This year is the first year DD is able to participate in Vacation Bible School. I happily signed her up and then received a “volunteer” form in the mail. I thought, “Sure! I can help!” The form gave a list of areas they needed help with and you were to circle which days you could

Eric has lived next door with Nemesh and Shawn for ages and now they want to adopt him permanently - ie make an honest cat out of him. Humaan Mum and Humaan Dad said Eric had made his own choice and was happier living with Nemesh and Shawn. Something about

Well hooray!!  News just in that the EU (about which I am generally positive so don’t start getting the wrong idea) in its wisdom is proposing to relax its rules governing the marketing of fruit and vegetables, so the less than ideally dimensioned may once more get a look in on the supermarket shelf. In fact, the restrictive rules apply

I’m slowly, surely, resolutely and absolutely regaining lost advantage.  Time was, before my extended colonial (felt like colonic) exile, the waiting warriors of the Wong Kei on Wardour Street actually recognised me: at my appearance in the doorway their faces broke into smiles, I was greeted with hellos AND priority seating - even on Saturday nights with the 4-storey

Look what just turned up. How cute are these ladybird chocolates? thanks so much, Heather!

Today is my birthday. I have been enjoying so many Nice Things recently. Here are just a few of them. 1. New fabric with swallows. You can find it here. 2. FRRS postcard. Hurrah! I met Felix! 3. How nice to see an old finished object again. I stitched this cushion. 4. Lemur birthday card made by my

In true Cuba style, the World Food Summit would not conclude until the Cubans pointed out the long history of hypocrisies, deceits, and obfuscations characteristic of the global north and especially, the US. Cuba knows that the the western countries are largely going through the motions in addressing the “food crisis.” As a

Future pet-food labels that indicate the number of calories per serving could help obese animals, a veterinarians association recommended to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday. “Pet owners do not always know how much to feed. They may not realize the high number of calories associated with some of the pet food they are

Before you chow down on your next Big Mac, be aware that it’s going to take a lot of exercise to keep that greasy goodness from ending up on your belly, butt and thighs. How much exercise you ask? Each Big Mac contains 540 calories. To keep that Big Mac from ending up as back fat, you will

Combining the best and/or worst aspects of Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth and Michael Pollan’s In Defense of Food / Omnivore’s Dilemma, U.K. author, Felicity Lawrence has written a new book (Eat Your Heart Out: Why the Food Business is Bad for the Planet and Your Health) detailing her investigation into the impact that