Coffee is being made whilst I stew the fruit for a chocolate Christmas cake, the smell is intoxicating. The zest from the orange mixed with brandy. Deliberating making the coffee slow in order to stay at the hob longer, to linger, to enjoy this moment and breathe.
The recipe has been on my list since mid November and welcome on this cold, wet and bleak day. The ground is covered in slushy kind of snow that soaks and bleeds you dry of warmth and energy. The sky is dark and full without a thought for the folks who need to get out for a walk in order to the clear the mind.
The recipe turns out to be a winner looks wise and I’m very pleased with the result, no battling with having to cream the butter and the sugar. Proof will be in the tasting a couple of days from now, should be weeks but don’t think we’ll be able to wait!
With full on water proofs I make it out and listen to a new podcast, very much out my comfort zone about London, urban community and rap music. It peaked my interest from one of the top 10 lists I’ve seen this time of year and hoping in some way to help broaden my mind…..I’d recommend the podcast or musical poetry from George the Poet a London-born spoken word performer
The Christmas tree is going up today the first real one in five years or so. I’d forgotten the weight of these things and the pine needles as they follow you round the house. The artificial has gone up the kitchen at the back as a way of lighting up the back. Joining our neighbors in what feels like an unspoken solidarity with regard brightening up our corner of the world….to push back the darkness in more ways than one.
The #WeekendCoffeeShare is an informal weekly link-up hosted by Eclectic Alli that serves as weekly heart beat and sort of of a mind-dump. Helps me reflect on my week, with a list of achievements, thoughts and rambles normally whilst drinking a beverage probably listening to music.