Are you ready?
In the midst of freelancing, festive reading, and writing many, many lists, I feel like I’m well overdue a mince pie. At this point, some brandy with fruit might even suffice.
But it’s so very nearly the big day, and that means it’s time to put the finishing touches to the Christmas menu (where’s that brandy?).
Now that it’s getting dark at 4.30pm, how about a big tray of juicy pasta with all sorts of warming delights?
This Pasta with Roasted Peppers & Pumpkin has so many wonderful flavours:
Oh – and a creamy, cheesy, cashew sauce drizzled and baked into it all.
November? No problem.
Autumn has arrived with a riffling of brown, orange and navy cardigans heaped and hanging on the back of the front door.
And with the end of our garden tomatoes, and the yellowing bean vines drooping from the neighbour’s birch, change is afoot.
The sun has just dipped down behind our rooftop, and there is a golden patch of light hitting the back of my leg. I can’t work out where it’s coming from and look around me as I listen to Bryan as he tells me how he’s doing. It’s a phone call I’ve been waiting for; am relieved for.
