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Eat, drink, read and be merry…
After a culinary near-disaster yesterday (and it was almost a near-culinary disaster, too), when I became so involved in working out how to conclude chapter ten of my wip that I completely forgot about the pasta sauce I was cooking, I started to think about food – and drink – in books. Food is one…
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Switzerland – Lucerne (and a few more watery pics…)
Last week, I spent a lovely day in Central Switzerland, first of all with friends in the city of Lucerne, and then with my boys in Zurich. After all the rain we’ve had recently, it was unbelievably soothing to have hot sunshine from dawn until dusk. It was even too hot at times. (That was…
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In memory of summers past…
Remember back in the day, when the long school holidays started, and weeks and weeks of sunshine stretched in front of us, and we had nothing to do but play – and read? Remember building caterpiller zoos in jam jars, and catching bees (to the horror of our mothers…) and letting them go again? And…
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Water, water everywhere…
– but what can you expect, after the rainfall of the past several weeks? And it’s still raining… There’s nothing titchy about our lake. At 64km long and 12km wide, Lake Constance is one of the largest in Central Europe, covering an area of 536 square metres. And in the past few weeks it’s been…
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Lost: the weather. A Very British Blog Post…
Here in Switzerland, it’s a well-known fact that British people like talking about the weather – and let’s face it; the weather gives us something different to say several times a day. But this year, it’s conversation topic number one here in middle Europe too. Swiss winters are snowy, crisp and cold and full of…
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Cold Sophie… and new book
It’s that time of year again. The Ice Saints, or Eisheiligen as they’re known in German. Each day of the year has its own saint, and the ice ones start on May 11th with Mamertus, and continue with Pancras, Servatius, and Boniface on the 12th, 13th and 14th, finishing off with Sophie on the 15th.…
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Switzerland: The Böögg has spoken…
It’s bad news, I’m afraid. This year, the Böögg’s head took ages to explode. And it fell off first. But let’s start at the beginning… Monday was Sechseläuten here in Switzerland – specifically, in Zürich. Sechseläuten is an old Spring Festival held every year on the third Monday in April – there’s a colourful and…
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The Writing Life: Getting paid…
Hybrid writers, they say, have the best of both worlds. I’m not sure that’s true – I think we have the pros but also the cons of both traditional and self-publishing. Take getting paid… I have two traditionally published books. Every six months I receive a royalty statement, theoretically immediately followed by payment, for six…
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The first of the summer visitors!
Last week I had the first visitors of the summer when some cousins came to N.E. Switzerland for a few days. It was their first time in the area, so I showed them all the best sights. Here are some snaps from our tours: First of all, I met them in Zürich, where you could…
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