August is the month for dusting off the jam pan. So far the apples have started landing regularly on the lawn. Rather than waste these early fruits they have been transformed into ‘Spiced Apple Jelly’ with just a hint of the old favourite – Chilli! Without a greenhouse at the moment the chillies are slow and few, but the next project, since there are apples a plenty on the tree, is an apple press, it seems the best way to construct one is with a bottle jack and some stout timber, both of which are lying around in the shed! Whether cider is attempted or not rather depends on the juice – it might get drunk too quickly!
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Out of the mouths…

While doing Zen….

I wrote this entry between breath ONE and breath TWO,

I organised my diary for the day, decided what to do this afternoon, worked out who I needed to speak to and telephone etc etc etc.

Avoiding breakfast: Quality avoidance techniques no. 1:

Make a random comment about God walking on water! No kidding, out of nowhere -

‘God can walk on water’

Really?

Yes.

Only God?

No, … Jesus as well.

Only God and Jesus?

Yes.

What about pond-skaters, they walk on water?

Then God must be a pond-skater!

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Resistance

How is it when the exams are looming, that the lawn in mown to a crisp neat finish, the plants are watered, at least twice a day, (tomatoes doing nicely in the cold frame) and the whole house sparklingly clean. Well that would be the case if Helen had not just bought a new games console ‘for the children’. I guess I must be the same for revision as for everthing else Kairos not Chronos! So that will be next monday night! Right, must fix a friends website, then there is the kids to organise…

August

writing on…

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