Broadway, Worcestershire, England

Broadway, taken from the grounds of Broadway Manor Cottage

Broadway Tower

Anne Hathaway House, Shottery, Warwickshire, England

Broadway, Worcestershire, England

Above Broadway walking the Cotswold Way

A Month of Sundays

Here's another shameless plug for simon music. I recorded this album with my band in 2002 when I was young, technology was new and we thought we could do everything ourselves. I suppose we were half right. The technology was great, but we were a little soft in the skills department. I haven't had it remastered, but it has been re-released through our record label, so at least you can hear it on Spotify. I imagine by the time our kids are in high school they'll be able to create symphonies on hand held devices just by pushing couple of buttons. But then, they'll probably prefer to be DJ's. As it is, these songs were written on guitar for a three piece indie rock band.

Downtown Hamilton Bermuda

Brad in Hamilton near 'the flagpole.'

Drottningholm Palace

Drottningholm Palace

Raw Brownies

Raw Brownies

Ever since the famous juice fast, I have been dabbling in more raw foods.  This is my new go-to recipe when I need something sweet, yet healthy.  It's incredibly easy and very, very tasty.  Trust me.  I even got the children to eat it!


               1 cup ground pecans
               1 cup dates (not soaked)
               1/4 cup cocoa powder 
               1 tbs agave nectar (more or less to taste)




Process the ingredients and press into a pan or bowl.

I recommend refrigerating the pressed brownies for at least 15 minutes, if you can wait that long. 

This recipe should make 4 servings.  Enjoy!

Sunday Seitan

Seitan Cutlets

It's Sunday, so it must be seitan!  Actually, this versatile little item is good any day of the week.  We like to pronounce it "satan" because we think we're very funny, but it's actually "say-tahn."  We like to make sandwiches with the cutlets, but you can add it to anything from salads to spaghetti sauce.  This recipe was adapted from one on the very awesome vegweb.com:


1 cup vital wheat gluten
3 tbs nutritional yeast
1 tsp thyme
1/4 cup soy sauce
1 tbs oil
1/2 cup water or vegetable stock


Mix gluten, nutritional yeast & thyme together in a bowl.

In a separate bowl, mix water or vegetable stock, soy sauce, and oil.  Note: The veg stock can make the seitan too salty for some.

Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and stir together making the ball of gluten. Knead for a few minutes. Dab any excess moisture from the gluten with a paper towel.

Form the gluten into a cylindrical shape. Press down and with a sharp knife, cut the gluten into thin strips. Oil a cookie sheet, and place the strips on the cookie sheet. Bake for 10 minutes, then flip them over and bake for an additional 3-5 minutes.

Heroes' Square, Budapest

Brad in Heroes' Square in front of the Millennial Column.