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Category Archives: The Sages
Dante and I and the ride from Hell
I don’t think of myself as an envious person. And I wouldn’t say I was too proud, although I admit that I am sometimes greedy, but recent events have made me not so sure of this. My local library … Continue reading
Posted in The Sages, What Are You Reading?
Tagged animals, circles of hell, cycling, Dante, Divine Comedy, Green Square, Hell, library, pandemic
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Festive Season Survival Kit
What a year it’s been! It’s time to celebrate! And here, no matter who your family or friends are, is a festive season survival kit to take with you everywhere and indulge in as needed. It’s easy. Just pack the … Continue reading
Posted in Experiments with Food, The Sages, Uncategorized
Tagged be here now, celebration, Christmas cake, Cognac, common sense, confidence, craft beer, esky, festive season, French Cognac, getting on with people at Christmas, golden spiced rum, herbs and spices, laughter, picnic basket, Rum, survival kit, surviving your family at Christmas
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The Curse
I am thirteen years old. I have just discovered blood in my underwear. I have heard the horror stories. I have witnessed the distress in the girls’ toilets. I know this is a curse. I know that now I should not touch pickles, wash … Continue reading
Posted in My Mother and Me, The Sages, The Sex Diaries
Tagged biology, celebration, curse, hormonal instability, hot flush, labels, menopause, menses, menstruation, night sweats, periods, sexuality, woman
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Giving up my car: an experiment
Twelve weeks ago I began an experiment. I gave up my car. I use the term ‘gave up’ deliberately. Like giving up sugar or alcohol. And it’s an experiment, spiritual perhaps, like something you might do for Lent. Or for … Continue reading
Posted in The Sages, Time
Tagged carless, cars, climate change, motor vehicles, pedestrian, psychogeography, sell your car, sustainability
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On Jars
A Poem Jars are wondrous things. When you wash them, their rounded beauty gleams. And with a rub of eucalyptus oil, they shed their sticky ways; becoming label less and unafraid.
Posted in The Sages
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A Little Christmas Yarn
A very long time ago, on the longest night of the year, or close to it, somewhere in the Middle East, a woman gave birth to a child in a stable. Little did she know what lay ahead for this … Continue reading
Posted in The Sages, Time
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Lemon and Honey
Boil the kettle. Place a spoon of honey into a mug. Cut a lemon in half and squeeze out every drop of juice. (I recommend this for life too.) Pour in the boiling water and stir briskly. Let it cool … Continue reading
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