October dispatch from the pumpkin patch

October is here already. We are having gloriously sunny days but there is a definite chill in the evenings. Pumpkins of all shapes and colours have appeared in the shops and sweet pumpkin flavours are on the menu at my local ice creamery. I’m sad to bid farewell to summer, though we should have nice [...]

Prize draw – Standing with Stones

Thank you to everyone who commented on my Skara Brae post to win a copy of the DVD Standing with Stones. I have used the ‘Truly Random Number Generator’ to virtually pull the names out of a hat and I have two winners, Antonia Malchik of Perceptive Travel and Maria of Fab Mums. I will [...]

Sesame Street’s Mad Men parody

A bit of Friday fluff… Do any of you watch Mad Men, set in a New York advertising in the 1950s and 1960s? I’m still on season one (via DVD) but I think it’s quite brilliant, probably one of the smartest things on television right now. Fans of Mad Men and Muppets will appreciate this [...]

Photo Friday: Sunday breakfast – cinnamon pancakes

San Francisco; summer 2009 Our little house in San Francisco has a cute little garden with roses, a fucshia bush, a beautiful red cedar tree in the neighbouring garden and visiting squirrels and hummingbirds. It is the perfect place to sit on a Saturday or Sunday morning and enjoy home-cooked breakfast and freshly brewed coffee. [...]

Navel gazing – September

What have Roaming Tales readers been reading this month? Traffic was down in September compared with August, probably because I published fewer posts and didn’t have a blockbuster post like the one on Ben Southall as island caretaker. However, the overall trend is growth. I’m particularly pleased with the stone-age Orkney series and I think [...]

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