{"id":1999,"date":"2012-12-17T22:43:16","date_gmt":"2012-12-17T21:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.katebailward.com\/drivinglikeamaniac\/?p=1999"},"modified":"2012-12-17T22:43:16","modified_gmt":"2012-12-17T21:43:16","slug":"christmas-cake-and-kittens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.katebailward.com\/drivinglikeamaniac\/2012\/12\/christmas-cake-and-kittens\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas, Cake and Kittens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2000 aligncenter\" alt=\"buccellato by Kate Bailward\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katebailward.com\/drivinglikeamaniac\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/buccellato-by-Kate-Bailward.jpg\" width=\"448\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.katebailward.com\/drivinglikeamaniac\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/buccellato-by-Kate-Bailward.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.katebailward.com\/drivinglikeamaniac\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/buccellato-by-Kate-Bailward-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.katebailward.com\/drivinglikeamaniac\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/buccellato-by-Kate-Bailward-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Normal service is a bit disrupted at the moment, but I&#8217;ve got an excuse, honest. Well, a few, actually: 1) I&#8217;ve just done a 3-day cross-European journey back to the UK, via train, plane and Chunnel, and am in a state of discombobulation as a result.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">2) I&#8217;ve been shortlisted for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewriteplaceatthewritetime.org\/firstannualcontest.html\">Write Place at the Write Time Literary Journal&#8217;s annual competition<\/a> &#8211; winners will be announced on December 20th &#8211; and 3) I&#8217;ve been busy writing stuff for other places, including\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/budgettraveller.org\/visiting-catania-guide-to-common-foods-their-pronunciation\/\">this<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/budgettraveller.org\/cheap-eats-guide-to-catania\/\">this<\/a>, as well as cooking like a maniac and writing about the results <a href=\"http:\/\/katebailward.com\/quasisiciliana\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hopefully all will be back to normal on DLaM soon, but in the meantime, here are some kittens at play.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Awww.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katebailward.com\/drivinglikeamaniac\/2012\/12\/christmas-cake-and-kittens\/gratuitous-kittens-by-kate-bailward\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2002\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2002\" alt=\"Gratuitous kittens by Kate Bailward\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katebailward.com\/drivinglikeamaniac\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Gratuitous-kittens-by-Kate-Bailward.jpg\" width=\"448\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.katebailward.com\/drivinglikeamaniac\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Gratuitous-kittens-by-Kate-Bailward.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.katebailward.com\/drivinglikeamaniac\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Gratuitous-kittens-by-Kate-Bailward-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.katebailward.com\/drivinglikeamaniac\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Gratuitous-kittens-by-Kate-Bailward-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"https:\/\/www.katebailward.com\/drivinglikeamaniac\/2012\/12\/christmas-cake-and-kittens\/\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 1290977;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Normal service is a bit disrupted at the moment, but I&#8217;ve got an excuse, honest. 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