Category: Writing
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The Things you find on the dining room Table
Once a year, my mother used to take a week and go away by herself. Usually on a retreat to a monastry or convent. Though I am sure she would have gone absolutely anywhere that promised peace, quiet and no rowdy children. Someone else did the cooking and cleaning and she rested her mind and…
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Time and motion. Multi-tasking. Do it once-do it right. Do it your way.
But how do you manage all that they say. You have a farm and all those gardens and all the cooking from scratch, baking bread, chopping wood, old fashioned stuff and your husband works, you write a daily blog and you are inherently lazy. Well, people don’t actually say I am inherently lazy, I mean…
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Sinister is the wrong word maybe flat out scary
Is this what I think it is? I took this photo tonight. And I swear I have never seen this hole in the glass before! Is this from a gun? A rifle?. Hmm. It is pheasant shooting season. TonTon and I had words with hunters coming too close to my house today in their camouflage gear…
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Snow as Art, An award, and yes, a wee story
All my favourite artists have an ability to disconnect from the present and plunge out into the future and their art. This is why I love snow after the storm. As an artist Miss Nature is brutal, selfish and startling. She is very fond of mixed media too. She is my favourite artist today. A…
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How to take beautiful photographs for your blog with an ordinary camera
I am an ordinary photographer, with an ordinary old Nikon. Nothing special. No fancy pancy. People say to me “How do you do that? What kind of camera do you have?” So I thought I would jot down a few of the things I have learnt about taking photographs. I don’t want to sound arrogant.…
The Kitchen's Garden 