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Mrs Lynch’s Christmas pudding’s always the same

She makes her Christmas pudding in plastic containers, not like her mother, god rest her soul, who’d wrap the thing in cloth and let it hang and rock from her Singer sewing table. Is the recipe secret? ‘No, I’ve got … Continue reading

19. December 2004 by Caroline
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Shame, shame, shame

{ My house, back view, click to enlarge and embarrass. } They’ve torn down the long abandoned buildings behind my house. For weeks I have woken up to the rumbling of heavy machinery. The pictures on my wall hang crooked … Continue reading

22. February 2004 by Caroline
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