Good morning. And a Happy New Year.
I don't usually write in the morning. But I thought this would be a positive start to 2013. And would demonstrate to the world that I am actually awake. Like getting up in the dark to feed the cat, and opening the living room blinds in order to impress the neighbours, before slinking off back to bed.
My apologies for a somewhat downbeat post last night. But I have been severely ill since Christmas: feeling generally out-of-sorts (or, more descriptively, yuck) and sneezing uncontrollably. In this condition, I find it difficult to come out with inspiring prose to welcome in the New Year. I hadn't even had any intoxicating drink at the time of writing last night, but a diet of party food and nibbles does not do anything to improve your spirits or digestion. This morning I tried to gain some helpful vitamins by finishing off whatever continental fruited bread products I could find in the kitchen: thus the remains of the panettone, and the stollen; and to keep the festive theme going, some brioche, which does not contain any dried fruit, but can be made more nutritious by gentle toasting and smearing with brandy butter. I am not sure I would recommend this as a hangover cure but it at least helps to make the kitchen less cluttered.
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