In my teens, I became the owner of a rather particular waistcoat. It had belonged to my great grandfather. It has a wool front, and satin back. The buttons are the bit I like the most – and it is still in my wardrobe, even if it is really too big for me to wear. …
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Eco audit: making things
Back in the mists of time, it is said that people made things. Â Their own clothes. Â Their own shoes, even. Â They grew and they hammered and they painted and they basically made their way in the world, themselves. Today, we tend to forget that. Â We recognise that things have to be made – but we …
Eco audit: shrinking then growing
No, I’ve not given up on the blog. Â But the arrival of builders, and the shrinking of available space (because everything’s piled up in the rooms that are available), means that there’s not much headspace for words. But still. Â I want to keep going on this month’s series – while also being overtaken by what’s …
Eco audit: cooking your own food
Back to food. (No surprise there.) I’ve just been watching a video which talks about how influential food buying habits are, because of the frequency of them, for all of us, every day. So it seemed as good a point as any to come back to food, and what we do with it. Â And equally, …
Eco audit: country mouse
These days, it’s quite trendy to holiday in the country. Â As countrified as you can. Â Glamping. Â Staying on eco farms. Â All that sort of thing. One of the great gifts my parents gave me was to take us somewhere in the country for our summer holidays. Â Not quite off-grid, in modern parlance, but sometimes, that …