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A View From (The Bit Outside) The Greenhouse; Ordinary Folk

31st March 2026 Colin Cross 0

The 95% situation has moved on to something approaching 99% in terms of my health, in comparison to how I was feeling as an almost 74 year old (complete with all the aches and pains [more…]

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Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Seventy

2nd March 2025 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning, people. Wow, the sun is out this morning for a change, but it’s still bloody cold. I was not outside for very long, and I don’t intend to be outside much more [more…]

Health

Sort Out Yer Glutes!

2nd December 2024 Going Postal 0

Sort out yer glutes! Thus spake my sports physio after I turned up in his surgery with chronic back pain, like I couldn’t get out of bed without screaming. Now he’s good, so good in [more…]

Book Review

‘Ultra-Processed People: Why Do We All Eat Stuff That Isn’t Food … and Why Can’t We Stop?’ By Chris van Tulleken

14th September 2023 Going Postal 0

Ultra-Processed Foods have been getting a lot more press recently and I’d been wanting to know more about the subject beyond the few articles I’d read and this book seemed as good as any.  The [more…]

Arts

A View From The Greenhouse; Check Your White Privilege….Innit?

23rd May 2023 Colin Cross 0

The world turns Postaliers and life moves on apace. This time of year is fraught with many and various dangers though, as we negotiate our way from heatwave to heatwave and through the resultant “Catastrophic [more…]

Cooking

New Adventures in Low Carb – Part 3

15th August 2022 Going Postal 0

 As most Puffins will know (based on my incessant posting of food photos), I have been on a keto/low-carb journey. The 24th of July marked the first anniversary of my adventure, so I thought I’d [more…]

Culture

A View From The Greenhouse; Bath, A Chance Encounter, Long “Covid”

3rd May 2022 Colin Cross 0

It’s been a month now since I last posted from the greenhouse, although, somewhat thankfully, it hasn’t been a month since I visited it. With the arrival of spring we see ewes and lambs arriving [more…]

20th Century

Nostalgia Album, Part Seven

19th March 2022 Always Worth Saying 0

Last time on Nostalgia Album we became concerned about Ernestine, my great-aunt by marriage, who at first glance had moved on, relocating to Lancaster, after her husband had been killed in the First War (as [more…]

Cooking

New Adventures in Low Carb, Part Two

17th November 2021 Going Postal 0

In my previous article I explained how switching to a low-carb diet has life-changing health benefits. It’s been several months since I started a keto diet (very low-carb), so I thought I’d give Puffins an [more…]

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