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Posts from 2010.

  • New Places To Find Me December 2010
  • not martha — Kit Kat Cheese - These would either be very good or... November 2010
  • Oh, Fransson!: Tokyo Subway Map: Finished November 2010
  • Christmas Cake Maths November 2010
  • Great chart showing the words people of different ages &... October 2010
  • BBC News - Tech Know: BBC Micros used in retro programming... August 2010
  • The Most Fun a Grocery Store Ever Had: Super Mario Soda... August 2010
  • Can chance make you a killer? Nice article explaining how... July 2010
  • Fruit Picking July 2010
  • Finished: A Spring Scarf — OxfordKitchenYarns Liberty Map... June 2010
  • Amazon Really Want To Know Why I'm Cancelling? May 2010
  • Door Sixteen » Lily flower rain chain. I’ve never... May 2010
  • Carrot Cake Cupcakes May 2010
  • This looks simply amazing! Pity it’s all the way over in... May 2010
  • Banana & Chocolate Cupcakes April 2010
  • Grrrr April 2010
  • Strawberry Cheesecake Cupcakes April 2010
  • Legoland Discovery Centre, Manchester April 2010
  • Fancy a nice bottle of whisky?  A £10000 bottle of whisky? Be... March 2010
  • Coloured macaroons on the cover of this month’s delicious... March 2010
  • These coloured macaroons are just totally fabulous! not martha —... March 2010
  • Why I Want an iPad February 2010

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3 Good Things for 25 June 2026

📖 The mini library they’ve opened inside the leisure centre is great. It’s easier to pick something to read when I only have a small choice.

🛒 Doing the shopping meant we got to hang out in the supermarket aircon for a bit.

🙂‍↕️Giving myself permission to just be completely unproductive whilst it’s so hot.

plus 590 (actually 1770) more in the

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Blog Posts

  • 🗓️2025 in Board Games (Jan 2026)
  • 🗓️2025 in Books (Jan 2026)
  • 🗓️Coffeeneuring 2025 (Nov 2025)
  • 🗓️Civolution & Sanctuary (Nov 2025)
  • 🗓️Emberleaf & Tea Garden (Oct 2025)

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Books

Here are some books I read recently

  • 📚Love and Friendship by Alison Lurie (Jun 2026)
  • 📚Same As It Ever Was by Claire Lombardo (Jun 2026)
  • 📚Deadman's Pool by Kate Rhodes (Jun 2026)
  • 📚Ink Ribbon Red by Alex Pavesi (Jun 2026)
  • 📚The Astral Library by Kate Quinn (May 2026)
  • 📚Grey Stones by Joss Stirling (May 2026)
  • 📚Red House by Joss Stirling (May 2026)
  • 📚Kin by Tayari Jones (May 2026)

Plus all 1400 books can be found

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Other book pages are my 🔖Five Book Club and ❓Not Actually Series.

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Lego Alpine Lodge Lego Alpine Lodge (Dec 2024)

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