sullen_hearts

This year I baked a Christmas cake for the first time. When I was younger, my parents made the cake together - my mum measured everything while my dad did the stirring. They always had an argument over whether to make my mum's recipe (a dark, brown sugary cake) or my dad's mum's recipe (much lighter in colour, and written by her hand in a very old ( Read more... )

cake, christmas

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sullen_hearts Jun 15, 2014 18:44

I’m currently doing my MA in Writing at Sheffield Hallam, and my novel is a Young Adult novel. The person who taught me the Writing for Children module was supposed to be my supervisor for the whole MA, but he had to leave suddenly at the end of March ( Read more... )

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sullen_hearts Jun 02, 2014 22:03

This is my 1000th entry. I've had my LJ since January 2005 although my first entry wasn't until May, just a month before I got married. This month, Lee and I will have been married for nine years ( Read more... )

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sullen_hearts Apr 25, 2014 11:51

I'm reading Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets, of my own volition. I'm going to read the third one too then give up. I like it - I like the ordinariness of the stuff they do, not just the magic/massive threat which will come at the end ( Read more... )

tattoo, photos

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sullen_hearts Jan 28, 2014 20:38

This journal will be nine years old on Thursday.

Just - where did that time go?

I'm 30 now, ffs