I am using up the bag of Rustic Country flour today. The first loaf did not make it as far as The Toast Test and was wiped out with the egg mayo and cress last night (delicious, since you are asking.) Today's loaf sees a few modifications: More care and better planning A little extra …
Dear me…
Daily Prompt: Back to the Future A service has been invented through which you can send messages to people in the future. To whom would you send something, and what would you write? Dear Beth You are old now, and failing. Do not grieve. Do not rail against your aged bones or mourn the things you …
Educating the young
I was up at our island's Community School yesterday afternoon - my friend Gill and I are helping out with an after-school knitting group. It has been going for a few weeks now and the kids (Senior 1 & 2) are now able to talk and Knit at the same time (after yesterday, they can …
A Phone – what, really?
So. I was looking at this Exploring Video: Three One-Minute Videos to Shoot with Your Phone Right Now Frankly? Stunned. Phones do video? In what kind of world does that craziness work? I'll be that mine doesn't. I think it does photos, I'm not sure. I won it back in 2005 and haven't had time to …
Duly noted
Daily Prompt: First Light Remember when you wrote down the first thought you had this morning? Great. Now write a post about it. I was obviously mulling over the weekly writing challenge the other night as I was sleeping. In fact, I "wrote" a fabulous piece on the topic of Dystopia. It was coherent and it …
Sandwiched
There is an odd and pungent smell in my Studio. Odd, until you realise what I am up to in there. This is not the usual eau-de-mouton emanating from my stash of fleece. I recently took delivery of a three tier seed sprouter. The only location in my home that satisfies all of the sprouter's …