Monthly Archives: December 2011

Christmas decoration

Posted on December 13, 2011 by

Last night we decorated our Christmas tree.  I’ve never had a tree of my own before; living in temporary student flats for the past decade meant I never really thought about having a proper tree – and last year, I … Continue reading →

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Mince pied

Posted on December 11, 2011 by

You know that bit in The L-Shaped Room when they paint Jane’s flat, and John says it ‘Looks good, smells bad’, and then Jane thinks the opposite could be applied to his cooking – but that it also tastes delicious? … Continue reading →

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Cheerily cherry

Posted on December 10, 2011 by

A few weeks ago Nadine and I were discussing the guilty pleasure of looking into people’s houses as you pass by them on the bus, glimpsing lives lived through brief moments at their windows, seconds spent on uninvited house tours. … Continue reading →

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In search of perfect gingerbread

Posted on December 5, 2011 by

Tomorrow is my last day at the cancer centre.  On Wednesday night, I start my surgical rotation in a new hospital, where I will know precisely two people – the other house officers who’ve been working with me for the … Continue reading →

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I made a draught excluder!

Posted on December 4, 2011 by

I know, stop press, right?  But I am inordinately pleased with my little door pillow.  Our flat is old, with big gaps under the doors and the heat just creeps out, kilowatt hour by kilowatt hour.  Until today, we’d been … Continue reading →

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