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Category Archives: Reflections on life (and death)
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
Chanukah – festival of light (and hope)
The essence of chanukah is that the oil for the eternal light in the temple that was enough to last just a few days miraculously lasted for a full 8 days and nights until there was a fresh supply. It’s … Continue reading
Posted in 2020 enough, Inspirations, Reflections on life (and death)
Tagged Bath, Brexit, chanukah, Jewish food, local economy, The Good Economy, University of Bath
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Shifting the (metaphorical) deckchairs….
I don’t know about you, but I’m getting more and more concerned about the likely impact Brexit will have on us here in the UK. Even if a deal is agreed, it will be such a ‘hard’ Brexit that it … Continue reading
A (mostly) rainy day
On the whole I’m not a great fan of being out in the rain, though of course as a gardener I welcome it wholeheartedly. But at some level I’m still the schoolchild who always enjoyed ‘indoor play’, often more than … Continue reading
Posted in 2020 enough, Bath, Community, Family, In the time of the virus, Reflections on life (and death), Uncategorized, Walking
Tagged Bath, Blogging, Community, Gardening
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Delicate planning – the Christmas edition
Now we’re out of lockdown and formally into Tier 2, not a lot has changed, for us at any rate. We will still minimise our contact with others, especially indoors. We will continue to think carefully about any plans. We … Continue reading