I’ve it said before, as a child. I hated tea! It was only when I moved to England that I learned to appreciate a cuppa. As I ‘mature’, tea has become comfort on a cold day, solace on a hard day, even part of my hair care regime! Sometimes, it’s green tea, sometimes...
When COVID-19 (coronavirus) hit the UK in 2020, like most people I was scared! Added to the general worry about how contagious is, as an over 40’s Black woman with asthma I was at risk. Christmas of 2019, Hubby and I had very bad flu, but for me simply climbing the...
When I was little I hated drinking tea. Growing up in the Caribbean meant some ‘bush’ would be pulled up from the back yard to boil into that hot brew. Little did I know 30 plus years later I would be paying for the same ‘bush’ (lemon grass, nettle, mint) to make my...
Christmas 2019, hubby, Ange and I were very sick. Poor Lil V ate week old leftover food on Christmas Day, we were that poorly. We rang in the New Year in Cinderford which was lovely but we still didn’t have the energy to as much as we normally would while on...
‘If you go down in the woods today/You’re sure of a big surprise…‘ What’s the surprise? Well getting immersed in the woods will fill you with awe how resilient nature can be. Personally, I find it invigorating and humbling in equal measure. During lockdown, our...
Centuries ago in Mesoamerica cacao (cocoa) was deemed to be a gift from the god, given to humankind on creation day. When the Spanish conquistadors came to the ‘New World’ they would find a community with sophisticated architecture and a people who drank a rich cacao...
