Gran - despite her robust diet of packaged meals, meat pies, toast & jam, dry biscuits and Promite, fizzy drinks, milk chocolates and prescription medicine - still has a fairly tenuous grip on life. Especially after her near dead experience last November. Grans health (and a society gradually contracting as a form of risk management … Continue reading Lessons from Our First Week of Home Schooling
It's 4:30 am and I am awake. Rested, but awake. Gran is mumbling to herself in her darkened room. She watched television until late last night. Why else would you mumble in your sleep? Have you seen what's on TV these days? When I get up after my morning mediation and enter into the passage … Continue reading Petit Paradis – Soup de jour – Spicy Pumpkin Soup
Sometimes, when time permits, I get to have a bit of a chat with our neighbour. Sadly I am often too pressed for time to get a job done and cannot really settle into a good, decent conversation. Today for instance I wanted to finish some concreting and move the large pile of brickies sand … Continue reading A Chat Over the Fence
Gran went on an outing today. As Mrs PP chauffeured Gran through the countryside, Gran spied some palm trees. "Palms. I hate palms." Gran hissed. "OK." said Mrs PP. "Why don't you like palms?" "They're prickly. And you've gone and planted two palms outside of my house! I much preferred the lovely bushes that were … Continue reading Gran’s Overnight Palm Garden
Dinner time. It's often a challenge and seldom with some sort of drama from someone. Tonight the Little Fellas were actually eating all of their dinner and I think they really enjoyed it. I made a mini banquet of assorted herbs, vegetables, noodles, rice and fish and beef. To this we added hot broth in … Continue reading Cooking For One
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