Behind The Child

Take one child's request to make brownies, open the 'fridge and pantry and realise you are somewhat low on ingredients. Cast about...

Take a cup of flour and a cup of water, stir them together, and wait. Once a day, tip half of it away, and add another half a cup of flour a...

Very simple - 4 oz butter, 2 oz caster sugar, 6oz plain flour, 2 oz ground rice. Put dry ingredients into a bowl, chop the butter into tiny ...

I recommend raspberries. Buy half a dozen canes, poke them into holes in the ground, and then enjoy a sprinkling of raspberries for breakfas...

Take one large dixie and fill it with browned chicken and onions, chopped carrots, stock and soup and seasonings. Make sure it is full to ...

What do you do when you have a friend visiting and no inclination time to get to the shops? Take one pack of puff pasty and roll it out thi...

A long but largely pleasant day, a very interrupted night, some really excellent news I don't have permission to share yet, all adding u...

So what do you do? hibernate hide from the cleaner in your bedroom until the cats give away your hiding place Grin and make the best of it. ...

Congratulations to the anonymous one who guessed a Christening. Not a Christening, but a Thanksgiving for both girls. Similar to a Baptism b...

Sorry about that. Lots I can't share, lots which would be tedious to share (Mog continues to wail on for several hours most evenings, an...

Here's a thing. I complain about our NHS (National Health Service) from time to time, but I am so thankful that it exists. I know that, ...

It's been a busy week. Here too - have there really been 3,000 of you visiting me in my absence? I must go away more often! The problem ...