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Kay Dekker, 1959-2011
I hope you've already heard this sad news, however I post here to reach those who have not heard.
Kay Dekker died on the 7th July 2011, and was cremated on the 11th August. Some friends are gathering in his memory in Coventry on the 21st August (contact stgpcm for details), and at BiCon in Leicester on the 2nd September -
Thank you, and a bit of progress
Thank you, everyone who sent messages of love and support. Very, very much appreciated, believe me ( Read more... ) -
Easy caramelised onion and carrot chutney
This recipe happened because of my friend Sue, who is also a volunteer at Willow View. She was enthusing to me about a sandwich that she'd had for lunch a few days previously which contained a caramelised onion and carrot chutney ( Read more... ) -
Very Easy Fruit and Nut Cake
A deliciously moist semi-rich cake that will keep for a couple of months if wrapped in foil and stored in a sealed cake tin. It needs very little equipment to make, and quantities needn't be exact; it's simple enough for the kids to make it with a little supervision. Good for everyday tea-times, or you can feed it with booze and then ice it as a ( Read more... ) -
Happy 2011 to you all!
May you all have a great year ahead! -
For those of you who celebrate it...
Merry Christmas! -
Happy birthday, Jus!
It's stgpcm's birthday today! -
[cue Twilight Zone theme music]
Of course coincidences happen - it would be remarkably improbable if they didn't - and there's nothing spooky about them, as such, but I just had a rather excellent one happen to me.
At the library last week I picked up Pip Vaughan-Hughes' novel The Vault of Bones, just on a whim - I like to read authors I've not read before - and was quite ( Read more... ) -
Moore neighbourhood problem
If anyone doesn't know what the Moore neighbourhood is: it's the eight squares surrounding any square of a square grid.
I admit it, I'm feeling lazy. I could do it myself, with a bit of head-scratching, no doubt. But it's a nice little problem, particularly if you're au fait with a programming language that supports automatic backtracking, such as ( Read more... ) -
More baby...
stgpcm's sister Hannah is due to give birth on Thursday. I would have thought that being a teacher might put you off children, but apparently not...