30 November 2024
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That’s the first of the Christmas gigs out of the way – the lights switch on at East Leake. Compared to other years, it was neither as cold (mid-teens rather than near freezing) nor as wet (clear skies and no … Continue reading
29 November 2024
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At the Hathern Baptist Church prayer meeting Jane and I went to last night, it opened with a short reading from Psalm 68 (about vv. 4-10). Most people were reading from the pew Bible, which is the NIV translation but … Continue reading
28 November 2024
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Even through I’m not responsible for music in a church this year, the Christmas season remains musically busy. My first official Christmas engagements are the Christmas lights switch-on in East Leake (free event in the town centre, with music from … Continue reading
26 November 2024
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I have to say that my superglue sun visor repair hasn’t held up too well. I thought it was doing okay and then, this afternoon, it popped out again. However, I’m not entirely sure it was either my brute strength … Continue reading
25 November 2024
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Last week, I reached up to adjust the driver’s side sun visor in our car and it came off in my hands. I’d probably been a bit careless but I was trying to quickly block the sun streaming in through … Continue reading
24 November 2024
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There was a possibility that our friend, who was leading the service and preaching at the church we went to support this morning, would be called away at short notice. In the end, that didn’t happen but I made a … Continue reading
23 November 2024
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Here is a video that entertained me today, an imaginative rendering of Deep Purple’s 1970 album In Rock as if it had been recorded in the 1950s: Of course, it should be noted that 1970 is not so far away … Continue reading
22 November 2024
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Just under 15 minutes into today’s “How to Cook That” video, there is an exploration of how to make a coffee foam. When you whisk egg whites or the ‘aqua faba’ out of a tin of beans, the proteins firm … Continue reading
21 November 2024
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Recently, I’ve cooked up kedgeree for dinner a couple of times, based on this Rick Stein recipe from the BBC Good Food site. It is the kind of recipe that doesn’t need too much precision in the quantities and is … Continue reading
20 November 2024
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I got my Fawkes Bitter bottled today. It had a reached a final gravity of 1.007 so an ABV of about 4.3%. I’ll have to dig back through my records and see if there is a relationship between the type … Continue reading