Sunday, 9 August 2009

New Crazes, Two of Them

Oh, yeah. I forgot to mention that I did manage to get my New Testament essay in. Some essays take it out of you; others really get you thinking about life; others stretch your thinking. This one did all three. I felt smashed by it, in the end. And so relieved to submit it.

But this post is about two new crazes in my life.

This week (and it'll happen again in a fortnight) I shopped for our fruit and veg co-op. Man, I love it. I went with Kristan, which was a blast (next time is with Des).

I bought quinces. (Just a few for myself, not for the whole co-op; I wasn't sure they'd be appreciated!). Thankfully, Jen and Funnel were in town to show me the ropes with quince-stewing.


So the second craze is Grand Designs. Jen and Funnel sat us down and showed us an episode (Series 5, the Urban Space Pod). I love that show. It's so good. I can't believe it's existed so long without me getting into it. I want to watch it all... while eating stewed quinces and yoghurt.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

You should speak to Greg Anderson about quinces. You'll have a grand time. He served us quince jam for chaplaincy group one time last year.

fional said...

Grand Designs totally rocks.

PS My word verification is inglygon. Cute.

Bernard said...

@Joel - thanks man. I'll make sure I do. My mum used to make quince jam. It's one of those little luxuries I enjoy when I go home.

@Fiona - I like the fact that google word verifications are (a) legible, and (b) not ridiculously long... ok, and (c) sometimes cute ;)