by Heather Thomas | May 20, 2019 | A Practice For Spring
“How can a nation be called great when its bread tastes like Kleenex?” — Julia ChildWhilst tempted in the research of this blog to dine on hummus and Kleenex sticks, I opted to metaphorically consider the effect of said meal. Whatever flavour the...
by Heather Thomas | May 15, 2019 | A Practice For Spring
STORYTELLING What on earth does LOCAL food mean? Looking past our immediate frame of reference (the 80 some odd years we grace this planet and the hundred years or so a couple of generations of our living family members have been here) we see that millennia of human...
by Heather Thomas | May 14, 2019 | A Practice For Spring
STORYTELLING: DO WE TAKE THE LOVE OF THE POTATO FOR GRANTED?From chips to crisps to mash to rosti, we humans have a love affair with the potato. But, it is a love affair mainly taken for granted. There are more than 4,000 varieties of potato. How do their flavours...
by Heather Thomas | May 6, 2019 | A Practice For Spring
STORYTELLING: Regally crowned asparagus has long had pride of place on our dining tables. The Greeks believed asparagus to hold sacred values and used it medicinally. The Roman legion spread the spears throughout Europe with their imperial conquests and consequently,...
by Heather Thomas | Apr 22, 2019 | A Practice For Spring
STORYTELLING: If you dug the Unicorn Store (“This isn´t a costume. These are my clothes.”) then you will dig this perspective shifting nature relatedness practice.Let rhubarb show you the joy of seeing things from a “new fantastic point of...
by Heather Thomas | Apr 15, 2019 | A Practice For Spring
– I love Easter, even though religion is not my thing. In fact, my devotion to the holiday began recently when I discovered that the origins of the holiday are steeped in nature relatedness, not Christianity. So nowadays I see those few precious days off (lucky...