Today I received an email from the World Food Program because I had signed up to the site some time ago to offer a little support, my wee drop in the ocean. Today’s email was not to ask me to sign a petition or donate money, rather it asked me to take a few moments…
I was horrified to read this report, on the Organic Consumers website, about Monsanto being involved in Haiti. Anyone who is a regular visitor to this blog knows that there is no love lost between me and Monsanto. I have long had a strong disrespect for this company and their bullying tactics to further their aims in…
We were just talking yesterday about how great our small fridge is. I expect that most Irish people take their fridges and freezers for granted and would not even consider living without one although as a nation we are not very far removed from living without them. Rural electrification only happened in the sixties for…
Tonight’s dinner was an unqualified success and an unexpected one at that! We were working on our house project during the day and I had been planning what to cook as I worked – I was thinking lentil burgers, because I knew we had a few eggs and some cheese, accompanied by a Mexican style…