What are your future travel plans? I’m not sure when this would happen given the current shitshow state of the world, but would really love to travel around. I have a list of unusual destinations: Alaska and the Canadian Yukon. I want to see some wolves, bears and moose in the wild and photograph them.Continue reading “The world is unpredictable right now”
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Cosy Asakusa, Tokyo by night
People were nestled in their own little womb-like worlds of ramen and Izakaya meals, chugging on massive oversized beers in big jugs. Sheltered and obscured by plastic curtains and held up by plastic chairs. #Tokyo #TravelStories #shortstory #writing #travel
Ancient Word of the Day: Sansai
Sansai. n. ‘mountain vegetables’ from Japanese. Sansai grow wild in marshlands, and grasslands, or in the forest. Japanese people have been gathering wild food to cook with since ancient times. In fact, wild plants or Sansai have helped Japanese when food has been scarce because of drought or some other natural disaster. When food wasContinue reading “Ancient Word of the Day: Sansai”
Book Review Happy Skin Kitchen – Elisa Rossi
Get ready for your glow-up with these #plant-based scrumptious #recipes that are made from #food that help you glow from the inside out. It helps that they are packed full of #flavour. A wonderful companion for #eating more healthfully #BookReview #Books #cooking #vegan
Phantasmagorical Paper Recipes to Fuel your Belly and Brain
As you probably have realised from previous posts about the automated paper town called Paperholme, I’m obsessed with paper art. And here is yet another fragile and whimsical creation that I’ve fallen in love with. Paper is a medium that can trump rocks but not scissors, and in these stop motion animations you will discoverContinue reading “Phantasmagorical Paper Recipes to Fuel your Belly and Brain”
A really questionable culinary decision
What’s the most money you’ve ever spent on a meal? Was it worth it? Yet another thing that nobody ought give a crap about. This is more a reminder to myself. A good few years back…you know that time….the golden era and halcyon days when there was no world war, before Trump, before covid, beforeContinue reading “A really questionable culinary decision”
Book Review: How Not to Die by Dr Michael Greger MD
With its rather dramatic title ‘How Not To Die’ is a timeless guide to a lifetime of good health. If you only buy one book about health in your lifetime, let this be the one. How Not to Die’s scope is vast and covers all aspects of human health, disease and preventative medicine and provides an overwhelming amount of evidence about the simplest intervention possible – a plant-based diet.
10 Interesting Things I Found on the Internet #125
Bliss out with an uplifting short animation about a contented introvert, lessons in creativity by Prince, a lentil curry recipe, hopeful news for Scottish trees and much more. It’s edition #125 #Interesting Things #ContentCatnip. Tell your pals!
Vegetable ekiben on the Tokaido shinkansen
Just a quick postcard from my current trip to Japan. I had to jot this down right now while the exquisite flavours swirl in my belly and the remnants of enjoyment are in my mouth. I am on the fast train between Tokyo and Osaka known as the Tokaido shinkansen. I wasn’t aware that vegetableContinue reading “Vegetable ekiben on the Tokaido shinkansen”
10 Interesting Things I Found on the Internet #105
Watch a beautiful kitten transform into an adult, journey along with a dog school, learn how to help a grieving person, enjoy some roaring 20’s art of birds and blooms, some floaty ambient sounds and much more in edition #105. Hope you enjoy it
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