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How I learned to stop fearing fruit and eat pie

How I learned to stop fearing fruit and eat pie

Ever felt you had an entrenched habit that couldn't be broken? I recommend the pie test: I hate cooked fruit. There. I said it. Fruit compote (aka fruit compost), fruit soup, and pies. Especially apple pies. And peach and pear and any other fruit you put in a pie....

I Survived the A-Z Blogging Challenge: Did You?

I Survived the A-Z Blogging Challenge: Did You?

I'm so excited to post my "I survived" badge here. Can't believe how tough - and how fun - it was to post every day. But it's wonderful because: a) It will motivate me to blog more regularly b) I met some great bloggers and made great friends through this and will now...

Z is for Zed

Z is for Zed

Now before you think I've taken the easy road on the final letter of this challenge, bear with me for a minute. Remember, I live in America now, where Z = Zee. But for me Z will always = Zed. I write about this because expats here tend to fall into one of two camps....

Y is for Yellow Blanket

Y is for Yellow Blanket

I know my Mum reads my blog posts (hey, we all have to have a fan club and Mums make the best ones). And she's probably the only one who knows EXACTLY what I'm talking about by this headline. Major confession coming up. I was a security blanket baby (and toddler and...

X is for Xerxes

X is for Xerxes

That's Xerxes I to you. NOT Xerxes II. Golly, I feel like I'm being a complete snob just mentioning him. But  come on, you come up with a letter X to write about? So, no, I'm not some mad academic historian (with apologies to mad academic historians, some of whom are...

W is for Writing Contests

W is for Writing Contests

Finally, I have bitten the bullet and actually decided to write about what I actually do for a living... writing. It seemed a "case of the bleeding obvious" to write about writing so I thought I'd write about something specific to writing: ie/ writing contests. Up...