Over the past few days I’ve felt that familiar tickle in my nose. My sinuses are preparing to batten down the hatches. My eyes watering at the prospect of bees, grass seed, gentle breezes and copious amounts air-borne pollen. Am I worried? Hell no! Summer’s a comin’. A quick visit…
View PostGive me all of the chocolate, anytime, anywhere. I am a self-confessed, beyond help chocaholic. It just kinda makes me happy. Chocolate says ‘I love you’ so much better than a carrot in my world. It’s nothing personal carrot – it’s me, not you. But what to do when you…
View PostCharles Schulz, one of the most influential cartoonists of all time, gave us Peanuts, Charlie Brown and Snoopy. You don’t draw 18,000 strips of cartoon over 50 years without knowing what’s what. This man speaks sense. I present to you Exhibit A: “All you need is love. But a little chocolate…
View PostThe witching hour by definition is a time, deep into the evening, at which creatures such as witches, demons, ghosts, and gremlins are thought to appear and to be at their most powerful. Black magic is thought to be most effective at this time. We have a witching hour round ours. Usually…
View PostLast night there was an epic stand-off between a bar of dark chocolate and I. No matter what I did I just kept meeting his gaze across the room. There he was just strutting his stuff around my counter top, all sea salt and caramel. No respect for the…
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