Having been away with my brood for five days, my greatest preoccupation since my return has been moving mountains. Mountains of washing. Colour-co-ordinated damp dirty smelly clothes into the washing machine. Then cottons into the tumble drier, synthetic fibres onto the line, underwear onto the airer in the bathroom. After that, the ironing pile reaches […]
Filed under: Uncategorized on April 13th, 2007 | No Comments »
Just been away with the family to Spring Harvest, an annual Christian conference - at Butlins Skegness, no less! And ‘stop the traffik’ is not a misspelling of any fears, hopes or prayers for the journey: it is the slogan for the coalition that was flagged up throughout the time there.
Tying in with the launch […]
Filed under: Uncategorized on April 12th, 2007 | No Comments »
Maybe no sweat, but definitely a few plasters to cover the blisters created as I try to wear in my new fairly traded sneakers!
I needed a pair and was about to visit the cheapest sports shop in the area, when I was struck by an attack of conscience. I sat down at the computer instead […]
Filed under: Uncategorized on April 11th, 2007 | No Comments »
A day after my comments on fish last week, the National Geographic Magazine landed on my doormat. Its leading article was on fish.
Actually, less about marine pollution and more about over-fishing, but the link can still be made. With fish very much in my thinking, the stark images really got to me. Bycatch being thrown […]
Filed under: Uncategorized on April 3rd, 2007 | No Comments »
A couple of days ago, I decided to make a momentous purchase. All my trousers have been a size too small since my excesses at Christmas, but I thought the best incentive to lose weight was to resist buying any new ones. It didn’t work. So, having seen M and S adverts for fair trade […]
Filed under: Uncategorized on April 1st, 2007 | No Comments »
Not meant to be a reference to how I’m feeling (although having just got all the kids off to school with my hubby away overnight in London, it’s not far from the truth!) but a hint as to today’s subject.
Which was prompted by my son finishing off his Art GCSE mock coursework on the dining […]
Filed under: Uncategorized on March 30th, 2007 | No Comments »
That’s the message of the T shirt I am wearing as I write. Produced by Divine, the fair trade chocolate company, on organic cotton, to remind us of how central chocolate has become to our lives. As if most of us need reminding.
It makes our world go round - combatting heart disease, lifting spirits, comforting […]
Filed under: Uncategorized on March 30th, 2007 | No Comments »
In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus told the people around him not to worry about their lives: what to eat, what to drink, what to wear. Two thousand years on and we are still more preoccupied about these things than anything else. What to wear. What not to wear. We are what we eat. […]
Filed under: Uncategorized on March 20th, 2007 | No Comments »
Everyone is afraid of something, aren’t they? Well, for as long as I can remember, I have had a phobia of supermarket shopping. Some people love to shop around - fruit from Netto, cheese from LIDL, basics from Tescos, organic from Sainsburys, desserts from MandS…. the list is long and varied. That is completely beyond […]
Filed under: Uncategorized on March 18th, 2007 | No Comments »
When I agreed to take on writing this journal, I was more concerned about finding something to say on environmental issues than anything else. And yet, this is my eighth entry and I have so far talked about very little else!
Nor has anybody else, have they? Climate change has become the new media band wagon. […]
Filed under: Uncategorized on March 17th, 2007 | No Comments »
