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Category Archives: Whatever next?
Food for thought, thought for food
I’ve always enjoyed learning new things. My current special interest centres on everything to do with food. where does it come from? how was it grown / made / distributed? what cultural history does it have? working to be more … Continue reading
Posted in Allotment, Community, Do what you can with what you have, Farming, Food, Growing, Inspirations, Local food, Reflections on life (and death), Uncategorized, Whatever next?
Tagged Allotment, Bath City Farm, BBC Food Programme, BBC World Programme, Britain's Fat Fight, Community, Food, Food policy, Growing food, Growing the Future conference University of Gloucestershire, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Local food, R4, Reflections
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It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day (and a new year), and I’m feeling good – except I’m not!
I wrote this a couple of weeks ago, in anticipation of posting on 1 January 2018. Life and a bout of flu intervened – hence the ‘except I’m not!’ tagged on this morning. So here we are in 2018. … Continue reading
Whatever next? – August 2017 update
Ok, so I missed June. And July. Whatever. Here we are in August. There is so very much depressing stuff going on out there. Sometimes we need an antidote to all that, to remind us that there is hope, that … Continue reading
“Maybe it’s because I’m a Londoner…..
…that I love London town.” This song from my childhood played on a loop in my head, as I walked towards and through the London Bridge and Borough area of London on Tuesday evening, just 3 days after the horrible … Continue reading
Just playing around (and a request!)
After finishing the last big (crochet) blanket I felt like just playing around a bit. So I got out all the odds and ends of blanket yarn and started on a small ‘granny stripe’ blanket using Lucy’s online tutorial (Attic24). … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Craft, Frugal, Retirement, Uncategorized, Whatever next?
Tagged Bath City Farm, Community, Craft, Crochet, Fundraising, Granny blanket, Granny stripes, Learning new skills, Reflections, Simplicity
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