jackelliot

12/02/2019 From Overblog …

Making gingerbread for Christmas

Here is a great gingerbread that I have enjoyed making 1/3 cup each molasses and honey, 1 cup of brown sugar, 1/2...

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12/01/2019 From Overblog …

The EU has serious problems

The EU has serious problems, most of the member countries are not doing well, in some, as much as 25% of young...

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11/30/2019 From Overblog …

Time to think of a soup for Winter

I've always loved a decent chicken soup, especially when I've got a cold, or it's cold weather, but when I make...

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11/29/2019 From Overblog …

‘bargains’ A wee spiel on the topic of the day

I think one-day ‘bargains’ switch on some people’s ‘seeking’, competitive drive. The feeling of achievement comes...

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11/28/2019 From Overblog …

Somewhere for the weekend -

For the weekend it would be great in both or either Antwerp or Rotterdam. Pleasant in Rotterdam you could sail...

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11/27/2019 From Overblog …

From the horrors of the Holocaust

If asked to reflect upon the horrors of the Holocaust, what would you think of first? Perhaps you will automatically...

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11/26/2019 From Overblog …

Contemplate the works of nature

Contemplate the works of nature There is for a free man no occupation more worthy and delightful than to contemplate...

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11/25/2019 From Overblog …

Cake and coffee - Baltic Style

In a time that the old people still remember it was a habit among Germans in the Baltics, that if you visited your...

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11/24/2019 From Overblog …

The upper classes as "eccentric".

In our class-damaged society it somehow seems acceptable to describe certain behaviours amongst the upper classes...

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11/23/2019 From Overblog …

London: global centre for oligarchs

London is the global centre for oligarchs, kleptocrats, financial opportunists, tax avoiders, 'dark money' specialists,...

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