Blog: resurrected

I was going to start a new blog but re-discovered this one from a few years ago. I've deleted the old posts as they generally contained drivel about linguistics which I was studying at the time. I've decided to start blogging again for a few reasons. 1) as a creative outlet; 2) to keep a record of what I've been reading/where I've been/things I have made or cooked; and, 3) to track a challenge I have set for myself - to cook more from my recipe books.  So, even though I doubt anyone other than me will read this, this blog will be resurrected soon....