tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post5526948391101674044..comments2024-03-29T10:25:17.813-04:00Comments on Jungle Red Writers: The First of Rhys's Pieces!Jungle Red Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-12155638276159782982008-12-03T00:30:00.000-05:002008-12-03T00:30:00.000-05:00thank you for the recipe, Marianne. I'll let you k...thank you for the recipe, Marianne. I'll let you know how it turns out.<BR/><BR/>And now it's confession time. Which of my outrageous statements was a lie? I didn't cross Europe alone when I was 12. I was actually 14. <BR/>All the others are true.<BR/>I used to be a folk singer and i used to perform with Al Stewart who was sharing a house with Paul and Artie, who also used to come and sing at our folk club. I was in a late night cafe when they came to say goodbye because they had to go home--they had a record called Sounds of Silence that seemed to be doing well. The rest, as they say, is history.<BR/><BR/>And mooning the train--not on purpose. I was climbing Mount Snowdon in Wales and desperately needed to pee. The mountain is completely bare. The climbers hut was closed so I maneuvered myself behind it, out of view of the path. I had just squatted down when I heard a chuffing noise and there came the mountain rack railway with all those pairs of eyes looking down at me. I had nowhere to run, nowhere to hide. One of my more embarrassing moments!Rhys Bowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06663634889908752121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-55899408329903246352008-12-02T23:19:00.000-05:002008-12-02T23:19:00.000-05:00Eccles Cakes recipeingredients6 oz puff or flaky p...Eccles Cakes recipe<BR/>ingredients<BR/>6 oz puff or flaky pastry<BR/>1 tbsp sugar<BR/><BR/>Filling:<BR/>1 tbsp butter, melted<BR/>1 tbsp soft brown sugar<BR/>I cup currants<BR/><BR/><BR/>method<BR/>1. Roll out the pastry thinly and cut into 9-cm (3 1/2-inch) rounds. <BR/><BR/>2. Mix together the ingredients for the filling and place a small spoonful of mixture in the centre of each pastry round. <BR/><BR/>3. Draw up the pastry edges towards the centre and re-shape into a round. Turn it over and roll lightly until the currants just show through. <BR/><BR/>4. Score in a lattice pattern with a knife. Allow the cakes to 'rest' on a baking sheet for about 10 minutes in a cool place. <BR/><BR/>5. Brush with water and dredge with sugar. <BR/><BR/>6. Bake in the oven at 230°C (450°F) mark 8 for about 15 minutes until golden. <BR/><BR/>7. Leave to cool on a wire rack. <BR/><BR/><BR/>serving amount<BR/>makes 10 cakes <BR/><BR/>This is the recipe I have in one of my Aussie cookbooks. Have fun. :-D<BR/><BR/>MarianneMariannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10349984152592814003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-9202741722035987562008-12-02T22:59:00.000-05:002008-12-02T22:59:00.000-05:00Hi Hank!! Yep, I've been reading but not having ti...Hi Hank!! Yep, I've been reading but not having time to write long comments. I've been a bit tongue-tied (er, keyboard-tied) about commenting - especially the emotional stuff. I have been dealing with emotional things with my family in Australia for the last few months - by remote control. Long and complicated, but doing much, much better now. All I can say is THANK GOD FOR THE PARKINSONS DISEASE SUPPORT GROUPS!!!. My brother in law is so afflicted, but he's doing better. My brother eloped with his demanding paramour - but he came home to do it. I know there's a novel in there somewhere. :-D <BR/><BR/>I've also been writing!!! Between two major business travel trips. <BR/><BR/>Now planning out my Christmas cooking boxes. I road tested some new chocolate creations on Saturday and inflicted them on friends. The dark choc/coconut/cherry crashed and burned, but the milk choc/cranberry/pecan/Grand Marnier ones were just too moorish. The dark choc ginger worked, as did the choc dipped pretzels rolled in pistachios!! Now I can get on with my christmas menus. <BR/><BR/>My mother in law - who is a london lass - makes Eccles cakes now and then, and killer Yorkie Puds (er, yorkshire puddings). Sigh. I think I can feel an attack of Wine Trifle coming on... I'm useless at making spongecakes, so me dreaming about making a Battenburg Spongecake the other night was a pipe dream, I think. :-D<BR/><BR/>Mind you, I love tea party goodies. DH and I had a brilliant one at a little beach place in Newport Oregon a few years ago. Sigh. And since we're missing out on England this year, I'm missing Cornish Cream tea and pasties (that's pronounced pahs-tees, more or less). :-D<BR/><BR/>Dang, now I'm hungry...<BR/><BR/>Cheers,<BR/>MarianneMariannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10349984152592814003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-32851542202892602002008-12-02T21:44:00.000-05:002008-12-02T21:44:00.000-05:00Thank you JRs--I no longer feel so alone in Procra...Thank you JRs--I no longer feel so alone in Procrastination Station! I'm mortified to say that I dally at celebrity gossip sites and other folks' blogs way too much. Then my writing time gets squeezed and then the kids come home and I stay up way too late to work and am exhausted in the morning--and of course I must have a nap! It's a vicious cycle...<BR/><BR/>Rhys, hiking is so healthy. That can't possibly count! I had to dump Twitter. I was definitely obsessing.<BR/><BR/>Hank--will you write us an anti-procrastination handbook or do a video?!Laura Benedicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08474185786017084327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-56734137156590993722008-12-02T18:22:00.000-05:002008-12-02T18:22:00.000-05:00Now I have friends to share my tea addiction, I ca...Now I have friends to share my tea addiction, I can see. Silver tea spoons and eccles cakes. How divine, dahlings. My great aunt used to make the best eccles cakes. I've never tried. I'm a better eater than baker.Rhys Bowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06663634889908752121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-90355951150959708402008-12-02T18:21:00.000-05:002008-12-02T18:21:00.000-05:00would love to hear more about the Lipton Tea gig! ...would love to hear more about the Lipton Tea gig! and have some of Marianne's goodies. how about a short walk followed by tea with Jungle Red??Lucy Burdette aka Roberta Isleibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04660402177299546055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-91167510269681936962008-12-02T17:27:00.000-05:002008-12-02T17:27:00.000-05:00Marianne, you still here?What are Eccles cakes?She...Marianne, you still here?<BR/>What are Eccles cakes?<BR/><BR/>Sheila, publicity for Lipton Tea? That must have been fascinating..and to be a woman in that world at that time..did she tell you about it?<BR/><BR/>(Oops,this is me procrastinating. I'm supposed to be researching our upcoming story on how federal accounts were attacked by scam artists.)Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-12462901869603297802008-12-02T13:20:00.000-05:002008-12-02T13:20:00.000-05:00Welcome Rhys!!I can procrastinate with the best of...Welcome Rhys!!<BR/><BR/>I can procrastinate with the best of them! Sometimes I'm good and get on with whatever I have to write or do, but sometimes I don't. I'm usually great at doing things for other people, but drag my feet when doing something for myself. Writing included.<BR/><BR/>I limit myself to checking only 2-3 blogs each morning, and surf others later if I have time or am filling a few minutes. I try not to comment on EVERYTHING. <BR/><BR/>Mind you, if we have a tea party at Sheila's, dibs on making tiny sandwiches and pastries for it! I looooove to cook. I'm Aussie, so at least I'd get some of the taste sensations correct. Hmmm. I think I have a recipe for Eccles Cakes around here somewhere...<BR/><BR/>Cheers,<BR/>MarianneMariannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10349984152592814003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-21419511396266544142008-12-02T10:55:00.000-05:002008-12-02T10:55:00.000-05:00If we're hiking, I only hike downhill.1. I sang wi...If we're hiking, I only hike downhill.<BR/><BR/>1. I sang with Simon and Garfunkel<BR/>This has gotta be true...<BR/>2. I wanted to be a lion tamer when I was a child<BR/>I hope this is true.<BR/>3. I traveled across Europe alone at the age of 12<BR/>This sounds true.<BR/>4. I used to be manager of a rock group.<BR/>I love this one. Hope it's true too.<BR/>5. I once mooned a passing train<BR/>She throws tea parties and moons trains. "I don't think so," as we would have said at Crime Bake.Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-77180239455996504492008-12-02T10:32:00.000-05:002008-12-02T10:32:00.000-05:00Rhys,I forgot to officialy welcome you, but you mu...Rhys,<BR/>I forgot to officialy welcome you, but you must know by now how THRILLED we are to have you here.<BR/><BR/>I think that singing with Simon and Garfunkel is so obviously a stretch, that it must be true. <BR/><BR/>I'm going to guess that you never wanted to be a lion tamer!Jan Broganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11323983086318138814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-4299536397841960082008-12-02T10:22:00.000-05:002008-12-02T10:22:00.000-05:00And Rhys--if you sang with Simon and Garfunkel, I'...And Rhys--if you sang with Simon and Garfunkel, I'm going to be writhing with jealousy. I've always had an enormous crush on Paul Simon.<BR/><BR/>Unless, wait. "Singing with Simon and Garfunkel" as one of the million people at their Central Park concert doesn't count, right?<BR/><BR/>Hiking. Sure. Maybe later.Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-8335503770985098992008-12-02T10:20:00.000-05:002008-12-02T10:20:00.000-05:00Oh Edith, my word count assignment is the number o...Oh Edith, my word count assignment is the number of words in the book <BR/>(100,000 for Drive Time) divided by the number of days I have to write it. I think this time it was 546 or something. Very doable.<BR/><BR/>I also have a weekly total. So if I dont make my daily goal, that's fine, I can focus on the weekly and not get worried. Even when I'm behind, that lets me see how far behind I am. <BR/><BR/>SOme of that "discipline"<BR/>might better be described as "fear."Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-76075955560080196712008-12-02T08:35:00.000-05:002008-12-02T08:35:00.000-05:00Welcome again, Rhys. One of my first procrastinati...Welcome again, Rhys. One of my first procrastinations of the day is reading this blog!<BR/><BR/>Hank, what is your daily assignment for word count? I'd love to see a blog topic about how people with full-time jobs get their writing done (although your personal discipline clearly helps in that regard).<BR/><BR/>Thanks,<BR/><BR/>EdithEdith Maxwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388006370860482509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-36867918925977534462008-12-02T08:34:00.000-05:002008-12-02T08:34:00.000-05:00Welcome, Rhys!If you're ever in my neighborhood, s...Welcome, Rhys!<BR/><BR/>If you're ever in my neighborhood, stop by for tea--at last count I had 14 teapots and 69 teacups, and the silver spoons to go with them (my grandmother used to do publicity for Lipton Tea).<BR/><BR/>I think we can justify devoting time to the blogs/loops/lists/emails because they keep us in touch with the writers community and the market. And we solitary writers need some human contact, even if it is cyber-contact.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-45672512125259109002008-12-02T08:26:00.000-05:002008-12-02T08:26:00.000-05:00Welcome Rhys,This is one of the blogs I check in o...Welcome Rhys,<BR/>This is one of the blogs I check in on a couple of times a week to see what's new so it's great to see another author I read on the blog.<BR/>I don't comment too often, but I do stop by to read. I've tried to limit my blog hopping to just a couple of days a week because I found I was getting nothing else done otherwise!<BR/>Caryn in St.Louiscarynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06761365713102858135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-63690335599669322042008-12-01T23:31:00.000-05:002008-12-01T23:31:00.000-05:00Omigod...we have to have a JR hiking trip. I love ...Omigod...we have to have a JR hiking trip. I love hiking...and camping..especially if there's a four star hotel or spa at the end of the trip.<BR/>OK...the lie,.....I think it's Simon and Garfunkel..everything else sems quite plausible..Rosemary Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08033747422699443024noreply@blogger.com