Probably musings about Kartoffelpuffer would only make sense to someone connected to Germany but have wondered for a long time why growng up we knew them as Puffers and why they are better known now as Reibekuchen Reibekuchen, Puffers, Puffercakes, Kartoffelpuffer or the many different names in different part of Germany, are wonderful food to […]

What are we doing?

First wondered if my cat thought he was Elvis…

Not because he stands infront of the mirror in a white leather suite – sorry suit – with tassles but he likes to eat. Everything – potatoes are his favorite but he also likes chips. Apart from the ‘W’ word and dont mean earthworm jim – he could be bored and lonely, even depressed […]

William Orbit Barbers Adagio For Strings

Love these scruffy dogs

i was down low when i took the photo because had been trying to catch the white dog with curly hair on the right who every now and again put his head on his paws looking like he wished a spaceship would fly past and take him away from here but his owner with the […]

Difficult to forget

Trying to avoid all the discussion about working mums, being one myself, not because wanted to, but because needed to support my son from a few weeks old. My work, a Swedish company present both in the UK and Sweden told me to quit my job because i was having a baby but i could […]

Tomato Ketchup Recipe (combination Mums, Jamie Oliver and Delicious)

Compared recipes for homemade tomato ketchup but wondered if anybody has a recipe they know works well or perhaps have opinion on recipe below. My mums recipe althou very nice is little sweet using 340g sugar for 2 kg tomatoes, 2 onions, 2 cloves garlic and relied on mustard, paprika and cayenne pepper to give […]

Breakfast on the farm

Farm stayed with my family last spring, near Amsterdam. We arrived late and took some time to find the farm on the polders. The farmer’s wife showed us in the dark to where we were staying in a converted barn and on the way there we passed the chicken roosting on a low branch of […]

Property Developers are overtaking bankers as…. comment is free video

Property development can be residental, commercial, even agricultural. When someone puts a letter through your door out of the blue desiring the home you love and not not not on the market, check them out, talk to your neighbours and then … throw it in the bin the truth about property developers – how they […]

The power to be vulnerable

the third part of a post about how to find your way back to a good place more i like to sit by the sea or at home being outside and just weeding – when need to feel grounded or anytime outside at night watching the stars for shooting stars in the summer or further […]

The Calais Migrant Crisis

Originally posted on News, reviews and cooking tips:
There has been a lot of stuff in the papers recently about the Calais Migrant crisis, where thousands of refugees are trying to gain entry into EU countries. In this post I’m mostly talking about migrants from the Middle East in countries such as Syria, although I…

Elina Born and Stig Rästa “Kõnõtraat”

Elina Born and Stig Rästa are from Estonia. Not sure what the lyrics are about, except its snowing and a telephone number but love their sound

La Vera – Brighton Fusion Jazz Band

Big appologies for terrible video :), background sounds and abrupt end .. but the music was amazing and this short video doesnt do them justice, especially the trumpet player and the person playing an instrument sounding like a balalika. Playing in the market today.

UNHCR: The UN Refugee Agency – figures

Below is a link to an article from UNHCR including figures comparing 2013 and 2014. Interestingly the figures quoted are for applications for refuge, not figures for refuge offered. Asylum trends for 2014 “In the 1990s, the Balkan wars created hundreds of thousands of refugees and asylum-seekers. Many of them found refuge in industrialized countries. […]

There are no winners

Just thinking about what is happening in Calais and feel for the many people who are caught up in it – the people and their children themselves who are fleeing from countrys at war and their familys back home – hoping for them to have an opportunity somewhere safer but reallising the risks of what […]

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