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These roasted millet and oat pancakes are a great gluten-free addition to your breakfast rotation. The pancakes are fragrant, nutty, and contain plant protein and fibre. The premade pancake mix is easy to prep ahead and store in your pantry for months. Print Roasted Millet and Oat Pancake Course BreakfastCuisine FusionKeyword gluten free, millet Prep Time 5 minutes minutesCook Time 20 minutes minutesPancake Frying Time 20 minutes minutes Servings 6 …

The Eustace Diamonds by Anthony Trollopepublished as a serial 1871-72 "...and enjoy the satisfaction of knowing that she's about the handsomest girl out. As for me, I'd sooner have the widow. I beg your pardon, Mr. Greystock." Frank merely bowed. "Simply, I mean, because she rides about two stone lighter. It'll cost you something to mount Lady Tewett." [men chatting in the smoking-room] There are two direct reasons for looking …

I will tell you one thing. I didn’t get this job for nothing. They have no idea who I am, but they soon will! For the most part, I am biding my time. I lay low in the gallery, in the corners, at doorways. I hide in plain sight. Visitors expect to see me, or, they don’t register seeing me — even when they look right at me. Sometimes the …

Tommy Claytonpic is from Pacific EP 90100 (France)Tommy Clayton has covered the hits of the day for Eli Oberstein's various budget labels. Some twenty Varsity tracks can be heard at Internet Archive here; unfortunately the sound clips are of very low quality. Apart Varsity, his records are found on W&G (Australia & New Zealand), Pacific (France), Royale (USA) and World Record Club (UK), all either way related to Eli Oberstein. …

I have barely made any progress on writing (other than blogging) this year. Something I need to address PDQ.I got a tax rebate. Quite a large one. Basically in the 2023-24 tax year I only worked for five months, and then spent seven months taking a bit of a break and trying to work out what I was doing with my life. For that five months, I was on higher …

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Olivia Darnley, Mimî M Khayisa, Sifiso Mazibuko, Scott Sparrow in A Good House, Royal Court Theatre. Photo: Camilla Greenwell Thought-provoking, challenging and funny in a play is a difficult combination to get right, but the production of Amy Jeptha's play A Good House at the Royal Court Theatre does just...

Ridgeline subscribers — Hello from amidst the Toyama rush of media requests. I’ve had to say no to most of them, mainly because I’ve been finishing the final final final final set of edits on the Random House edition of Things Become Other Thing. Those edits are in. The book can be pre-ordered from all the usual places. I’m running a pre-order campaign whereby if you forward your pre-order coupon …

Long cold day fishing for perch - blank! Glad I chucked a lure about on the way home - got to love a jack blank-saver. A pike added to the challenge - but the target of 20 might be slipping away...

The following reviews are the 31st and 32nd installments of my series searching for “SF short stories that are critical in some capacity of space agencies, astronauts, and the culture which produced them.” Some stories I’ll review in this series might not fit. And that is okay. I relish the act of literary archaeology. Philip K. Dick’s “Explorers We” (1959) reframes the triumphant astronaut’s return home as the ultimate horror. …

A thing I had forgotten: I received a square of… knitting? Crochet? from Bill Drummond in the post at the top of the year. Torn between framing it and enlisting my mother in law to make it part of something. First session of NHS physio started on Tuesday. I now have exercises to do in sets, which feels so formal my mind rebels at it. But I’d also like to …

These notes are a tool I use for reflecting, remembering (because I can't), networking and public accountability. Read more here. Hello. It’s term time so I’m back to drafting these notes in Michael’s caff, over breakfast instead of lunch now that Joel’s joined an older group at BRIT Kids. Joy’s gone north to her mum’s. Dylan’s still in bed, afaik. Meanwhile in Whitehall, GovCamp 2025 is happening without me, because …

Knitting words and letters is today's topic. In a world on fire, banners have historically announced one's view on things, and, fair warning! I'm stating my political beliefs below. Obviously, politics aren't strictly necessary: a common example of banner-knitting is putting names on Christmas stockings. However, you have been warned! The top part of this post is technical,

I had the second sitting of my root canal last tuesday, and while the procedure itself went pretty well, I developed some pain after a few hours had passed. I asked the dentist and also read that it can be “normal” to feel pain for a few days, so I waited it out. Now it has been five days after, and I am sitting here with a swollen upper lip …

Cleanly breaking weeks with travel seems to work great for me: It creates a neat time-bounded window, or a context if you will. But long-distance travel — which can span days — are a lot fuzzier. These journeys can form their own chapters. This week in data: Leon wraps consumed: 0 Hours slept: Not enough. :( In my case, a chapter involving some extremely pointy elbows and my rib-cage on …