Aug 9, 2013 | Blog
A silly post, just because… My eyesight started to fail when I turned forty… ( Many of you will empathise with this). I know you know what I mean! The problem is that I’m not too keen on wearing glasses. I already sound enough like Jean Brodie, so...
Aug 8, 2013 | Blog
Water – otherwise known as the chemical compound H2O … A liquid at standard temperature, which becomes solid when frozen, and vaporises when it’s heated. Water covers 71% of the Earth’s surface and is vital for all known forms of...
Aug 7, 2013 | Blog
"When the dust settles, Joni Mitchell may stand as the most important and influential female recording artist of the late 20th century," I don’t know if I would have ever thought of becoming a singer/songwriter/recording artist/performer if it...
Aug 6, 2013 | Blog
Just a bunch of tomatoes you might say… However…. This glorious, edible red fruit (from the plant Solanum lypopersicum ) originated in Mexico, with a history reaching back to the Spanish colonisation of the Americas, when it started to be spread around...
Aug 5, 2013 | Blog
From the sublime to the ridiculous.. I have somewhat weak wrists..they’re not strong enough to open those very tightly sealed tops on glass jars. I struggle..I puff and pant and exert all my strength…I try that age old tip of banging the lid with a spoon....
