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About me - Mouse

So, what's in a name?

Well, in my case, there are two main reasons for my "unusual" name:

You see, I'm a full time practising Pagan and a member of the clergy too. "Mouse" is the path name that I took and is in honour of my totem animal. Virtually all my

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Home & Garden > Home Interior Home decor: Do it yourself or hire an interior decorator?: 2 of 25

Just to quantify, while I am entirely in favour of everyone designing their own interiors (after all YOU are the one who has to live in it and you know best a) what you want & b) what you can live with), I do want to point out that I am entirely against people taking risks with the Health and Safety of themselves and the...
Home & Garden > Cleaning Products Guide to cheap and natural house cleaning products: 1 of 12

The more and more aware we become of our environment, the more modern people look to the past for more ecologically sound cleaning methods and while this is a good thing, there is, perhaps inevitably, a whole industry of often overblown prices that has grown up to provide to the needs of the ever greener consumer. Don't get ...
Home & Garden > Houseplants Growing African violets: 1 of 11

A beautiful, basic, starter houseplant is the African Violet. For those who aren't too good with names, it basically looks like a furrier leaved, less wrinkled version of a Primrose or Primula (leaves and shape wise) and has either a purple, pink, or white flower. African violets are originally desert flowers, which makes th...
Food & Drink > Bread & Baking Recipes Recipes: The perfect yorkshire pudding: 1 of 10

Roast beef and Yorkshire pudding, that classic combination, is, alongside Fish and Chips, the epitome of English cuisine in the eyes of many the World over. As an English citizen living abroad in the Land of Cabbage and Potatoes (and very good they are too), with a French/Italian fiance, food and cooking are p...
Home & Garden > Cleaning Clothing Laundry tips and tricks: 2 of 19

If ever there was a 'dirty word' it's laundry! Time and again, this chore features prominently in 'Top Ten' lists of most hated chores. In all honesty, you've probably read this far and already had a strong emotive reaction one way or the other already. Why is that? How does something so mundane invoke such strong feelings i...
Hobbies & Games > Yarn & Needle Crafts Knitting projects for which gauge is not important: 1 of 9

Gauge (or tension): When knitting it is both an incredible aid and, especially for the new knitter, can be a huge pain in the backside and sometimes a deterrent. I have come across many new knitters who've rejected a pattern because they've been worried that they wouldn't be able to keep the gauge. Okay, I have two problems ...
Pets & Animals > Cat Psychology & Training Can cats be trained to be obedient?: 1 of 9

Absolutely, cats can be trained! - Anyone who's ever spent a significant amount of time around a cat knows this. Some things, like learning the note of your engine means you're about to be home, granted, are not actively 'taught', rather that knowledge is passively acquired by your cat, but there are many, many things that y...
Pets & Animals > Cat Care & Health How to bathe a cat: 1 of 8

Especially if your cat is light coloured or indeed white, there will inevitably come a time when s/he gets filthy in something (perhaps engine oil from rubbing under cars as my youngest does) that would be bad for them to be ingesting by licking themselves clean. At that point, a bath becomes absolutely necessary. If you are...
Food & Drink > Beef, Pork & Meat Recipes Recipes: Goulash: 1 of 8

Goulash is a fabulous meal. It's cheap, It's easy and it's adaptable to so many different occasions. I got into making goulash as a penniless student, as a way of injecting some kind of excitement, interest and variety to the ubiquitous 'cheap meat' student dinner. Now that I'm no longer a student, I still like to make goula...
Religion & Spirituality > Astrology & Prophecy Tarot cards: The Fool: 1 of 7

The Fool Card is a threshold card. It talks about the soul. The Fool is the card whose life story is told in the Tarot. He represents and sympathises with the enquirer. For the purposes of this article, I am referring to The Fool Card, as depicted in the Sharman-Caselli deck. I favour this version of the card as: •...