Paleo food

Millennials and their superfoods dominate the media these days. A young woman was being interviewed on television choosing food. As she reached for the coconut milk, she claimed that they, the [...]

Does it seem an odd question, ‘Why do ducks nest so far from water? If so, let me explain. When we moved into our bungalow in Friars Cliff, neighbours told us about the duck. It seems she [...]

As we become older, relationships become more apparent but not always in a good way. When I was 12 years old, I joined a milk round at weekends and holidays. I had the contrasting qualities of [...]

“I promise that I will never buy you a bunch of flowers.” It’s a promise that I have kept to my wife because British flowers have disappeared. It doesn’t make me seem [...]

I was considering a post about hedgehogs as one of Zuri’s favourite foods in 2200BC, but events overtook me. In our garage a few days ago a number of Christmas baubles were on the floor. I [...]

I really felt for Zuri as the sun shone a few weeks ago. It’s not so much the dying tree leaves but the lack of ground vegetation; the plants she foraged day by day. Her problems with drought and [...]

An afternoon tea at the Christchurch Harbour Hotel is the peak of our civilisation; we lead charmed lives. Sitting there, looking out over the water, I imagine Zuri foraging over the very spot [...]

Zuri, in 2200 BC, will have her own name for pignut, and our Latin name of Conopodium majus will mean nothing to her.

My pagan ancestor Zuri, in 2200BC, loved eating the flowers. Perhaps she saw them as we see sweets, colourful, pop in the mouth, gratifying and tasty.