My vegetable garden experiment continues. There are pleasant successes and utter failures but I am hopefully learning something from both and not discouraged by the latter. Lettuce and mixed salad leaves are probably my biggest success, alongside potatoes. I now need to work on how many I plant at one time so that I doContinue reading “The Garden Experiment.”
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Developing Green Fingers.
I recently took up gardening. Mum was a great gardener, growing most of her own vegetables: potatoes, cabbages, turnips, onions, carrots, anything and everything really. And she was successful. I had often thought to emulate her but had never had the time nor, if I am honest, the inclination to do so until recently. WeContinue reading “Developing Green Fingers.”
Lord Emsworth and Marxism.
I have, over the years, amassed a large library of audiobooks. Like my physical book collection it has somewhat overtaken my ability to keep up with it. However, I recently began to make inroads in my audiobook tsundoku- do the Japanese have a word for the digital equivalent of a pile of unread books? –Continue reading “Lord Emsworth and Marxism.”
Learning to Paint.
Do one thing every day that scares you, said Eleanor Roosevelt. Often, however, we only have the time and inclination to get through the mundane tasks of the day; paying the bills, shopping for groceries, the interminable task of laundry (which is quite scary in its endlessness). Every day is a lot to ask, Eleanor,Continue reading “Learning to Paint.”
Wordle and Workouts
Have you succumbed to the lure of Wordle? It took me some time to catch on to the craze but I am now a daily player. After a bit of a rough patch where I was taking 6 attempts to get the word or even failing completely a couple of times I am now onContinue reading “Wordle and Workouts”
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