Blog & Articles of Interest

World Blindness Awareness Month

Fabulous coincidence: just received these images of the “Seen” exhibition featuring some of us visually impaired people having a great time. https://www.rnib.org.uk/campaign-with-us/join-us-this-september-for-the-launch-of-seen/welcome-to-seen/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgjlpy285go  

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Baking Blind.

Learned how to make macarons last weekend.  My versions weren’t very uniform in shape and were far sweeter than I’d like.  But inspirational: I’ll work

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More mad preserving.

Friend Joan arrived with large bag of her excellent pears: now bottled in light syrup to last throughout the winter.  The fermenting cider tub has

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Lunch recommendation.

The sous-chef and I were treated (for two big birthdays and an anniversary) to an absolutely splendid lunch at Lime Wood Hotel (Angela Hartnett’s empire)

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