The index card is yellowed and crumbling, my mother's handwriting almost illegible as the ink has faded over the years. But the recipe for my grandmother's biscuits is still good.

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Twenty years ago today I created this account. I've hardly posted here in the longest time but I couldn't let the anniversary go past without acknowledgement. So much has happened in the interim - moved interstate, changed jobs, changed employers, changed jobs again. A daughter in law and two grandchildren have come into my life ( Read more... )

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Has anyone read any of The Witcher books? I bought the first one, expecting it to be all blood and gore, and was surprised to find it was much more than that. This led to me buying the next book The Blood of Elves which I also enjoyed. I plan on reading the rest of the books once I get through my current TBR pile ( Read more... )

So the govt is saying that due to shortages, the Pfizer vaccine may not be here as early as next month as originally proposed, and we may need to wait a bit longer. I don't see that as a drama - it's not like Australia has a pressing need at this point, and the govt has already said that it's unlikely that the ban on overseas travel will be lifted ( Read more... )

It was nice to see that John Barrowman dropped in on Ianto's shrine at Mermaid Quay last weekend - https://metro.co.uk/2021/01/16/torchwoods-john-barrowman-breaks-hearts-with-visit-to-iantos-shrine-13914288/"> story here . Nicer still to know that the shrine is still there, all these years later ( Read more... )

For Ali15son
Had to dig out an old portable drive to find this - hope it helps.


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For the first time since 2012 I couldn't get a Sherlock calendar from amazon.com this year. There was one on the UK site but they won't post to Australia, and it wasn't available on the Australian site. I thought I'd be clever and went back through all my old Sherlock calendars until I found one where  January 1st was a Friday, and 2016 seemed to ( Read more... )

What terrible scenes coming out of the US today; the result of a total narcissist stoking the cult of personality to the limits. I've heard that the US economy was doing well until Covid hit, and that a lot of people believe Trump made their lives better - but to try and overturn the principles of democracy is just shocking. I sincerely fear for ( Read more... )