Getting back into routine has been like waking from a deeply satisfying afternoon snooze. Feeling refreshed yet indulged in a healthy way.  I’ve refused to allow myself to get into a frenzy about the prospects for the year ahead with a the rapidly filling... The barometer dial has been twitching at its highest level for several days and set to stay there for the next week or so. Some say summer is here but I’m reserving judgement until the cicadas start to sing more consistently. With all the rain in early summer we... Won’t be long before these red beauties will be long green succulent beans and they’ll be palmed off on anyone who shows and interest of adding them to their dinner table. It’s a complete indulgence to grow so many but I love the splash of colour... This week has felt like rusty gears grinding into action. Screeching alarm clock and only a cursory flick through the papers. Resentful hounds hauled from their post breakfast snooze for their constitutional walk. Switching the work ethic back on again dragging me... This was me today.  Wet around the edges and slowly unfurling all the various strands of life as a Domestic Executive. The course materials for the Masters in Gastronomic Tourism, which officially starts next week, are thankfully online early so there is frantic...