The Month That Was…Restful November

As we approach December, I find myself confused and disorientated “WHERE DID THIS YEAR GO?” It has positively flown by! I feel as if I have lost the past couple of months to illness. The good thing about that is that we are closer to spring than I realized. The darkness of winter is not something I am relishing as I try to build up my strength.

Obeying Doctor’s (and husband’s) orders, I have tried to rest more over the past couple of weeks. That has given me a little extra time to catch up with sorting out the many many foodie photographs I plan to share with you and schedule more posts for 2025 (2024 in the bag already).

Our nephew Wills is heading back to the UK for a month before he sets off on the next stage of his adventures – packing “educational travel” into his gap year. He has had the chance to several US states and parts of central America as he accompanied a friend of ours who is a very special specialist engineer. Now Wills is setting off to make use of his energy by working with a charity (thanks to Melody and Jack).

Well…the thought of all that travelling around sounds exhausting to me right now. Until I have made a full recovery, I am enjoying the vicarious nature of our telephone calls.

CRABBIE’S ORIGINAL ALCOHOLIC GINGER BEET

DON’T THROW AWAY YOUR MIRACLE

SWEETCORN & MOCK CHICKEN ENCHILADAS WITH SPICY SAUCE

LEFTFIELD ROSE

WITH FLAMING LOCKS OF AUBURN HAIR

TOASTED SEED & NUT TIFFIN

REST & RECUPERATE

SHLOER WHITE GRAPE SPARKLING

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IF I TOOK THESE WORDS AWAY

CELERIAC, ROASTED LEEK & SWEET POTATO WELLINGTON

MELODY’S OPEN LETTER

LADY LEWIS’ LIBRARY – THE EDUCATION OF DIXIE DUPREE

MUSICA DOLCE SUONAVA SOLTANTO PER ME

BEETROOT & SOURCREAM SOUP

THE MONTH THAT WAS…RESTFUL NOVEMBER

Something that concerned me greatly this month was hearing about the regular harassment our darling friend Melody has witnessed on her journey home from work. A nuisance driver persists in hurling profanity and directing lewd comments and offensive gestures towards commuters waiting at a bus stop. Melody has observed his repulsive behaviour several times and has even had the clear mindedness to take note of his vehicle registration, the name of the business he works for, and has taken some video footage showing his face quite clearly. I was horrified to hear of this. With admirable calm and rationality, Melody wrote an open letter which gives a flavour of the situation these commuters are facing:

To The Driver Who Yelled Profane Abuse Towards Those Waiting For The Bus This Evening

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