A question of Parsnips

“It might not make a James Bond plot, but an “epic mission” has been launched to save 250 tonnes of parsnips at a farm in Norfolk this Saturday.” Four years ago Ian Mathie and I had a different idea. George Grummitt had been a market gardener all his life. Although he was actually seventy-six, George had lied about his age to his employer who believed he was just approaching sixty-five. He was not looking forward to his forthcoming birthday but GenDev had an employment retiring policy and since they now owned what had been his family’s market garden for four generations, … Continua a leggere A question of Parsnips

Diversions

Who ceases to be a friend never was one. Best books of the year 2010…Two versions of Rainer Maria Rilke’s sonnet: Apollo’s Archaic Torso. Bach (3) by Gerard Richter. A new list of the world’s greenest cities out. Have a mouth as sharp as a dagger but a heart as soft as tofu. Leaving a restaurant without paying the bill… Continua a leggere Diversions