Student Cooking
So Louis, my son, didn’t go away to university this year. He’s still taking his time to decide the career path that his life should take. In the meantime he works in a lovely local fish restaurant and I hear…
Lovely Grey Day ... Revisited
Living in the realm of curiosity
Lovely Grey Day ... Revisited
Living in the realm of curiosity
Category Books
The Salt Path
Our unplanned holiday from home continues. We’re trying to replicate some of the things that we’d be doing if we were having a motorhome holiday in Cornwall. We’d be treating ourselves to coffee and cake at scenic locations. Tick! We…
The Four Agreements
This little number, ‘The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz’, has been in my life since 2014. A deserving best seller, it draws from the beliefs of indigenous people of Mexico, the author’s birthland. It’s a guide that explores how…
Spanish Stew
Chillier weather is setting in so we need something warming in our tummies. Today I bring you one of my favourite recipes of all time, Spanish Stew, bastardised from a recipe by the very lovely Nigella Lawson. It’s from ‘How…
Tiny Habits
Today’s picture might well mislead. For I am not going to talk about the garb of monks. Rather I want to touch on a different type of habits, acts that become ingrained into our everyday life. Now I’m a sucker…
Mini Rainbow Bookcase
This is my rainbow bookcase a little while back It was driving Hot Stuff crazy. To him it was disordered and unfathomable. To me it was aesthetically pleasing. Prettiness over practicality prevails. So what if it took an age to…