and scrape ( Read more... )

One feature (a feature, not a bug) of Hashimoto's thyroiditis, which is the kind I happen to have, is that every so often it does a complete turn around and makes you hyperthyroid for a bit. Which is what seems to be happening at the moment ( Read more... )

Before Nostradamus was a visionary, he was an apothecary (perhaps he imbibed just a few too many of his wares), and he wrote a book of perfumes and medicines. Some kind person has translated it and now you too can make Nostradamus laxative rose syrup. It's probably better for you than the hellbears.

I have this pair of trousers I think of as my 'hobbit pants'. This is because they are brown linen 3/4 length pants that look a lot like what Frodo wears in the LOTR movie. They are also two sizes too big for me and so very comfortable and great in hot weather. I was wearing them last weekend. Then on Sunday afternoon I sat down on the sofa and ( Read more... )

No, actually five. A meme, actually, from irreparable. If you want me to give you five topics/questions then say so in the comments.

My five:

1. What's your favourite board game?
It's probably a game called Arkham Asylum, which is a cooperative game in which the players travel around the town of Arkham trying to stop one of the Great Old Ones from arising (and ( Read more... )

Here are a few of the recipes from Midwinter....actually this is kind of long, so they are now behind a cut...

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Tomorrow I go to work. Thursday I go shopping. Friday I am cooking. And then it's feast day.

I have this weird feeling like it's all been too easy, but I think it's just paranoia. I've done this too many times before.
Not too many times for something to go hideously wrong of course, but often enough that the planning stages don't really cause me much ( Read more... )

I used to pride myself on not being allergic to anything except myself ( Read more... )