Category Archives: Home brew

How did you spend your Valentine’s Day? I spent mine watching DJ rack out and bottle his home-brew wine while I tried and failed to rid our kitchen floor of the Essex clay from the garden that’s caked all over … Continue reading →

I never thought that the frugal life would come to this. As I write, I am ashamed to say that I’ve just been ‘liberating’ wine bottles from one of my next-door neighbours’ recycling boxes out in the road. I smuggled … Continue reading →

Oh dear…the lurgie is really taking hold today. I am truly in its thrall. My nose has taken on a personality of its own and my foolish decision to dress entirely in black today has only made my face look … Continue reading →