labour-party – Through a glass darkly

Through a glass darkly – 160

I’ve never consciously wanted to be a vegetarian. But we visited cousin David’s allotment the other week and he gave us some excellent tomatoes and some handsome beetroot. So I made beetroot crumble with shallots and goat’s cheese. And it was very good ! And then someone else gave us an handful of courgettes. AndContinue reading “Through a glass darkly – 160”

Through a glass darkly – 141

We spent Christmas at Homelands at Lundin Links, enjoying time with Craig and Amelia and Eloïse, and the hospitality of Jan and Colin and Kitty. It was mild and dry, and our room looked across the links golf course to the coastal path of the Firth of Forth. Remembering the Sixties October 1962 is whereContinue reading “Through a glass darkly – 141”

Through a glass darkly – 125

Clearing out So, we are busy clearing stuff out in anticipation of selling the house and moving to a retirement apartment in Hexham. [Spoiler alert: We won’t move to Hexham, but it was the only thing that McCarthy and Stone could offer when I looked on their website for a retirement apartment in or aroundContinue reading “Through a glass darkly – 125”