20 January 2014
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One of the bits of meat we got on Friday was a hard chicken. It sounds like a rooster with a flick knife but is actually an older bird that has finished its laying career. A slow pot roast worked … Continue reading
19 January 2014
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It has been varied month of church experience so far. As well as St Clement’s (evangelical and gently charismatic Anglican), which has been my home in Oxford, I’ve also been at my previous haunts of Hither Green Baptist Church (multicultural … Continue reading
18 January 2014
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We are still hanging on with our (almost) no supermarkets month. It does post numerous challenges, such as the fact that most non-supermarkets don’t stay open all hours and so we can’t pop out to do our shopping whenever it … Continue reading
17 January 2014
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Taking a short stroll through Magdalen Wood this morning, a sudden movement caught my eye. Running up a tree was a small, furry rodent with a bushy tail: a squirrel. Running away from the same spot but along the ground … Continue reading
16 January 2014
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They say that, if you don’t understand where someone is coming from, you should walk a mile in their shoes. I suppose that is so that you end up a mile away and you have their shoes! Lame jokes aside … Continue reading
15 January 2014
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Here is a fascinating view of London, showing the present day city alongside film shot in 1927: London in 1927 & 2013 from Simon Smith on Vimeo. Some things have changed (where in London can you see flocks of sparrows … Continue reading
14 January 2014
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I have always felt ambivalent about the reputation of King Solomon. Successor to King David he has the reputation of asking God for wisdom and receiving both wisdom and wealth in return. He accomplished the building of a grand temple … Continue reading
13 January 2014
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Have you seen this vegetable before? Jerusalem artichokes (Helianthus tuberosus) are not the most aptly named of plants as they do not have very much to do with either Jerusalem or artichokes. The first part of the name comes from … Continue reading
12 January 2014
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This recent TED talk suggests that there is certainly evidence that richer people tend to display meaner behaviours: Is that because putting other people down is the way to get rich (“greed is good”, etc)? I suspect that it is … Continue reading
11 January 2014
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I think it would be fairly easy to organise the proverbial at the Wychwood Brewery in Witney; the samples flowed freely when Jane and I went on a tour there yesterday afternoon. The process isn’t that different to home brewing … Continue reading