Shere Delight tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1234222 2011-03-19T09:19:01+00:00 My life away from home: a village in Surrey, a village in France. TypePad More Rhubarb tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345301ff69e2014e86d20b6a970d 2011-03-19T09:19:01+00:00 2011-07-21T16:58:28+01:00 Rh I love to eat rhubarb now, but when I was little I didn't, especially stewed into a gluey pink mess and served for breakfast. Disguised as pie, however, with strawberries added and mother's melt-in–your mouth pie crust, it was not the same vegetable at all. It seemed miraculous to me that such a sour stalk could turn into the... Kathleen Hall <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://sheredelight.typepad.com/shere_delight/2011/03/my-entry.html" /> <link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://sheredelight.typepad.com/shere_delight/2011/03/my-entry.html" thr:count="0" /> <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345301ff69e20147e3351551970b</id> <published>2011-03-14T17:30:49+00:00</published> <updated>2011-03-14T17:30:49+00:00</updated> <summary /> <author> <name>Kathleen Hall</name> </author> </entry> <entry> <title>Rhubarb tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345301ff69e20147e3332753970b 2011-03-14T09:57:16+00:00 2011-03-14T20:45:07+00:00 Well, that's it. Symptoms of advancing years popping up, or maybe creakily- becoming- vertical, with each passing day. I walk down to Collins', the green-grocer in the square to - What else? buy veggies and fruit. This walk in itself is a Good Thing, as it not only conserves gas, but helps keep my own engine turning over. I used... Kathleen Hall Rugby tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345301ff69e20148c85cf232970c 2011-02-05T17:05:22+00:00 2011-07-23T15:31:41+01:00 The Six Nations Rugby matches have begun, an annual competition between Ireland, Wales, England, Scotland, France, and Italy. For my US friends, Rugby is something like American football except that: You can't pass the ball forward, you can only run forward with it; the scrimmage is called the scrummage, no protective pads, and they never stop except for an injury or penalty, which means they don't get to rest much. I like watching it, but found myself rooting for Wales, which my English husband wasn't too happy about, but then, I am an inveterate cheerer for the underdog, as well as being unable to stop playing devil's advocate. England won, but only after a very tense game. Whichever team wins the most points in the whole series wins, so of course even if a team loses one game, they can still win. Today, Ireland beat Italy (poor old underdog), and the Irish are playing the French in Paris. It means several days of continuous rugby in our house; in France we used to have rugby parties, like people do on Superbowl Sunday, and everyone seemed to root for a different team. No fisticuffs though, even between the Brits and the French. (Sandy, can't help thinking of you. You would love it. ) Kathleen Hall DML_Yuba_Rocks_Water-9.jpg | David Lovere tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345301ff69e20147e0ac6155970b 2010-12-14T10:23:50+00:00 2010-12-14T10:23:50+00:00 DML_Yuba_Rocks_Water-9.jpg | David Lovere. Exquisite, original photos by David -- Kathleen Hall We are into a cold snap, 2010, But ---- tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345301ff69e20147e02d8cea970b 2010-11-26T21:35:42+00:00 2010-12-05T10:16:06+00:00 Reprinted from The Times: Weather The winter of '47: I've borrowed a balaclava helmet from Fred to wear in bed! This winter seems bad but the freeze of 1947, the worst in living memory, tested the resolve of war-weary Britons to the limit, The big freeze: Derbyshire bus stuck in a snow drift Photo: Hulton-Deutsch Collection Dominic Sandbrook 4:43PM GMT... Kathleen Hall