Welsh rarebit. Sourdough toast smothered in a very cheesy sauce.

The chicken, roast pork and pigs-in-blankets pie I made with left-overs from our Solstice feast. Enough for tomorrow. Then soup for xmas day

Hogswatch pie all made for dinner. #disability #chronicillness

Hot Take! The holiday season is not the time to experiment with recipes. Do what you know well. Add more garlic if you like. Add some mustard to the gravy but new dishes will mess with the flow. #chroniccook

My beef cheek stew got beans, charred corn and spiced I cooked in so lard added to it. I've turned a one pot wonder into three family meals with less effort. I also didn't get sick of it (which can happen).

Thought I'd share a #chronicillness win. My kidney doctor called today (I couldn't attend irl cos of the stomach bug). 3% increase in my kidney function. That's 3-6 months longer being alive, so I'm really teary. #disability

With help I've managed to make beef cheek and mushroom stew again. It took 2-3 days, between dry rubbing the meat, and stewing in bone broth and onions yesterday for about 5hrs. Today I added more veg and a rue. #chroniccooking #chronicillness #disablitiy

Do your Shadow Work witches! December is hard enough with carrying that too. #witches

Pictures of my beef and haggis pie

Pictures of my beef and haggis pie

One of the weird side effects of chronic illness is sometimes I don't feel real any more. I don't do things or go places. I used to dance, make music, sing, meet people. Now I need a rest from coming downstairs. #chronicillness

1) I am an amazing mosaic of all the people in my ancestry. I am the farmers and taylors, gardeners and mothers raising. My ancestry is of strong people. People from Gresford, Tilston, Broughton, Holt, Minera, Farndon.

1) I meal prepped today and my back is now wreaked. I prepared a small eating pumpkin (which took ages) plopped it in the slow-cooker with ghee, ginger garlic paste, curry paste and garam masala. I then had a lie down on the living room floor.

In my dream last night @matthewmercer.bsky.social told to to finish writing the play (I'm not currently writing one) so I guess I'm writing a play now?

This year's pumpkins. First pic mine. Second pic @lucydrake.bsky.social at the top, my kid's below.

@mchshe.bsky.social I'm writing my poetry book and my new test is, can I read it in my head as if it read by Michael Sheen and it sound good! I did a corker this morning!

The poetry book projects are going well. Where would be a good place to share them? Should I try and self publish again? How about a website?

@mharastarling.bsky.social I'm reading your book on Welsh Fairies and I hit a bit of a snag, in so much as I've worked with Lord Arawn for a few years and I'm a bit trepidatious of working with Gwyn ap Nudd. Would it be considered rude? I don't want to upset Them and all.

2 week on hrt. Better sleep. Less pain. Lower blood sugar, tired. Softer hair. I feel emotionally stable. Things upset me far less. Just way more chill.

10 days on hrt: better mood. 8hrs of sleep. Bigger boobs. Less emotional (crying/raging/sadness) Skin is softer. Tired more but also some very odd dreams. Living the dream so far!

Pumpkin soup 1 eating pumpkin, de-seed and cut into quarters, 1 bulb of garlic with it's top cut off and some olive oil added. Roast on a medium low heat taking out the garlic if it is done before the pumpkin. Chop an onion finely. Grate a large carrot. Fry fresh sage leaves in butter.

Following a post saying they would be working with their ancestors everyday in October, I've been doing the same. Lots of positives so far, mostly candle and bone work.

Day 1 on hrt. Well I've stopped bursting into tears every 15 minutes so that's good!

I'm reading Davina MacCall's menopause book and I am relieved and angry. The NHS really needs to school GP's about menopause care. Period.

The problem isn't autism. It's fear and hatred of autism. The problem isn't trans people. It's fear and hatred of trans people. The problem isn't immigration. It's fear and hatred of immigrants.

I have about 11 poems so far in my "book". I wonder how I'd even manage to get these published? I could make my own again but it was absolute hell to do...

the last courgette harvest this year

The unrentling awful of not being able to find The Right Music!

The urge to write another book is brewing... I was thinking of calling it Words for Funerals

Butterbean, courgette and spinach curry on toast with an onion chickpea flour sheet bake (farinata with curry spices) on sourdough toast

Witness my garden chodes!

I spent last night throwing up. Man, I'm sore today. Time for homemade soup.

This mornings harvest! #gardening Some is going to be for cake, some for a tofu bake and I'm undecided on the rest!

My garden in the rain this morning! Look at my butternut squash baby! #gardening

My stuffed zucchini (courgette) flowers #gardening

#gardening #cooking never not going to show how pretty my veg is!

@nigelslater.bsky.social I recently bought an older book of yours (thanks Oxfam) and we did the lemon chicken thighs. Because the book has something like 350 recipes it makes picking dinner easier, especially when it's too hot to eat! It went for two dinner with a hefty salad and good bread.

*thinking face*

Rough night with the heat and the nightmares!

The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe. Will we listen to his words today?

# gardening look at my lovely rose and my first squash flower!

Courgette in my lunch, cabbage greens in my dinner, #gardening #cooking

flowers from the garden

#gardening #courgettesummer

#disability I wrote a letter to my MP for the first time and initially I got a letter saying he was voting for the bill anyway, but today I got a new one that he had changed his mind. I have no trust Labour will respect the people's will but it feels like a win.

A Poem - On Fire Don't say our names, or cry and weep. Our disabled bodies too expensive to keep. Set ablase to keep rich people warm. Don't pretend this is holy it's and evil storm. Never say you were trying to make it fair. It's an ugly lie, don't you dare.

Hey @criticalrole.bsky.social and @darringtonpress.bsky.social Any chance of more aquatic monsters, my players got a boat...