Feijoa and Apple Porridge

      A tasty, warm, and nutritious breakfast that is quick to prepare. In the autumn months when the mornings are getting cooler, it is nice to have a warm breakfast, and feijoas are plentiful, so it makes sense to use the seasonal fruit to add a bit of flavour to plain porridge oats. […]

Autumn is Here: A Poetry Lesson

  A few blogs ago we had a physics lesson (along with the Red Velvet Cupcakes), then we had an English language lesson (in the blog about Whoopie Pies), today we are going to study the English language again, but this time with a poetry lesson, deconstructing E.E. Cumming’s poem “l(a” written in 1958.   This poem, […]

Feijoas

Feijoas   I know that I would have mentioned the Feijoa fruit in previous blogs because they are never far from my thoughts and not to mention them would be a serious oversight. I could go on and on about wonderful feijoas. Known by another name, Pineapple Guava, they seem rather exotic, with the taste […]

Autumn Road-Trip

  As I do not know who this saying is attributed to, or even whether it is word for word, I feel I am going to mangle it : “it’s not the destination but the journey”. Then to paraphrase and add a bit to it : ‘remember that wherever you are going, take into account […]