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Dangerous Women ( 5 star )
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Caste: The Origins of our Discontents (5 star)
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Date and Orange Loaf
This is the cake I baked for my birthday today (it's an old recipe so in imperial measurements):
Date and Orange Loaf
8 oz chopped dates
4 fl oz water
6 oz soft brown sugar
3 oz margerine
Grated rind of one orange
2 tablespoons orange juice
1 egg
8 oz self-raising flour
1 rounded teaspoon cinnnamon
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John Taverner's Annunciation
I've just been to the Advent Carol Service in Winchester Cathedral. I haven't been for a few years, but it has wonderful singing. The main reason I wanted to go was I expected them to use the Annunciation Anthem by John Taverner who died recently.
They did and it was just as stunning as I remembered. The words are taken from St Luke:
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Ornamental Turning
I was taking some photographs yesterday for the Etsy shop and decided to also photograph my collection of Ornamental Turned boxes. I'm very keen on wooden objects since they're so tactile and the grain of the wood can be very attractive, and I have several turned pieces of wood ( Read more... ) -
Winchester Meeting House Refurbishment
We're still raising money for the Meeting House refurbishment which is underway at the moment, and which looks like it will come in on time. Like to help for free?
If you ever buy online, consider signing up for Easyfunding.org. Each time you go to a site through Easyfunding and buy something the company will give a small percentage of the sale to ( Read more... ) -
A Landmark Photo
For the last couple of months there's been a Landmark Trust Photography Competition to find pictures for next year's calendar. I entered a few photographs and was delighted to hear today that this picture of Swarkestone Pavilion is going to be used for January. I must admit every time I look at it, I think I should have got all of the tree in, but ( Read more... ) -
More Olympics
Another photo since this was so funny. Art installation on torch route of that little-known ancient Olympic sport: the egg-and-spoon race.
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Lots of loans!
I just made my 250th loan with Kiva.
