Few sights are as comforting for me with the TV schedules and bookstore shelves as that of seeing a new series and book from my favourite TV cook person Nigella Lawson on them. My love affair with all things Nigella started when I was a teenager and her first series, 'Nigella Bites' aired on Channel … Continue reading #CrazyStupidTV: Simply Nigella (BBC Two)
Perhaps one of the more welcome news of a pop comeback for me in recent times is for that of Dundalk family band The Corrs. If, like me, at the end of the late 90s and early 00s, you were growing up in a part Celtic family there's a chance your household owned a copy, … Continue reading #CrazyStupidPlaylist: The Corrs
Previously on 'Dear Cat & Fi'... MILTON KEYNES! COLOURING SCENES!! AND....squid in a clog?! And now, to your esteemed host... Dear Cat & Fi, Goood afternooon! It's Sunday, and I'm back in my usual place when I come to write to you both - on my bed, with my laptop on my fold up desk, … Continue reading Dear Cat & Fi: The One in Two Parts (Part 2)
Dear Cat & Fi, Helllooo! Hope you are both well. I am absolutely buzzing because this week's blog to you both is special for many different reasons. Firstly, because well. My blogs to you are usually written from the comfort of my bedroom, with my laptop perched on my fold up desk. And this is … Continue reading Dear Cat & Fi: The One in Two Parts (Part 1)
Dear Cat & Fi, Hello to you both. I am writing this blog to you whilst feeling a little bit sleepy so if I yawn at any point, or nod off, then just shake me awake. Or bribe me with coffee, whatever is easier for you both. So...I did promise in the last blog to … Continue reading Dear Cat & Fi: The One Where I Feel Autumnal
Dear Cat & Fi, Hello there...sooowa. Been a while since the last blog to you both. And I feel like I have a lot to live up to after my last blog. No, not the X Factor review. The one before that. With the playlist? That one. *thumbs up* The trouble is is that, whilst … Continue reading Dear Cat & Fi: The One after #26in26
'The X Factor', it's fair to say, is a show with which I've had a notoriously on again-off again love affair. Much like Ross and Rachel, only without the girl from the copy place which yesterday, I took full responsibility for (and I make no apologies to anyone who doesn't get that reference). At the … Continue reading #CrazyStupidTV: The X Factor (ITV)
So today's blog post is coming to you on a very special day...because it's my birthday! Yes, I have officially been on this planet 26 years as of today. Crazy thought isn't it? So, in light of this, I thought well, I need to give a bit of a gift to you, the readers of … Continue reading #26in26 – 26 songs from the last 26 years, chosen by you.
I've touched on finding inspiration as a writer in previous blog posts before. Never before though, have I touched on certain authors that inspire me, but in the case of today's post, I am doing just that. I have been back writing more stories for a children's series I've had in development for nearly two … Continue reading Roald Dahl: The Finest Works of a Whimsical Genius
Dear Cat & Fi, Hello. Firstly apologies for no blog these last couple of weeks. I had plans to write it early last week i.e. Tuesday, and then those plans kind of fell through. Reasons of which I shall go into as this blog progresses. Rest assured I am deep in blogging once again and … Continue reading Dear Cat & Fi: The One Where I Spin at 45
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