Elf Blood

Hullo everybody! Hope you’re doing well!

Again, I’m actively choosing not to discuss the shitbasket that is modern media and politics. Instead, I’m going to give you some good news – I have NEVER felt better rested in my life than this weekend. I’m making more of an effort to address my sleep apnea, and though weight loss will help eventually (once I lose more than a couple of kilograms), the best thing that I’ve done this weekend? Sleeping on my side. That’s it. That’s all. I have not nodded off once during this weekend, during the day! read more

Uuuurgh. While Scotland basks in what can only be described as its own personal summer, some friends decided that it would be a good idea to have a barbecue. And it was quite awesome – as usual, we prepared far too much food, but what we DID consume was plenty delicious.

Before I crawl off to bed to try and sleep off the remainder of this food coma, I’m just going to reveal the surprise hit of our bbq: Baked Camembert. Seriously, try it. Take Camembert cheese, push some cloves of garlic in, push some sprigs of thyme in, keep it in the lower half of the round wooden box it comes in, wrap in foil, then sit in the coals for like 5-10 minutes. Then have at it with fresh-baked bread; I made a loaf of Khorasan wheat and another of malted wheat, and both just worked so well with the cheese. read more

Ahoy hoy thar, pals! Hope you’ve had a good week!

I just wanted to check in and ask you guys what you thought of this week and last week’s detail of levels in the background. I think, ultimately, it’s a good move that will make me think more about the details I choose to put in. But it does feel a bit… Weird, not drawing the extra detail I would normally go for.

What do you think? Are simpler lines the way to go, or should I go back to the way I approached it before, with more detail? read more