On Sunday I felt like cinnamon teacake. I haven't had teacake in years and am not sure what made me want some. Anyhow, I googled gluten free cinnamon teacake and did not come up with any recipes that took my fancy. I just wanted a plain teacake with cinnamon and sugar on top. Many of… Continue reading Gluten Free Cinnamon Teacake
White Knuckle Love: A Memoir of Holding by April Stace is a book that I'm reviewing for Speakeasy. For the past few years I've been writing a reading log of all the books I read each month but I'm not doing that anymore. Though from time to time you'll see these reviews when I read… Continue reading White Knuckle Love – Book Review
I've recently found Heather Gerwing's Share Four Somethings linkup and thought that I might add it to my blogging routine for 2021. I think this will replace my once a month reading log. Something Loved My favourite blue chair I love my blue wing back chair in our lounge room . I've been enjoying my… Continue reading Share Four Somethings – January 2021
Many people choose one word as a guide for the year. I've done this for the last few years. I've had Confident Action (yes technically two words but I felt I needed both), Now & Connection. This year my one word is Momentum. Momentum speaks of action and movement. To me it's about moving forward… Continue reading Momentum: My One Word for 2021
Wow, another year is over! Here's all the books I read in December. All of them were fiction and most were read when we were away for about a week before Christmas. 2020 was the 4th year that I kept a reading log. I didn't keep a running tally each month but couldn't help tallying… Continue reading December 2020 Reading Log
As you may know the season of Christmas lasts for 12 days. It goes from 25 December to the 5 January. I personally leave my Christmas tree up until the 5th January. No doubt we have the song The Twelve Days of Christmas because of the season being 12 days long. When we were in… Continue reading Celebrating the 12 Days of Christmas
It's the time of year where we reflect on the year that's been and start planning for the coming year. When I reflect on 2020 although there's always more I could have done, I have achieved a lot. At this time of the year I often use some questions to reflect on the year that's… Continue reading Reflecting on 2020, Planning for 2021
I read a couple of fiction books in November when we went away for the weekend. I also finished one non-fiction book I'd read over a couple of months. So here's what I read in November: The Family Gift by Cathy Kelly Freya has just moved house but her blended family is under threat. Dan's… Continue reading November 2020 Reading Log
Advent and Christmas is such a busy time of year! Yet is also a great time to talk about faith at home. This post will share some ideas about adding faith practices into the rituals & traditions you already have everyday and especially during the Advent/Christmas season. What is Advent? The season of Advent starts… Continue reading How to Add Faith Practices to Your Advent Traditions
Tart shells are great for savoury and sweet fillings. They can be made large or small. Many of our family gatherings with either my husbands side of the family or my side of the family include caramel tarts. Usually small, individual tart shells but ocassionaly a large caramel tart. With this being one my husbands… Continue reading How To Make Gluten Free Tart Shells?
