Category Archives: reviews

among the snowdrops

By Lucy | Published January 30, 2010

more snow… some little bits I’ve been meaning to mention spread among the lovely signs of spring to come Wayne Dyer’s new program: Excuses Begone! – been enjoying listening to that – he is always so motivational and uplifting. The Bristol Dyslexia Centre has some interesting stuff on it’s site including some free educational games taken from the [...]

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blog, Illich and broth

By Lucy | Published January 23, 2010

Have finally got the blog how I want it – a terrible tale of databases, installations of wordpress and corrupted (by me) css files ensued but I’ve now uploaded the archives (see drop down on sidebar) and cleaned up dead links too Reading a book lent by my mum. She found it while scouring her shelves during the snow [...]

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a casserole and a cookbook

By Lucy | Published January 12, 2010

We will have been married 20 years this year… which causes me to reflect how far weve come, how much the world has changed in that time and to note the two items above. They were given to us as a wedding present by friends who I used to babysit for and here they are still [...]

Also posted in books, food, friends, garden, odd, vegan products | Tagged cooking, friendship, herbs, memories, reading, time, vegan, vegetarian | 10 Comments

snow and trees

By Lucy | Published December 23, 2009

A stroll round the garden yesterday: Wonderful things that help us through the Scottish winter: hot water bottles filled from the big kettle on the wood stove each night, so cosy for the feet and full spectrum light bulbs, good for the mood in the dark times Related posts:curious mindsLucy, Lucy quite contraryBeltane

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art, literature and chocolate…

By Lucy | Published October 27, 2009

chocolate sneaks in everywhere here… so will start blog post with it. After going to see the naked people at the art gallery (well worth seeing, wow, the newborn baby, the scared wild man… they speak of human vunerability somehow despite the size) popped into the new health food shop in Aberdeen to find that [...]

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MULU Raw Chocolate

By Lucy | Published September 12, 2009

Wow. This is the best raw chocolate weve ever tasted. It’s totally smooth in texture which weve never experienced with raw choc before. Some of us girls sampled it together and it even went down well with one lady who usually prefers milk chocolate The rich taste and heady smell enable this product to easily compete with [...]

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vegan millionaires shortbread

By Lucy | Published April 7, 2009

These and many other gorgeous vegan and wheat free goodies from Lazy Day Foods here in Scotland Some National Trust places had them in their cafes last year – hope they still do Also stocked by Goodness Direct Related posts:gorgeous cakegorgeous glasgowfar over the misty mountains cold…

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spring

By Lucy | Published March 24, 2009

Loving the original 80s series of Brideshead Revisited just now - refreshingly non-dumbed down. Related posts:geodesgreen soup and juice, raw chocolate pudAutumn

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Standing with Stones

By Lucy | Published February 28, 2009

This is a wonderful documentary about Britain and Ireland’s ancient sites. A very mellow and informative watch… inspires you to get out there and explore the ancient past in your own area. It includes the better known sites but also many lesser heard of ones with stories from local folklore, the presenter’s theories and observations… a [...]

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Christmas 2008

By Lucy | Published December 26, 2008

Had lovely time with family menu added by request starter: honeydew and cantaloupe melons with pomegranate. main: chestnut and red wine pate encroute – a Rose Elliot recipe from Vegan Feasts; fennel and carrot in white sauce (mustard, tahini, stock cube in mix); roast potatoes; sprouts; sage, rosemary and onion stuffing; redwood offcut sausages [...]