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Category Archives: Reflections on life (and death)
May already!
So. April came and went, as it aways does and always will. I wasn’t wrong to think we had a drought – here in the UK it was one of the driest (and coldest) Aprils on record. The climate crisis … Continue reading
Posted in 2021, Allotment, Climate change, Do what you can with what you have, Family, In the time of the virus, Reflections on life (and death), Travels, Uncategorized
Tagged Allotment, Bath City Farm, Conserving water, coronacrisis, Cotton dishcloths, Fundraising, knitting, rainwater harvesting, Travel, Water butts
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Food food and food again
I’ve been thinking about what to write, picking up on the first three months of my wish to educate myself about everything food – but primarily I think it’s about the ‘food and farming system’ we have here in the … Continue reading
Lockdown 3: goodbye January!
Never has January had so many days. It seemed endless. But here we are, now it’s behind us. Signs of spring are with us, and the days are noticeably longer. We can get through this. The good things (for me) … Continue reading
Lockdown 3: how’s it going?
I hope you’re getting through it ok, and that you’ve stayed well. Well both physically and mentally I mean – both are important. I know so many people are really struggling with this lockdown. I think it’s the relentlessness of … Continue reading
Time and time again
I’ve written before about the importance of time as an essential, often unspoken, ingredient in food. There can be no better examples of this than when we make fermented foods or grow our own food. I spent much of today … Continue reading
Lockdown 3 – reboot
Everything I read about how the coronacrisis is going confirms my belief that we’re in this for a lot longer than the PM would like to admit. My feeling is that this lockdown is going to take us through till … Continue reading
Posted in 2021, Allotment, Craft, Do what you can with what you have, Food, In the time of the virus, Nature, Reflections on life (and death), Uncategorized, Walking
Tagged Allotment, birdwatching, cooking, Exercise, Food, Free things, Growing food, knitting, lockdown, Lymphoedema, Reading, reduce reuse recycle, Walking
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2021: how to get through it?
Continuing to count my blessings. Last year I chose as my ‘theme’ word enough How very appropriate that turned out to be. I found I did indeed have enough of everything, and much more than many. I’ll get round to … Continue reading
Posted in 2020 enough, 2021, Food, Reflections on life (and death), Uncategorized
Tagged cooking, enough, Food, Food policy, learning, marmalade, meals, New Year goals, Reflections
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The in-between days
These days between Christmas and New Year have somehow always felt like bonus days, especially when we were still working but both managed to arrange to take holiday days on them. Christmas has always been a big family day; New … Continue reading
