• rivercake.jpg On Friday, I was asked to cut the ribbon at the River Children’s Centre in Lydney, just down the road. I’m not quite sure how writing and drawing in a shed all day long qualifies me to do the job, but it was great fun. I started with a bit of painting and storytelling for the children, who were mostly 3,4 and 5. Then we went outside to cut the ribbon, flanked by loads of balloons.

    Afterwards we retired to the kitchen for nibbles, where I cheekily asked when the ageing primary school might get rebuilt. I was treated to a in depth view of the national and local politics involved in the making of such a decision. Demographics alter all the time, which means that obvious solutions one year may not be so obvious the next.

    Much more simple to understand was the fabulous cake made in the shape of the River Centre. Good luck to you all and thanks for having me!

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    I can’t believe my lovely daughter is 19 but she is, and my wife made her chocolate and strawberry cheesecake cupcakes for her birthday. These come from the Hummingbird Bakery Cookbook, which my daughter bought for her mum in the hope that she would get some made for her. I suppose you could say her birthday wish came true!
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  • I’ve just download MacJournal, which is like a blog, but it’s personal on my computer and not for the internet. A diary I suppose. But I can have a journal open that connects to my internet blog at wordpress.

    Sometimes I want to write something to get it off my chest, but I don’t want to share it with the world. also I’d like to have a more personal diary that works like a blog.

    It appears that I can have it on Mobileme, so that I can use it from anywhere I like. I’ll look into that later – I’ve got a story to write in the meantime and I’m just putting off the inevitable moment. It will be interesting to see how it works… Im on a free trial

    Oh… and here’s a drag and drop photo of autumn-ness that I reduced on screen by 25%.img_06824.jpg
    I’ll just add a bit more text to see if WordPress wraps the text around the picture, so I know how to format things in future.

    Actually I got this bit to work thanks to a posting here at 58twelve http://www.58twelve.com/?p=647