Monthly Archives: August 2008
Links for Aug 27
Apples by PostPossibly the world’s worst shopping website. I was just thinking about how one of my great-aunts used to send boxes of apples at Christmas, and what a nice idea that was.Tags: presents, food
On the plot
The allotment is looking more respectable at the moment. Most of the weeds have been re-cleared, and our runner beans are almost as good as everyone else’s. They’re not my favourite bean, particularly, so I have been giving a lot … Continue reading
Links for Aug 24
Decca Aitkenhead chats to Kate Garraway about breast feeding | Life and style | The GuardianIs giving human milk to a calf any more shocking than giving cow’s milk to a baby? TV presenter Kate Garraway doesn’t think so. She … Continue reading
Links for Aug 23
BBC NEWS | UK | A Yarl’s Wood detainee speaks outA former detainee at Yarl’s Wood immigrant removal centre tells of the pain and fear of being incarcerated there. I’ve also been following another story about Yarls Wood, in which … Continue reading
A holiday at home
Pete and I have a few days off. Unashamedly, we allowed Bernard to go to his childminders today; and then we spent the entire day doing Adult Things that you can’t do with a toddler in tow.