Some of the best ideas are the ones that make us rethink our own. While I was in Istanbul at the end of January, I indulged in one of life's greater pleasures and visited a bookstore. They had a whole table of the Penguin Great Ideas series, and I hovered over it for a good …
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Gardener, mom, reader, and all round messy person.
What’s growing
A friend asked me on the phone what we're eating from the garden lately, so I was moved to take few snaps while I was out weeding and manuring yesterday. One of the most productive beds at the moment is this keyhole bed with salad material on one side and then brassicas (mostly bok choy …
A glimpse of the sun
During the hot, dry months of summer I dream of rain, but it's hard to imagine that now. We've had a procession of wet, gray days, so when the sun came out this morning, it was intoxicating. Everything looked lovely. We had our one freezing week in January, so the semi-tropical plants are all withered …
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We are back in the garden at last! Four days in Istanbul was more than enough running around for me. It was so busy that I didn't even have time to stand still long enough to wish all and sundry a very happy year of the dragon (or, for that matter, to thank anyone for …
Could do better
It's the semester break at last, and we are in Istanbul for a few days. We did a bit of running around today, in the faintly carnival atmosphere of the first day of the hols, and Baki encountered a personal hero: His report card was full of good news, which was a pleasant surprise. I …
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