This week’s small pleasures #56

It has been so hard to get back into work after our holiday…especially as I had to go up to … More

This week’s shopping basket #1

What was in your shopping basket this week?

This week’s small pleasures #52

This was the week that saw the US pulling out of the Paris Agreement on climate change, another incident in … More

This week’s small pleasures #51

This week’s small pleasures include a new cook book and soup.

The best place to live

Some of you might well have seen the recent Quality of Life survey as published in the Financial Times (the survey … More

Sweet as a sunny Saturday

Saturday mornings are a special time for me.  Waking up an hour later than usual, having poached eggs on toast … More

This week’s small pleasures #43

This weeks’s small pleasures featuring tea, food, flowers and a sunset.

Perhaps there can be too much making of cups of tea

I honestly believe I managed to overdose on tea this week.  Having (another) day off sick with this never ending … More

The sun did not shine, it was too wet to play

I’m sitting here with a large pot of Earl Grey Blue Flowers tea staring out at the rain which seems … More

The odds of going to the store for a loaf of bread and coming out with only a loaf of bread are three billion to one

On Saturday morning, with a little time so spend before Pilates, I wandered into Commonsense Organics on Wakefield Street.  I … More