Blogs by Sar WW

Spring Forms

Wednesday 3rd March 2010

A few days ago, I was feeling the gentle warmth of the sun on my face, gazing up at a pale blue sky and dreaming of the coming spring; of tiny gold and purple tissue-paper crocuses bursting up like candles between mossy tree-roots, of electric green fronds unfurling and of tight, new buds...

A New York State of Mind

Friday 11th December 2009

It’s been ten days since I came back from the Big Apple, and elements of life there are proving hard to shake off. I become worryingly light-headed whenever I spy a muffin or bagel, and have not succumbed yet (if you don’t count the oh-so virtuous carrot and bran one I had this...

Earthly Delights

Monday 9th November 2009

It’s autumn and as the weather strips the leaves from the trees, this food-obsessed corner of Clerkenwell has been pickling, preserving and bottling like crazy. Anything that can be has been chopped, cored, boiled up with vinegar and sugar and various spices, and we now have four different chutneys to look forward to...

Carbon-free Footprint

Wednesday 7th October 2009

Another weekday morning, and I have wrenched myself out of bed, dozed off again in the shower, and checked the weather. I do try to be a morning person, believing that the mind, in this matter, is a very powerful tool. Mostly I am rather optimistic about leaving the house; I am lucky...

Fruity Booty

Wednesday 16th September 2009

There are lots of reasons that I love autumn; woodsmoke, late Sunday lunches of stews and red wine, fruits ripe for making chutneys, the chance to stare longingly at lovely cashmere bits and pieces, not to mention the annual hunt for the perfect winter boot. Always a frenzied mission impossible for me, I...

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