Month: August 2016
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Grandma’s Blackberry Jam Recipe
So I made blackberry jam, and I canned it, which I’ll talk more about at the bottom of this post. Here’s the recipe I used (it was very simple). This is a standard jam recipe but it’s vegan and gluten free: 1. Go pick some blackberries. I got 300g. Blackberries grow wild on brambles. 2. […]
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How to shoot photos indoors
“John Loengard, the picture editor at Life, always used to tell me, ”If you want something to look interesting, don’t light all of it.” – Joe McNally, The Moment It Clicks: Photography Secrets from One of the World’s Top Shooters As part of my ongoing series about photography, I wanted to talk about how to take […]
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What happens after a publisher accepts your work?
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York’s Computer Museum
When people say “best kept secret” they usually mean “tourist hotspot,” but the computer museum (called The Jim Austin Computer Collection, or the Computer Sheds) in Fimber, about 40 minutes out of York, is York’s best kept secret, and it’s anything but busy. In fact, we should keep it between you and I. I would […]
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Why you shouldn’t wash wheat packs
Do you use wheat packs? I got introduced to them a few years ago and I love them! I microwave them, they get warm, it’s a nice way to calm aching muscles or something to snuggle when I’m lonely. I also like using them to open up my pores to clean my face out before I use a […]
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I lost my password!!!
So my old laptop was being held together by Sellotape (colourless, sticky on one side, plastic on the other) for quite a while, after it fell in half a few months ago, and towards the end of last week, my Dearest got an amazing four figure tax refund, and since my income all comes from […]