The fresh produce on offer in London supermarkets reminds us of France. Like country bumpkins we stand silently in the aisles marveling at things that rarely, if ever, make their way (unfrozen) North of the border. If anyone has heard of a good greengrocer in Scotland please let us know.
Some of the London pubs still have their decorations up. They manage to look positively welcoming in the long winter nights.
For our journey back ' The Font' reads Dead Cold by T F Muir. He is our local murder mystery writer. The latest novel involves a foul ending at the local 5 star hotel. To set a murder there is improbable but entertaining. 'The Font' considers it to be 'ideal reading for the journey ' which you can interpret as you wish. Angus reads The Great Transformation which has been recommended. For the first time he can make sense of Chinas cultural revolution. That is no small feat.
Plus ca change :https://scottsumner.substack.com/p/america-in-1929
Brain size and Quokkas :https://jonn.substack.com/p/a-brief-guide-to-the-different-sorts
Los Angeles:https://holliesmckay.substack.com/p/more-than-just-things-the-deep-ache
6 comments:
My own greengrocer (The Greengrocer, Inverurie) is excellent for local, fresh, seasonal produce. They deliver to me £10’s worth of fresh fruit and veg. But nothing from far away. A big bit of me thinks that is as it should be.
For anything more exotic, there is M&S.
Hari OM
Sadly, the independent greengrocer in Dunoon closed a couple of ears back. The lady who ran it did so almost to the day she died (at 95 years) and had nobody to take it over from her. All seasonal and all as local as she could get (she didn't stock bananas because the supermarkets had the dominance on that foreign stuff); I went there because she had a big variety of properly identified potatoes. The supermarkets have cottoned on to that and now name their varieties, and sometimes the growers. YAM xx
Those chocolate oranges are very intriguing. We discovered patio heaters when we lived in Los Angeles, where it can get nippy in the evenings. I was a little disappointed when France decided to ban them just in the middle of our search for a home here, but looking at poor LA makes me rethink.
Was Oklahoma ever progressive? According to tax article, we ranked 15th in average taxes, now in 2022, OK is down to 46th. You can see the lack of investment in the school systems, roads, health care, and any other state services.
It's good to go away but oh, so nice to reach home again.
A beautiful night sky to welcome you home.
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