A few thoughts on Minerals, Milling, Grains and Tubers

One of the things I've been noticing in my readings on grain processing and mineral bioavailability is that it's difficult to make w...

Shelving Storage

Modern Designer Sideboard - Storage Contemporary Storage Solution in a wide variety of finishes Dimensions: W216.2 x D46.7 x H74.2cm These s...

How to Eat Grains

Our story begins in East Africa in 1935, with two Bantu tribes called the Kikuyu and the Wakamba. Their traditional diets were mostly veget...

Don’t let a power outage leave you powerless

Take a minute to think about your everyday activities. How many of them require electricity? Now imagine your daily life without power. You ...

Topknot Coil

(Click on the image for a larger version.) Source: The Hairdo Handbook, 1964, Chapter XVIII: Handling and Styling Long Hair

Checkpoints & Gauloises

Len Deighton, (blogs passim ) is eighty this week. Read an interview here . I discovered his books in 1965, three years after The Ipcress Fi...

French Twist

(Click on the image for a larger version.) Source: The Hairdo Handbook, 1964, Chapter XVIII: Handling and Styling Long Hair

Unexpected Alphabets No 8

Stamford didn't want the railway anywhere near it at first, but when they finally succumbed in 1848 its Tudor manor architecture became ...

Classic French Roll

(Click on the image for a larger version.)  Source: The Hairdo Handbook, 1964, Chapter XVIII: Handling and Styling Long Hair This is my new ...