I don’t think I can remember a busier December. There were of course the Decembers when I was thirteen or fourteen and was dancing in the Nutcracker. It seemed like endless afternoons and evenings of rehearsals and weekends full of performances all balanced with school. Then there were the Decembers when I was a full-time music teacher. Preparing the children for their holiday concerts were always stressful. It seemed that I spent every waking moment thinking about the music, rehearsing with the students, designing programmes, and planning the logistics. When I went back to being a full-time student, suddenly, my Decembers – while busy – were just a bit more leisurely. Sure I had deadlines but there wasn’t that stress of everything riding on my shoulders. This December though has been another thing entirely.
Tag: holidays
Episode 01.12 – Winter Wonderland – 12 December 2017
It's our twelfth episode of You Say Toma(h)to! We're very sorry about the delay in releasing this episode, between travel commitments, working, and the holiday rush, we needed a bit of extra time to produce this month's tomato. This month Jeremy and I discuss our Christmas traditions and how they reflect or diverge from our wider … Continue reading Episode 01.12 – Winter Wonderland – 12 December 2017
Episode 01.11 – Of Halloween and Bonfires – 7 November 2017
Welcome to the eleventh episode of You Say Toma(h)to. This one is a little spooky as Jeremy and I discuss two autumn festivals with macabre histories – Halloween and Bonfire Night. Be sure to listen with the lights on!
You Say Toma(h)to – Episode 01.04 Recap
I had so much fun making this month's episode of You Say Toma(h)to. Stitching together the audio we had recorded all over Paris into a narrative helped me to relive our holiday and make it come alive in a way that a simple blog post never could.
Day of the Pancake (Recipe: Pancakes (US))
Today is Pancake Day in the UK. You read that right, the UK has an entire day on which the good people of Britain celebrate the majestic and all-powerful pancake.
An Englishman in Philadelphia
The continuation of Jeremy's adventures in America includes a visit to the City of Brotherly Love, a trip to the movie theatre (what he charmingly refers to as "the cinema"), and some gorgeous views of Longwood Gardens.
An Englishman in New York
Many of my readers might remember Jeremy from my days as a student in Durham. Well, he's still in the picture and as a matter of fact, he went all the way to America with me to visit my friends and family for Thanksgiving. While he was travelling he kept a diary of what we did and some of his thoughts about my native country. What follows in this and the next blog post is an edited version of his travel diary (edited mainly for length as Jeremy is quite the writer).