Upstairs Downstairs

Thanks to everyone who commented on my story about English tea.   One moral I have drawn is never use the passive. Because there were no downstairs staff. My grandmother, who…

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Making Tea

Tea was important when I was growing up in England, and nowhere more so than in my grandparent’s farm house.  You can see it in the photo above taken in…

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10 Ways to Learn More than Food Inc. Tells You

When I was in high school, the principal issued a call to action.  If each of us would simply give up the the sweet roll (bun) that accompanied the mid-morning…

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