Disaster Recovery

Ok, “Disaster Recovery” is probably a bit over dramatic. It’s just a phrase you hear often in TV for dealing with any number of transmission problems – power cuts, terrorist attacks, a plane landing on top of you – and I just like the sound of it. I’ve been dealing with my own ‘disaster’ recently, [...]

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Some General Reflections

What a weird week it’s been. Back to work after the week of meditation. That was a bit of a shock. But, they did agree in principal to a sabbatical, which is good. I just need to decide when I want it (and ergo, what I want to do) and we can sort it out [...]

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Bad backs, bakeries, and book publishing

I wish I could take my own advice. I had this ‘great revelation’ about not doing vs. trying too hard, especially when it comes to my yoga practice, and then I go and over-stretch doing a sitting forward bend and pull a muscle in my back. Lord what fools these mortals be. But, no experience [...]

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Still ill :(

Well, I thought the flu had abated, but it’s back as a tickly cough that’s settled itself comfortably in my chest and looks like it’ll be there for a while. So annoying being ill. There’s so much I want to do and it’s getting in the way. Could be a lot worse though. Just reading [...]

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Kiki’s Birthday Battenberg

Been wanting to do one of these for ages. There’s not many cakes I miss, but the Battenberg is one of my favourites, and ripe for a bit of veganisation. And since it’s my birthday I thought why the hell not! It was fairly easy to do in the end. I just made a batch [...]

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Week 41 : Working For A Living Sucks!

Working for a living sucks! I know this won’t come as much of a revelation to most of you (hello my generally mute and fairly non-existent audience) but after having a week off I can unequivocally say that not having to go to work is markedly better than having to go to work. I spent [...]

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30 Days of Kiki : day 18

day 18- plans/dreams/goals you have Just two right now, to write, and to cook. Now this moustache thing is coming to a close (a grand total of £427:77 so far!) I want to spend all my spare time working on the new writing project I’ve just started, before I lose the impetus and move on [...]

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30 Days of Kiki : day 9

day 9- something you’re proud of in the past few days I’m proud of a lot of stuff at the moment – completing my moustache growing efforts, going along to the Buddhism class (and choosing not to go back), being organised enough to defrost my fridge – but if we’re talking the last few days [...]

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30 Days of Kiki : day 8

day 8- short term goals for this month and why My short term goals this month are similar to what they are every month – get off your arse, go do something, stop being such a jackass – but more specifically… 1. To do this 30 Days thing every day (and on the day too, [...]

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Week 36: some stuff, and some other stuff…

Well, I know I said no more reports, but what the hell, when you’ve got something to say… Let’s see, yesterday I celebrated 4 months off the booze. I’m no longer forcing myself not to drink, I just don’t feel like it. My test will come in a couple of weeks when I have been [...]

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