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It’s my birthday!

It’s my birthday today! By the time you read this, I shall hopefully be on my way for a day of glorious sunshine at one of my favourite places, the Yorkshire Sculpture Park. Usually, my birthday is...

Jun 6, 2013 Like

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‘Sherlock Holmes: The Best Kept Secret’ at West Yorkshire Playhouse.

On Thursday, I had the great pleasure of a night at the West Yorkshire Playhouse for a performance of ‘The Best Kept Secret’, a new Sherlock Holmes play written by Mark Catley. It was only when I...

May 27, 2013 Like

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Slow Blogging

Hello there, It has been over a month since my last post. Just realised that sounds a bit like I’m at a Bloggers Anonymous meeting, but nonetheless, it’s true. Big changes in my personal life, the...

May 20, 2013 Like 1 person likes this

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Sage and Thrift Cookbook Swap.

On Sunday 21st April, Sage and Thrift (a project that I dreamed up with my lovely friend Jo) will be holding its first Cookbook Swap! Sharing is at the heart of all our plans for Sage and Thrift....

Apr 10, 2013 Like

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Seed and Bean Chocolate from Millies, Leeds.

Easter has come and gone for another year and with it, an enormous quantity of chocolate has been consumed by my kids. I fight a losing battle when it comes to chocolate, particularly with my...

Apr 8, 2013 Like

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Sweet Cecily’s lip balm kit: A review

I bought a lip balm making kit for my daughter from Sweet Cecily’s a little while ago, and promptly forgot about it until the other day when we were looking for something fun and a little bit...

Mar 20, 2013 Like

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Doctor Faustus at the West Yorkshire Playhouse.

Last week, my friend and occasional ‘cultural conversation’ partner Jo and I were lucky enough to be invited to a performance of Doctor Faustus at the West Yorkshire Playhouse through our friends...

Mar 15, 2013 Like

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Yinka Shinobare MBE: FABRIC-ATION

Last week I had the great fortune to be invited to a special preview evening at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park in advance of the opening of a major new exhibition, FABRIC-ATION, from Yinka Shinobare...

Mar 5, 2013 Like

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A meat-free month

I spent January as a vegetarian. Nothing to do with the recent UK scandal about horse meat and food security (which became news after I’d started) but for my own personal reasons. I’m not squeamish...

Feb 20, 2013 Like

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A visit to Opera North

Last week, I was given the opportunity to visit the opera by The Culture Vulture and Opera North. I hadn’t really thought of opera as being for people like me so I hesitated at first, but it seemed...

Feb 4, 2013 Like

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Sage & Thrift marmalade.

At the end of the month, we’ll be holding the second of our Sage & Thrift suppers – which we really need to rename because they’re actually in the afternoon – and I wanted to have a seasonal...

Jan 16, 2013 Like

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Making Space for New Dreams.

Regular blog readers will know that I’m on a long-term de-cluttering exercise, and attempting to live something of a more minimalist lifestyle. As I work my way through my house, I have got to the...

Jan 14, 2013 Like

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2013 Goodreads Challenge.

Instead of doing a ‘here are my plans for 2013′ kind of post, I thought I’d write a handful of posts about individual things I’d like to do with my year. Today’s subject is my reading goal. Last...

Jan 9, 2013 Like

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On Smoking.

I was going to start my 2013 blog posts with one about my plans for the year, but then I got a bit side-tracked by listening to a radio show about the most common New Year resolutions people make....

Jan 7, 2013 Like

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My 2012: the year in review

It’s been a while since I wrote a post. My blogging timetable has gone completely out of the window and I barely know what day of the week it is. I blame that period in between Christmas and New...

Dec 29, 2012 Like

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My Sole Christmas Gift Idea: Stack Magazines.

Regular readers of this blog might notice that I’ve been absent for a week or so. There are a few reasons for this. Firstly, I’ve been spending a lot of time reading for my Goodreads Challenge...

Dec 17, 2012 Like

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Returning to Running.

A couple of weeks ago, during an appointment for something completely unrelated, my doctor checked my blood pressure and announced that unless I could manage to get it to come down, I’d have to...

Dec 3, 2012 Like

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A ‘Sage and Thrift’ Supper.

I’ve always envied the Americans for Thanksgiving. Not for the origins or history surrounding it (which I remain largely ignorant of, but suspect, like most history, it is a mixed bag of truths)...

Nov 28, 2012 Like

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Bensons Townhouse, Whitby

I’m feeling very relaxed and happy with life this morning, mostly because I’ve just returned from spending the weekend in the most amazing Bed and Breakfast I may ever have had the good fortune to...

Nov 19, 2012 Like

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Cox and Cox Bud Vases

One of the good things about de-cluttering is that I am finally finding space to display beautiful things. Like these delicate little glass bud vases from Cox and Cox that I was kindly given from...

Nov 16, 2012 Like

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Time without Twitter

On Friday, after a great but exhausting day at the National Media Museum, I managed to leave my beloved Iphone on the top deck of a bus. I didn’t even realise to start off with, but after searching...

Nov 12, 2012 Like

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The Paradox Of Choice.

I’m banned from the supermarkets these days. Not by the stores themselves, you understand, they’d be only too happy to have my time and money. It’s a self-imposed ban. Not for any ethical reasons,...

Nov 5, 2012 Like

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Happy Halloween

It’s finally Halloween, though it feels as though we’ve been celebrating it here for about a fortnight already. The kids have been dressed up at every available opportunity and we’ve already...

Oct 31, 2012 Like

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Anya Hindmarch for British Airways: A Little Luxury.

Have you ever turned left on entering a plane? I haven’t. Not for me the luxuries of First Class, sadly. It has to be said that I’ve not been on a long-haul flight (the only time I think upgrades...

Oct 29, 2012 Like

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Goodrington Sands, Devon.

In my last post, I said that I would attempt to make a doll’s dress in a week and then post my results up here. Those of you who read this blog regularly might have noticed that I’ve not posted for...

Oct 22, 2012 Like

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Saving up and sewing.

As I mentioned in my last post, I’ve made some travel plans. I really want to take my kids on a big trip when they are a bit older and so now comes the dull part – saving up. I’m awful at saving...

Oct 12, 2012 Like

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Making things happen.

I’ve been feeling a bit glum recently. Nothing major, but just a bit unsettled. Partly it’s because I’ve realised it’s October and so 2012, a year I had high hopes for, is almost at an end. I’m not...

Oct 10, 2012 Like

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Space NK and leaving beauty boxes behind.

I had a subscription to one of the beauty boxes until recently. Each month, I’d get a pretty box filled with a selection of sample beauty products posted through the letter box. And for a while, it...

Oct 3, 2012 Like

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Curls.

On Wednesday night, I had my hair straightened for the first time. At a lovely event at my local Space NK (about which I’ll talk more in another post next week!) I volunteered to be the guinea pig...

Sep 28, 2012 Like

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It’s my birthday!

‘Sherlock Holmes: The Best Kept Secret’ at West Yorkshire Playhouse.

Slow Blogging

Sage and Thrift Cookbook Swap.

Seed and Bean Chocolate from Millies, Leeds.

Sweet Cecily’s lip balm kit: A review

Doctor Faustus at the West Yorkshire Playhouse.

Yinka Shinobare MBE: FABRIC-ATION

A meat-free month

A visit to Opera North

Sage & Thrift marmalade.

Making Space for New Dreams.

2013 Goodreads Challenge.

On Smoking.

My 2012: the year in review

My Sole Christmas Gift Idea: Stack Magazines.

Returning to Running.

A ‘Sage and Thrift’ Supper.

Bensons Townhouse, Whitby

Cox and Cox Bud Vases

Time without Twitter

The Paradox Of Choice.

Happy Halloween

Anya Hindmarch for British Airways: A Little Luxury.

Goodrington Sands, Devon.

Saving up and sewing.

Making things happen.

Space NK and leaving beauty boxes behind.

Curls.

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