PostsCommentsactaylor in #hive-180164 • 5 months agoHive Book Club: "A Thousand Splendid Suns" – Khaled Hosseini 02.10Several pauses needed before finishing this book. A gut-wrenching, harrowing tale. Painful and beautiful. A story about two Afghan women whose lives become intertwined during a…actaylor in #hive-120586 • 8 months agoBaking bread (2), an underrated superfood and tompouceWell, well, well! A flavoursome Saturday was had here in this little two-storey on Edinburgh’s shoreline. House-bound, waiting on some much-anticipated deliveries, I decided to…actaylor in #hive-120586 • 8 months agoBaking bread (01) and boundary bunnies The post today is dedicated to @foodiesbeehive and lays out my atrocious first attempt at bread making, followed by a striking meet with mother nature. A balanced post – embedded…actaylor in #hive-180164 • 8 months agoHive Book Club: "Dune" - Frank Herbert 01.10I’ve decided to set myself a challenge... Tired of complaining about how “I wish I could find the time to read”, I’ve simply, well, made time. Carved it out of the daily…actaylor in #hive-120586 • 9 months agoKombucha preparations (cont.)Would you like some fermented tea? Some bacteria-infused yeasty goodness? A sweet blend of berry and matcha doused in acid? A bubbly, ever-so-slightly frothy brown liquid with…actaylor in #hive-150329 • 9 months agoBirefringence in rainbows and resinAs I began my run tonight, I spied, beneath stormy clouds, a rainbow. Red; orange; yellow; green; blue; indigo; violet - the usual suspects were all there. However, these…actaylor in #hive-139156 • 10 months agoLanguage-learning bridging gapsRaise your hands if you’re multilingual! Who here speaks more than one language, apart from their native tongue? Who is attempting to learn an entirely entirely new language…actaylor in #hive-150329 • 10 months agoAn old Irish anti-war song called Arthur McBride I’ve always made a habit of sourcing out live music. And the pubs here in Scotland are especially frequented by individuals who can play ballads of traditional folk tunes.…actaylor in #hive-150329 • last year‘Tis all notes and mirrorsHas this festive season caught you toe-tapping to Carol of the Bells ; humming along to White Christmas ; or pulling a private, questionably sexy rendition of Santa Baby…