Category Archive: eating in

328 – Booty

328 – Booty

We never return from a visit to my sister Gillian without booty. Fruit for me to make marmalade or jelly, cookies, cakes, flowers, books, magazines, …

 

323 – Dinner

323 – Dinner

Dinner. That sublime time of the day. We’re usually pretty shattered when we arrive home from work and then there’s food to make. I don’t …

 

320 – Crab apple jelly

320 – Crab apple jelly

Saturday. I think about sleeping in, but instead I get up and make a start on converting a stash of crab apples into jelly. Crab …

 

307 – Pure gold

307 – Pure gold

How completely beautiful. This afternoon I took the pear and quince juice my sister Gillian brought us and made jelly. Jam is good, but jelly …

 

286 – Comforting

286 – Comforting

Outside, the weather has been miserable. Inside we’ve been working like mad things sorting our photos and artist statements for the Six@66 exhibition – now …

 

273 – Licorice bagels

273 – Licorice bagels

We arrived home to experience the delights of licorice bagels. A very distinctive flavour, and equally distinctive fragrance permeated every corner of the atmosphere. I’m always …

 

265 – Happy Birthday

265 – Happy Birthday

Today we did the whole family thing. Tomorrow, Marica’s mother, Danica, turns 80, and because you don’t turn 80 every day we decided to stretch …

 

258 – Work food

258 – Work food

What do you need to work? In between our jobs, housework, homework, writing, photography, and trying to find a moment just for ourselves, we often …

 

148 – Are you lonesome tonight

148 – Are you lonesome tonight

Are you lonesome tonight Do you miss me tonight Are you sorry we drifted apart Does your memory stray to a bright sunny day When I kissed you and …

 

146 – Holding many hands

146 – Holding many hands

Tonight, a real treat for me. I accepted a counter offer of a meal with friends. The counter offer was because I’d extended the initial …