A word can change a mind. A sentence can change a life. A book can change the world.
I’m a gardening tinkerer. I have no idea what the plant’s names are, but I can grow anything from grapes to tomatoes, potatoes, oranges, lemons, melons, and some flowers.
I even managed to grow grapes and fermented them to produce one bottle of med-dry rosé.
The image you can see at the top of the page is that of a tonne bag of white gravel. That’s 1,000 kg of gravel. Not your Imperial ton, which is 1,016.047 kg or 2,240 lbs. There’s not a lot of difference between a tonne and a ton if it were to be dropped on…
I’m not a gardener, but I like to dabble in the garden. I’ve made the best of any garden I have had while here in Cyprus. That’s a lot of gardening over fifteen years. Currently I’m facing my biggest challenge. Actually, it’s two challenges. I’m recovering from cancer and at the same time have moved…
I’ve never eaten fruit from a mulberry bush. Some say the fruit tastes like goji berries or figs. Others have likened them to grapes and yet more people say it’s a cross between blueberries and grapefruit. I eagerly await the arrival of a few flowers on my bush, which is more like a sapling, to…
Those of you who know me will know I’m a writer. So, you may deduce from the title of this piece that I have become a successful author in my adopted home of Cyprus. Unfortunately, I’m not quite as successful in that respect as I would like to be. Though it does depend on how…
Figuratively speaking, dear reader. I don’t have ants in my pants… not yet. Here in Cyprus, we get a lot of exotic insects. None more so than the house ant, also known as the Black ant, which can grow up to 5mm. That’s big for an ant. Apparently, there are around 30+ types of ants…
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