Best made plans
Mavis was ill today: Tummy ache. I hope it wasn’t my flapjacks! The bread machine coughed up a perfect French loaf which provided breakfast, with delicious organic butter and a cup of filter coffee in my magic cup. I bought the cups, well mugs really, from Lakeland and they are brilliant for making a quick […]
The Plan
Well, this is what I think: I want to help keep the countryside safe and retain traditional farming methods by supporting small producers and avoiding supermarkets and brands sold in supermarkets. To do this I will need to pay more for my produce so to counteract that I will make as much food as I […]
Lifestyle Change
This weekend has been the first in my attempt to make as much of what we eat as I can and eschew mass produced foodstuffs from supermarkets in preference for more naturally made products from independent stores. In some ways, what I plan to do could be seen as a retrograde step. Women have had […]
Social Intercourse
I have tried many ways to keep track of family commitments and appointments. I used to have a kitchen calendar which had so much written on it that it looked as though a spider had walked all over it wearing muddy boots. Then as my mental faculties deteriorated I moved on to the ‘bonger’. This […]
Domestic She Devil
As a woman in her early 50s I have heard many of my contemporaries companionably share how relaxing it is to be ‘comfortable in your own skin’. I tell them I agree with them but at the back of my mind is a little voice saying “Here’s an example of you not being comfortable in […]