The gift that keeps on giving
Posted: February 5, 2017 Filed under: FOOD | Tags: chefs, chutney, Cookie Monster, cooking skills, friends, me tummy is empty, presents, regifting Leave a commentI love it when I find a lovely Christmas gift tucked away and forgotten in a cupboard. Today I dug out Dan and Dave’s 2016 Xmas chutney (made from Granny’s top secret family recipe) and it went perfectly with what I was eating. Beer and chutney are a winning combination aren’t they gastronomes?
In the words of my favourite chef, Cookie Monster, “Me so full, but me can always eat one more.” I can’t wait to get stuck into my advent calendar tomorrow.
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That’s good enough for me…
Posted: June 12, 2016 Filed under: FEMINISM | Tags: ageing, Chaka Khan, Cookie Monster, dementia, Elder Clowns, family members with dementia, I like to sing, music therapy, old age, PRINCE, scientific studies, senility, Sinead O'Connor, singing dancing and Clown Doctoring, singing is good for the soul, songs in the key of life, Stevie Wonder 2 CommentsLast week I arrived at my mother’s nursing home to find she was watching Julie Andrews on the big screen TV with a group of other residents. She was very happy singing along to Edelweiss and Climb Every Mountain.
Then I read that a study by U.S. scientists has shown that the brain function of those suffering from dementia can be improved if they belt out their favourite show tunes.
Researchers working with elderly residents at a US East Coast care home in a four-month long study found that people who sang their favorite songs showed a marked improvement compared to those who just listened.
Among the songs sung during 50-minute sessions were hits from The Wizard of Oz, Oklahoma and The Sound of Music.
The most improvement was among those sufferers with moderate to severe dementia. I must keep my mama singing.
When my kids put me in a home for bewildered single mothers, hopefully I’ll be busting some moves to Gett Off by Prince, and my favourite Stevie Wonder and Chaka Khan tunes. But I’ll probably be warbling, “C is for Cookie, Cookie, Cookie, Cookie start with C. Yeah!” on repeat.
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My favourite Muppet
Posted: November 21, 2011 Filed under: Self improvement, Theme Songs | Tags: Cookie Monster, favourite muppet, JIM HENSON, Sesame Street, sometimes food, The Muppets Leave a commentI grew up with Sesame Street and Cookie Monster is my all time favourite. I live by Cookie’s motto: Me so full but me can always eat one more. How can cookies be just a sometimes food? C is for Cookie, that’s good enough for me.
Who is your favourite Muppet?
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