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We’ve had such a busy week. Just now I realised that it’s so important to have those moments when nothing much is happening and even this afternoon I spent time with a friend just sorting through buttons. Why? you might ask… well my Macmillan group was given yet another jar of very old, stale fastenings.Continue reading “The importance of quiet…”

Goodness me, it’s hot. It’s a lot hotter in South Carolina though and we’re able to keep an eye on the temperature there as we have an old friend from Lexington staying with us. She’s become an intrepid traveller spending a week in Kent, visiting London, Whitstable and Canterbury before taking Eurostar to Paris –Continue reading “Phew!”

Looking back I’ve always been fascinated by food, whether “helping” my mother or Granny in the kitchen at an early age or being transfixed by Miss Hobby, my first Cookery teacher. She was of the jolly-hockeysticks brigade who had a very sensible way of teaching. She left the High School and Mrs.White arrived, with talesContinue reading “Influence(r)s.”

A couple of news items caught my attention this week. The first is the proposal to offer free school lunches to all children whose families receive Universal credit in England. That’s great as long as the quality of the food is taken into consideration when the costs are looked at. Let’s not go back toContinue reading “Food in the news again…”

Not clouds, but cake tins. This week I caught sight of a celebrity chef taking a baked cheesecake out of its’ tin and the amount of crumpled paper hanging over the edge of the tin was not just untidy but an unnecessary waste. Lining a tin needs to be done accurately and may well involveContinue reading “Silver linings!”

We’ve just come back from Norwich – a place we like a lot and, of course, people we like a lot too. I had my picture taken with Paddington Bear and delivered cake to the Cathedral (Emmaus House to be precise), had lunch with a young friend and discovered mutual friends and colleagues with CanonContinue reading “Today’s the day…”

My first experience of France was when I was 15. My parents agreed that I could take part in an exchange organised by my school and the Educational Interchange Council. The plan was that we would host a French girl for three weeks, then I’d go back with her and stay in her home forContinue reading “I love France.”

The revelations about pouched baby food astounded me this week. To be honest, I haven’t given it a lot of thought recently as we’re not in that territory ourselves, but to read that some pouches of the puree contain more sugar than a can of fizzy drink was shocking. The manufacturers claim there’s no addedContinue reading “Baby food…”

We drove past a local farm and spotted the spears gingerly showing themselves. Not many, but maybe they’d been picked early that day. It’s been in the shops for several weeks, but from far away places. It seems Suffolk farmers are famous for growing this crop which is traditionally only available for a few weeks.Continue reading “Asparagus is back!”

What a busy week that was! Of course food figured in all the activities and events, starting with somewhere in the region of fifty, yes fifty, Easter Nests last weekend. Then it was cake…lots of it for various lovely reasons. Some went to a family party and some was delivered to family in the Midlands.Continue reading “Happy Easter!”