Advent Calendar Day 7 : Agatha Christie There’s a particular pleasure in reading a tidy, well-polished mystery while the winter dark settles early and the house smells faintly of orange peel and spice. On Day 7 I reach for Agatha…
Christmas presents under the tree are the classic idyllic image we all have in our minds. And while we struggle to return to simpler ways and resist the urge of buying and consuming more and more, I think offering books…
The night of December 5th is always linked to the arrival of St Nicholas, a very shy saint, that always found a moment of distraction to leave his symbolic gifts in freshly polished shoes. As a child, I used to…
Advent Calendar Day 4 There’s a particular satisfaction that comes from making your own Christmas decorations—something about the rhythm of creating with your hands, the tangible progress, the knowledge that what adorns your tree or wraps around its base came…
You will need : 4 parts white flour1 part table salt1 part warm watercarols singing in the background 🙂 This is a really simple recipe, you mix the flour and salt, then add the water and form a dough.Leave it…
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L.Frank Baum This Christmas season, I decided to switch things up a bit, and try out some children’s stories and Christmas themed fantasy. These are not genres I usually read, so the…
Christmas cards for happy thoughts The only moment I miss handwritten letters sent by post is Christmas time.I remember how excited I was, as a child, to see my parents opening the envelopes in December. I admired the designs, I…
Making the most of the Holiday Season Here we are, the first of December, the day Advent begins for all non-religious enthusiasts of Christmas. The calendars get opened, the letters to Santa begin to take form, and we are all…
Happy Thanksgiving everyone ! I haven’t lived in a culture that celebrated Thanksgiving, so all I know comes from movies and tv series, a combination of stereotypes about going round the table and giving thanks for the many blessings we…
In the mist-veiled cliffs of Cornwall, where Thomas Hardy first set his literary imagination loose, autumn arrives with a particular melancholy—golden but fragile, sweet but tinged with the knowledge of winter’s approach. This Sweet Potato and Pear Soup captures that…
