"I am not wholly convinced everyone washes their hands first." Such delicacy of sentiment, like a cherry petal falling into a puddle of rainwater, is entirely appropriate to a conversation … (View Post)

Oh, that's very nice. Our pigeon breasts, braised slowly with shallots, ended up almost like lamb's liver. Very nice. (View Post)

Good evening! Just called to dinner (woodpigeon breasts - doing our thing for local agriculture and food security). (View Post)

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/feb/13/tim-radford-former-guardian-science-editor-dies-aged-84 Tim Radford obit, to follow up from earlier. (View Post)

I suspect TSE's solitaire in his admiration of his own pun. (View Post)