Here's a recipe for an excellent carrot cake. 'Mega good and keeps for ages' I have scrawled next to the blotchy 'typed on a typewriter' (how quaint) recipe. It can't be that old it comes with metric measurements as well 9 0z/250g wholemeal flour 60z/175g raw brown sugar (dark) 3 size 3 eggs (I just... Continue Reading →
Live Life In Colour
This blog has been sadly lacking in any fashion content. Apologies if that's what you have been looking for. To make amends this post is an unashamed plug for a company I have just discovered: Kettlewell. The above title is their strap line. The unique thing about this company is that their clothes are 'colour-coded' .... Continue Reading →
Petaflops, Qubits and God
This morning I did some brain training over breakfast. I didn't mean to, I was quietly munching through my bowl of muesli and browsing through David's BBC Focus science magazine left open on the kitchen table. So now I know what a petaflop is. I even have a rough idea about a Qubit which is not bad going for... Continue Reading →
‘Sex Life in Marriage’ 1948
A friend recently gave me a second hand book she knew I'd find interesting: Sex Life in Marriage by Dr G Richard, a swiss academic, published in 1948, selling at the time for the princely sum of 2 and 6 ( could some one please tell me what that means in real money?) Having written... Continue Reading →
Thinking Theological Thoughts…
At the end of April I was sucked up in a spaceship and dropped in St John's College Nottingham. Okay, that's a slight exaggeration but moving from parish to college is a very weird experience. One week my diary is full of assemblies and meetings and my head is full of people and ideas. Then, whoosh, suddenly I'm writing assignments,... Continue Reading →
The ‘Phew’ Factor
Have you ever noticed how a normal day can be hugely improved simply by something bad nearly happening but not actually happening? This is what I mean by the 'Phew' Factor. 'Phew!' as in 'what a relief!' Not 'Phew!' as in 'What a pong!' There have been three occasions in the last two weeks when... Continue Reading →
When God’s not answering your prayers
Last week I preached on Signs and Wonders in the Early Church. But I have to be honest with you when I saw the reading for the day, the story of Peter raising Dorcas from the dead, my heart sank. It’s a scary passage to preach on: as far as extreme discipleship goes raising the dead is right up... Continue Reading →
Avatar: The Biggest (Worst?) Movie of all Time
Avatar is just coming out on DVD. Today I heard it was the biggest movie of all time. Presumably in term of earnings. Well, I thought it was one of the worst so in a spirit of Bah Humbug! I'm reproducing the review I wrote for it back in December (previously published on the Activate Your... Continue Reading →
Shoe Heaven
Hooray! My first full day in normal shoes for six months. That's a really big HOORAY! After hundreds of pounds on private physiotherapy, hours and hours of tedious exercises, six sessions of ultrasound and a small fortune on pain-relieving gels, fancy foot support insoles and high tech ankle straps.... it turns out all a girl needs... Continue Reading →
Grumpy old woman? I hope not.
I recently found out that my Wii-fit age is 5 years younger than my actual age and a whole ten years younger than David's Wii-fit age. Ha, ha! Ha ha! That makes me feel really smug. Sweet revenge for the fact that his 'Brain Training Age' is alot younger than mine. But how old am... Continue Reading →
