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February 25, 2005

Going the Whole Hog (1: Feijoada)

Farmer's markets never really took off in Stirling. In the end I gave up going to the smattering of stalls that lined the gravelly parking place on the first Saturday of every month. It may be that Stirling is actually...

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Posted by Denni on February 25, 2005 12:51 PM
Category: 'Round the World Recipes

February 24, 2005

Trip delayed

My planned Asia trip has been delayed by at least a month. At first I was relieved as I thought I had become bogged down with other projects, but this isn't actually the case. My writing has stalled for the...

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Posted by Denni on February 24, 2005 07:07 PM
Category: Neither here nor there

February 21, 2005

Tadley Tidbits

Conservation in the pub on Friday night: Man at Bar: "From listening to you I'd reckon you are European." "Wow..." I pondered this for a while, looked around, shrugged and added: "Aren't we all?" Shocked silence. The man looked at...

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Posted by Denni on February 21, 2005 07:13 PM
Category: Tadley Times

February 18, 2005

Round-the-World Shopping in Reading

Farmer's markets and local, seasonal produce are all very well, but after a while I feel like I start growing cobwebs eating English peasant food. I miss a good curry. And I miss the vibrancy and bustle of multy-cultural Deptford,...

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Posted by Denni on February 18, 2005 01:18 PM
Category: 'Round the World Recipes

February 14, 2005

Tadley Twilight Zone

I have had my suspicions that we have moved to an alternative universe for some time now, but it gets weirder by the day....

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Posted by Denni on February 14, 2005 08:55 PM
Category: Tadley Times

Comic Grief

The UK is currently in thrall of Comic Relief fever which, although it thankfully only comes around every two years, goes on for well over a month....

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Posted by Denni on February 14, 2005 11:17 AM
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February 13, 2005

SciFi Ramblings

It has gone a little quiet on this blog—my apologies. But the truth is that nothing much is going on until I leave for the trip in six weeks or so. In the meantime, I do a little scribbling here-and-there...

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Posted by Denni on February 13, 2005 06:45 PM
Category: Neither here nor there

February 06, 2005

Lost in the Floodplains, Aguaro-Guariquito National Park, Venezuela

I'm looking through some old journals, trying to piece together another story for BootsNall, purely to keep with the travel writing game while also working on my other blog. This one is from notes for a story which I never...

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Posted by Denni on February 6, 2005 04:25 PM
Category: Travel tales, Whale watching
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