Paleo food

The rare perception of my mother-in-law now comes to the fore. She often said to my wife, “You can make a meal out of a dishcloth.” Was that what attracted me to Ann in the first [...]

I spent three weeks in Lanzarote in February 2020. I would hate you to think that I was lounging in the sun doing nothing. In fact, I was caring for myself in accordance with advice from a [...]

It is a clash of perspectives; to be a vegan and an environmentalist. The two do not sit comfortably together. That ridiculous almond milk has attained the status of manna, a miraculous [...]

It is surprising how many people pick up trends and follow them without further thought. The paleo diet is a good example of this. It assumes that the hunter gatherer diet was good; that the [...]

Dear readers, thank you for your support. My Stonehenge talk at Forest Arts was a success in October 2019. I had an audience and as all proceeds go to the arts, I spoke for free. It was about how [...]

Pigs are given an unfair reputation. Fat pig, dirty pig, filthy pig, all derogatory terms of insult which demean the pig. Yet, in 2500 BC at the builder’s camp near Stonehenge, called [...]

I am going to eat like an ancient human being – it’s doctors orders! Like my pagan ancestor Zuri, I must consume meat and offal. Oddly enough, in my book I did mention iron and the [...]

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 [...]