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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The Crimes

I was half expecting the Crimes (Church Times) to fall through the letter box this morning, however, the 'Dave Walker Guide to Church' seems to have replaced it. The paper will begin next week rather than this, I did wonder what they were saying sending this freebie out first, as if I was not ready for the crimes until I had read the 'Guide to Church' However it was an innocent distraction especially trying to decide which of the wine / water combinations to inflict on the congregation this sunday. I think the weak milky tea wins!! Unfortunatly this particular cartoon is not on the cartoonblog website – so unless you have the book …

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The spirituality of smoking

Odd topic? Well, not really, it’s just a thought about what you do when smoking and how it relates to the rest of life Now some people might consider smoking to be a waste of time money and a danger to health, well I can certainly say that I do feel healthier after quitting, BUT, have i lost more than I gained? This isn’t about smoking those long white things that come in 10′s or 20′s, (or 16′s if you’re drunk and can’t be bothered to walk from the pub to the shop!) I’m talking about the art of rolling and smoking tobacco in it’s finer form. Baccy, weed, rollies etc. It’s about time, effort achievement but most of all it’s about spending 5 minutes doing nothing better than twiddling a piece of paper round dried leaves and if you were like me inserting what looked like a mouse tampon in the end. After this you can smoke it happily in the understanding that you made it. (or if you are new to rolling, wondering where you went wrong and why it won’t work!!!) OK a tenuous point, not really spirituality of smoking is it?. Well there is a bit [...]

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