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I wish we still had the stocks
You could tell she was miserable. Her sullen angry face stared straight ahead from the audience’s front row, her lips clenched tightly together. You’d think we were torturing her – we probably were. This concert took place in a … Continue reading
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Tagged carrot, cashew, choir, curry, fear of singing, freedom, simple cooking, singing, singing groups, Twelfth night, vegan, vegetarian
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Nowruz!
Nowruz! The Amazing Zoroastrians Oh dear. We missed it –Persian New Year. Why, you ask, is that important to our culture here whose immediate worry is how to find hand gel, toilet paper, and tinned tomatoes in empty-shelved grocery shops, … Continue reading
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Tagged carrots, Iran, New Year, New year celebrations, New Year customs, onions, rice, spring, vegan, Vernal Equinox, Zoroastrians
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Greeting Cards
Receiving “Faithful friends that are dear to us, gather near to us once more…” goes the cheesy Christmas song we crooned last night at the winter sing-along. I love receiving cards and letters and news and emails, and telephone … Continue reading
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Tagged Advent, cards, Christmas, Greetings, mail, post persons, thoran, vegan, vegetables
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Doors — more humiliation
Doors – and More Humiliation! One thing about building a community is its individual welcome, and DOORS are part of that welcome. I love the wreaths that my Indiana sister puts on her front door, that change according to … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Hall, chicken, doors, fish, India, meat, sauce, spareribs, tofu, tomato, vegan, vegetarian, wedding shower, welcome
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A Community of Displaced People
Alexandria, Egypt. Summer, 1966, during the Six Day War. 4.am. We arose silently, dressed, gathered our meagre belongings and went outside. The police, also silent, led us into their waiting cars, the engines idling softly, ready to move.. Then quietly, … Continue reading
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Tagged aubergines, displaced people, eggplants, Egypt, Recipes, rice, Six Day War, vegan, vegetables, vegetarian, volunteer support
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March
March Storm. On a recent morning walk, a passenger jet prepared to land on my head. It didn’t. And it wasn’t. It was only the wild wild wind thrashing the trees– spraying the raindrops into showers of rainbows … Continue reading
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Tagged crumble, dessert, dried fruit, fresh fruit, Herefordshire, spring, storm, vegan, vegetarian, wind
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American Thanksgiving in a Non American Country
Well, we had roast turkey, sausages, gravy, apple-celery-bacon cornbread stuffing with cashews and cranberries, Amish sweet potatoes with apple and mace, mashed potatoes, squash with crystallised ginger, green beans almondine, broccoli, cranberry-orange relish, the obligatory creamed onions (which, I understand, … Continue reading
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Tagged casserole, foreign, Mayflower, Mexican, Sarah Josepha Hale, Thanksgiving, turkey, vegan, vegetarian
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A Community Farewell
Well, it had to happen eventually, didn’t it — time to leave this community. people who have welded themselves into our hearts, who know us well, have seen us in pajamas and no make up hanging up clothes, have … Continue reading
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Tagged community support, courgette, farewell, marrow, plant-based, vegan, zucchini
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A Day at the Festival
3 000 New Testaments burned, by order of a Bishop Fight, not facts, are more important to today’s press. The Malawian government seems to be preventing poor people from being educated We are killing our planet Racial prejudice is still blindingly rife … Continue reading
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Tagged chilli, Cinderella, Hay festival, LBC, learning community, new learning, vegan, William Tyndale
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Community Gardeners
It seemed like a good idea at the time. I once infiltrated a posh Herb Workshop on a massive Gloucestshire estate, hoping to pick up cooking tips using herbs. Bad bad idea. The situation turned prickly after the lemon balm … Continue reading
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Tagged beans, campaigning for the poor, community, fish dish, gardens, growing, healthy eating, organic, rice, vegan, vegetarian, waste land usage
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