Tag Archives: Cotton dishcloths

May already!

Posted on May 4, 2021 by deborah @ the magic jug

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 →

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In the time of the virus: mark 2 day 22 (Saturday)

Posted on November 30, 2020 by deborah @ the magic jug

And another weekend has rolled around. Our last one in (this) lockdown, though the differences between lockdown and what comes next will be slight. Especially for those of us who are disinclined to do whatever we’re ‘allowed’ to do, and … Continue reading →

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In the time of the virus: and another day

Posted on July 15, 2020 by deborah @ the magic jug

I am so very tired.  No energy to write much again today.  It seems to be a pattern, where I’m fine for the early part of the day, then slump around 4pm, after which not much gets done. Today I … Continue reading →

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Plastic-free July – what I did (and didn’t do)

Posted on August 23, 2019 by deborah @ the magic jug

Reading various blog and twitter posts on ‘plastic-free July’ spurred me on to complete several things I’ve been meaning or trying to do for a while. Small changes, but like everything else, if we all make small changes the cumulative … Continue reading →

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Ditching the plastic: cotton dishcloths

Posted on August 5, 2019 by deborah @ the magic jug

Good marks for us for always using reusable dishcloths, not ‘disposable’ one.  Bad marks for us that until recently all of them were made of synthetic microfibres, which we now realise release microscopic plastic fibres into the water every time … Continue reading →

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