TweetI thought I would continue to chronicle my experience with the banjo in stages. So here is a bit about my experience of choosing and buying one. After a lot of research into other people’s experiences and getting the basics of what kind of banjo would suit me best I created a shopping list: 1. [...]
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Food and drink in Lombardy
TweetAs soon as I arrived on a late morning in March in the medieval city of Bergamo (Bergamo set on flickr), high up on a hill, the rain having washed its tiled and pebbled streets and the ochery renders of the Renaissance and Baroque buildings, food and drink were not far from my thoughts. It [...]
My cheese
Tweet My cheese Goats milk hand-made cheddar. Isn’t it beautiful? I am aching to try it. We will cut it on the day of the Mongolian New Year, Tsagaan Sar. I made it last year in September at Hartpury College. We were taught by Judy from Wharf Farm Dairy. It is a goats milk cheddar. [...]
Equinox orange
Tweet Equinox orange As the celestial bull tosses the spinning earth from one of its horns to the other at the moment of the vernal (spring) equinox (this year at 18.26 GMT on 20 March), the Nowruz orange, so still in a bowl of clear water, wobbles. The new year has begun and we will [...]
A whiff of Spring
TweetThe air smelt different this morning, and it buzzed. I am excited for Spring. This was late Spring in Roman Ostia last year.
