The Independent, my favourite newspaper, has - sadly - let me down today. Every Saturday, it provides a 50 Best feature, which is always interesting - how many of the 50 Best Beaches have I visited? Would I wear any of the 50 Best Women's Coats, and so on. This week it is 50 Best Food Luxuries, and at no.13, it recommends spelt flour, saying … [Read more...]
What does she need? Where to start …
I'm feeling a bit demoralised today. 10 years in, and we're still having to explain at every step ... My coeliac daughter - who has been on many residentials, with her primary school, with both Brownies and Guides, and also for week-long residential holidays, has just gone up to secondary school. As part of their induction, the Year 7 classes … [Read more...]
Drowning in damsons
After the wet summer we've had, our elderly damson trees are groaning under the weight of their fruit - and one branch has snapped under the strain. The damsons are hanging like bunches of grapes - I've never seen such a crop. The rural lanes round here are peppered with handmade signs advertising damsons for sale, and a friend who has plum trees … [Read more...]
