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Today’s blog feels very community and social media based.... Our  Hattie has reached the final of a National Heroes competition ! See   https://www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/19022389.flintshire-woman-reaches-final-national-urban-jungles-heroes-competition/?ref=fbshr&fbclid=IwAR09fqMvlIoUkRjVIf6V2IOLYGResEjk-yeSW8qT_wDMw6xQR30DIMyJxG8 So the news shared our local paper! How lovely is that ? She sooo deserves to win The villagers have been busy voting the pub The Crown one of the top businesses in Flintshire too, a business that is facing a bloody hard time due to the covid restrictions . The new landlady and hubby chef just reopened the pub to much adulation a short while ago, only to be forced to shut , days after the successful re launch, and both have battled hard to come up with a takeaway service to keep the wolves from the door.  The takeaway menu is wonderful and eclectic   Storm Christophè has caused some local flooding here. Pippa from the r...

 Lady Gaga’s Golden dove of peace said it all I shed a tear at Biden’s speech.......sanity.......sometimes there are days when you need to lend a hand and days when you have take a hand from Going Gently https://ift.tt/3o8C7pe

 Staring at  The screen Wanting something  Else but tears To fall When Will I return  From mental Exile from R's rue https://ift.tt/2XVjBWm

 It’s so hard To be present  When all You can do Is replay Yesterday  from R's rue https://ift.tt/3sKNEyy

It wasn't so when I was working but nowadays I prepare 99% of our meals. Even though my son Ian has written four bestselling cookbooks with his Bosh! colleague Henry, I myself hardly ever look at a recipe book. I just go with what I know and my culinary instincts. It occurred to me this morning as I lay in bed like a lazy sealion upon some remote shore that when it comes to main evening meals I have developed a repertoire. The wheel keeps turning and old favourites reappear. These are the eleven staples in that repertoire:- ♦ Sunday roast with Yorkshire puddings - might be chicken, pork, beef or rarely - lamb. Vegetable accompaniments will vary. ♦   Spaghetti bolognese with fried mushrooms and parmesan. ♦  Oven broiled salmon with fresh pasta in a pesto sauce, broccoli,  roasted tomatoes and lemon wedges. ♦   Chicken thigh fillets in Sicilian tomato sauce with mushrooms, peppers and grated cheese served with farfalle and tender-stem...

 Whatever your politics, the President of the United States must be articulate and calm and possess a sense of humour. Biden and Kamala Harris seem to have have those traits. from Going Gently https://ift.tt/3ixmVRk