It is normal for me to supplement our diet with wild greens, even though we have a vegetable garden. Miners’ lettuce (Winter Purslane), Pennywort and chickweed all find their way into winter salads. This year, though, I stumbled on a real find by the lane which leads into the village. Turnips. We’ve been eating themContinue reading “A Womble in Winter”
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Bookshops
I suppose that there are people in the world who don’t like bookshops, in the same way as there are people who forget to eat lunch. I don’t recall having many conversations with such people, but that’s probably because the conversation was too short for recollection. Bookshops, which also serve lunch, or at the veryContinue reading “Bookshops”
Diary post.
24 October 2022 Well, the new computer has been up and running for a couple of weeks now, and I am used to all its foibles. My two newest projects are ready to be worked on and I feel OK about that. All the other things that I lost will take many months to sortContinue reading “Diary post.”
New Topic- Diary
Three weeks ago, my computer died. I didn’t have good backups, despite having promised myself that I would do a manual backup every week. I didn’t want to pay for extra cloud storage, which is why One drive wasn’t working amongst other things that seemed important at the time and that is the reason forContinue reading “New Topic- Diary”
Hot cars, hot pants and hot weather
July and August here have both challenges and delights. Pilgrims once confined to a narrow corridor through the old town now spill into every building that someone can convert into an albergue.Blocks of flats which stand partly empty through the winter months are full to bursting with city escapees who bought them for peanuts asContinue reading “Hot cars, hot pants and hot weather”
Abigail Thorne 