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Pied Beauty versus Homogeny
My other half and I have been cutting back on meat consumption, for moral and health reasons. We often use meat substitutes like tofu or seitan. Hubby announced he was going to have a go at making seitan (wheat based … Continue reading
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Tagged Cloned animals, Dolly, Gerald Manley Hopkins, meat substitutes, Open College of the Arts, Pied Beauty, seitan, tofu
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Going Ape in Almere!
Stichting Aap is a Dutch charity set up to rescue primates and exotic animals from cruel or unsuitable homes. It houses around 300 animals in Almere and also attempts to re-home primates and exotics in high quality zoos and sanctuaries … Continue reading
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Tagged Almere, Bokito, dierenambulance, donate air miles, primadomus, primate sanctuary, rhesus ape, rotterdam zoo, Stichting Aap
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Shanty Towns in Amsterdam?
A student of mine recently told me an amusing anecdote. One of her Chinese relatives was visiting Holland and while they were sitting in a train my student’s relative looked out of the window and said she thought Holland was … Continue reading
Tips for Aspiring Writers – An Interview with The Word Hut
Tell us something about Susan Carey. I was born in Herefordshire, England. My ancestry is Welsh/English. Some years ago I emigrated to Holland to live with my Dutch husband and I now have dual British and Dutch nationality. Even so, … Continue reading
Meet a Very Foxy Lady
As a farmer’s daughter, I’ve always felt ambivalent about foxes. I grew up in a family that regarded hunting as a countryside tradition that was necessary to reduce the number of creatures that were regarded as little more than vermin. … Continue reading
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Tagged country life, cubbing, farmer's daughter, Foxes, Foxhunting, hunt membership, the hunt ban
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Into my heart an air that kills
This poem sums up the feelings of returning ‘home’ but then again, never being able to return home. A. E. Housman grew up in Shropshire, a neighbouring county to Herefordshire, where I spent my childhood. Could this poem be the lament … Continue reading
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Tagged A Shropshire Lad, A. E. Housman, Blue Remembered Hills, Expat's Lament, Herefordshire, Shropshire
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Many Waters Cannot Quench Love
On a recent home exchange in Chichester, I visited the enchanting village of Bosham, a settlement in one of the sea inlets that make up Chichester Harbour. Chichester is a very pretty town, built within a city wall that has … Continue reading
I’ve been Wordled…
Yesterday, at a workshop in Utrecht given by dedicated and inspiring English teacher, Roy Bicknell, I was introduced to Wordle and its possible uses in vocabulary lessons for business English students. As a writer, it struck me as a fantastic way … Continue reading
Home Swapping – Your Place for Mine
A few years ago I registered as an aspiring home-swapper on Homebase Holidays. Membership is approx thirty pounds a year. I chose this site because of its emphasis on properties in theUK. As an expat living in Amsterdam, home-exchange offered the … Continue reading
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Tagged Amsterdam, Black Mountains, home exchange, home swapping, homebase holidays, London, Parc Montsouris, Paris, The Good Life, Wales
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Food on Wheels in the Westerpark
Thursday 17th May was Ascension day here and a Bank Holiday. To mark the occasion there was a three-day culinary event, ‘de Rollende Keukens’ (Kitchens on Wheels), held in one of my local parks, the Westerpark. This event featured a … Continue reading
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