life

All about changes to the blog, books to expect in 2023, and travel that’s happening (all very realistic plans, honest …).

A round-up of my reading in 2022 in characteristically disorganised but enthusiastic style, featuring pandemics, big bad wolves, and not-vampires.

A second instalment of fantastic French food, this time featuring crêpes and gougère. And cheese. Lots and lots of cheese.

Two easy recipes from France – soupe au pistou and mushroom risotto made with foraged mushrooms because life is amazing sometimes.

Seven wonderful things – and a plague of photos – about the south of France, and Antibes and Caille in particular.

A very photo-heavy list of fun things from the UK leg of the trip, including story settings for upcoming books.

A very serious look at the important ingredients in the reader’s life, because these things matter.

Revealing the name of the seventh Beaufort Scales book, plans for the coming months, and being offline.

A book chat containing surprisingly few books, but some thoughts about changing reading patterns and book love.

Not all distraction is bad. It can be a way to reset, to let the subconscious tinker for a bit …