Spiced French Toast

Have you read this article?  The new domesticity: Fun, empowering or a step back for American women?  I loved it as it perfectly describes my coming-of-adulthood time in Alaska where I got my canning and gardening on.  I even stocked up on survival rations, and over the past 10 years have tried to take up …

Denim Blues

I hate shopping for clothes - mostly I hate shopping for jeans. Why? Most stores don’t carry my size.Rarely do they fit in all the necessary places.The latest fad is always horrid (pre-torn, pre-stained).The price is outrageous.1% lycra fabric begins as butt-clinging and ends as butt-sagging immediately after sitting down.I didn’t own a pair of …

Cycling Scotland

Lordy my calves are killing me!  It's three days and I'm knackered, but instead of staying at this hostel (my first of the trip) two nights I'm aching to continue on.  Time to head right and hope for a tailwind.  It's been a ridiculous ride of heavy head winds so far. Started by training to …

Getting Old

My mobile just dropped the call with my mom - or maybe skype dropped the call on her side. Either way, I’m left waiting for it to ring again so we can continue the conversation at the point when we were agreeing that I am indeed getting old. I’m supposed to go on this cycling …

Silence

Why have I been silent so long you ask? Well... I haven’t been! I’ve been babbling along for the past 4 months writing a Master’s dissertation. Yep, and I had no more words for you. In fact my tweeting has ‘gone dark’ and my Facebook messaging intermittent. Writing 12,000 words for the capstone of your …