The perfect evening – Plum and Ginger Cordial
Ingredients for a very fine evening One hot summer evening filled with bats and crickets and the smell of freshly watered earth. One sturgeon moon rising up over the islands – big and fat...
film
Studio Ghibli + The Borrowers + Jónsi?
It’s like someone tapped into our family consciousness and made us the perfect film.
Who does she think she is?
The other day I was on my way to buy groceries for dinner, but got caught up talking in a bookshop to a new friend about her art. She is a ceramist and a...
Nurse Matilda and her very big tooth
Have you read Nurse Matilda? Have you read it out loud? Because if you haven’t you really should get along to the library or favourite book store and nab yourself a copy and then...
5.30 am is treating me fine
I so wanted to watch Vicky Cristina Barcelona tonight, but it’s not out on dvd here yet. Instead Phil brought home Burn After Reading which is still something I have been looking forward to seeing...
Snails Step Out
Home made bug catcher Lots of lovely rain last night meant lots of snails. The the excitement surrounding the pillbugs has worn off a little but snails are the new “It” creature around here....