It's a Classical Life

  Doing word searches and cross words is one of my favourite past times. I find them really relaxing and I know there are those of you who do too. I've also realised that I actually really like making  word searches. Today I have one for you based on the Golden Age of Hollywood. I mentioned here that I've been enjoying watching film noir movies and others from the 1930s-1950s so was inspired to make one based around that time.  Downloading the word search is simple. Either click on the jpeg image above and print it, or you can click on the pdf link below. The Golden Age of Hollywood Word Search If you're interested, you can find the other word searches that I have created  here . I hope you enjoy doing these as much as I'm enjoying creating them. Have a lovely and relaxing weekend.

  Last week I spoke about embracing autumnal comfort food. This week I thought I would share with you what is on my menu plan. Normally I plan our menu for the whole month, but I'll just share with you what's coming up this week. We make pizza dough from scratch, but this can easily be bought or you can use pita bread for a tasty and economical alternative. My husband makes the pizza sauce, which includes antipasto such as sun-dried tomatoes, artichokes, olives and pieces of bacon or pepperoni. Once the pizza is topped with that all you need to do is add cheese. I also love my pizza with thin slivers or soft sweet potato and baby spinach. They can be as simple or as extravagant as we like. We tend to buy pre-made chicken schnitzels and battered fish for the burgers, but this can easily be substituted for home-made. Most of our meals are a mix of home-made and conveniently pre-made. I find this is best for those days when my husband and I are both working and perhaps lacking th...

  In her book, Cosy: The British Art of Comfort , writer Laura Weir says: "In my daily life, I am surrounded by noise and opinion, and over the past few years I have found myself seeking comfort from politically dark winters and the relentlessly bleak news cycle. My instinct has evolved and become an undeniable urge to hide away and find solitude. Rather than swipe and scroll my way through life, I want to feel protected and nurtured. I don't just want to drink a warm cup of tea, I want my emotional state to mirror that cuppa too - warm, predictable, reassuring. Perhaps I'm just getting old, but I want to swap toxic politics and anxieties induced by social media for reliability and kindness. I want to feel more cosy." Oh my, yes please! Count me in! She goes on to explain that cosy is what you do when no-one is watching - it's your definition of cosy, not one that is being prescribed by current trends or marketing techniques. This book really made me think. In Aus...