Posted on Apr 24, 2009 in Food Events | 6 comments

A celebration of Grandmothers

I am fortunate enough to still have a Granny and, until I was 12, I also had a Nana. Nana, my mother’s mother, was sick throughout my childhood so we spent a lot of time at her home in Oldcastletown. Some of my early memories revolve around her Aga-warmed kitchen – the centre of the house –...
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Posted on Apr 9, 2009 in Life | 21 comments

It’s a…

It’s a…
…beautiful, solemn-eyed, unexpectedly straight-haired, long fingered little girl! Little Missy is a week old today and we’re gradually getting the hang of each other, just enough so I get to actually turn on my computer for five minutes while she sleeps for a while. Food is obviously her priority...
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