Last year, 2024, I had a go at growing mooli, (a really long white radish), I fancied mooli paratha for breakfast. The pictures are from...

I'd like to tell you a tale about my recent Christmas cake. It is not the one on the left, although it is one of mine. I used a recipe I...

This is the last blog before everything gets even more hectic. It's about my samosa making. If like me, you've noticed price of food...

Very recently a friend told me about a charity that I had never heard of before. When I did, I was very impressed with what I heard. The...

Rita looked up and mumbled 'hello' and then waited until Roxanne looked less frazzled and more her usual ebullient self. All of her...

Can you remember your first love? You know, the one that made a difference to the rest of your life? Also, the one that in hindsight, you...

Tonia Tortoise had only been away a few short days in York. But it felt like aeons to those in the Jolly House. All those that were...

Yes, yes, yes! It has finally happened! I have written a book for children! (I think I've just used up my quota of exclamation marks!)....

Unconsciously touching and pushing errant curlers back in situ under her green and red print headscarf, Roxanne called out, ‘Anyone want...

Roxanne was leaning against her desk. Between taking bites of her sausage roll and singing the same two lines of lyrics from Bob Marley’s...

For the first time ever on my website, I would like to welcome and introduce a fellow author, Mark Iles - the good looking chap top...

'Happy days' is a current well-used way to express yourself. I never thought I would but...our English language has a fluidity that is...

Roses aren't just red and violets vary a bit too, Here's a nervously concocted rhyme, hope the words aren't too many or too few. Over a...

There is a lack of abundance of produce this year - without my permission, I think my garden decided to take a minimalistic approach....

‘And who sent that?’ Roxanne indicated the paper Brian had in front of him. Obviously discomforted by her forthright response, Brian ran...

On Fridays, as soon as the clock struck 5.00pm, Roxanne was ready to leave hers and Rita's office. Happy in the knowledge the desk...

Okay, that's not me in the picture but I am in front of my computer and pondering as I attempt to right this. I want to blog about...

‘Miss Idle Snooty Pants was complaining about all the walking she’s got to do to get to her office. I pointed out that we’re at the end...

This series is about animals/creatures from around the world. Who built Jolly House? Unknown. 2. Where is Jolly House? Unknown location...