Tofu breakfast scramble with the life changing black salt

AsideJune 7, 2020June 7, 2020 Kate@athousandbitsofpaper6 Comments

Black salt isn’t black – it’s red and it hales from India – it has a beautiful sulphuric taste – use it in this and you get eggs that taste so real that you would fool a chook If they are eggs – which they don’t so..poor analogy…moving on; Black salt is one of those […]

Warmth

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This seductive sunshine, the winters day slips away beside my chair

A mournful tune

AsideJune 7, 2020June 6, 2020 Kate@athousandbitsofpaper7 Comments

The gap in the window allowed the wind an aria. I’ve been playing with digital art as I would love to create a small poetry volume accompanied by my own art one day. I’m very rusty but loving the creativity. It’s cool the way different art forms – painting, writing, drawing, photography etc all lead […]

Go lightly, Be kind

AsideJune 6, 2020 Kate@athousandbitsofpaper12 Comments

There is plenty “Out there” That you should take seriously But “In here” Laugh Carry a bowl of blue butterflies in your chest Throw your head back Release Watch them join the pieces of the sky From whence they fell We’re just not that important Let that knowledge free your mind Go lightly Be kind […]

Bubbles and Screens

June 5, 2020June 5, 2020 Kate@athousandbitsofpaper14 Comments

Is it any wonder we all go back to complacency

It’s comfortable

Quiet

Peaceful

Stay in the bubble – wave to the people

Let life drift past

Today’s news never lasts

No matter

How

Shocking

Was

Last

Week

Clarity

AsideJune 5, 2020June 4, 2020 Kate@athousandbitsofpaper7 Comments

No turmoil can survive this singing bowl sky

Full of Vegetables! Satay

AsideJune 4, 2020 Kate@athousandbitsofpaper3 Comments

Frozen veggies you need to clear out of your freezer? Brocolli Cauliflower Peas Beans? Whatever you have – plonk about 3-4 cups in a saucepan and steam Drain veges after a minute of boiling/steaming Chop up some (1/2 a block) satay tofu (plain will still work but the satay one is so yummy and it’s […]

To hate anything is to invite evil into the world

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When I was a very small child I got a prickle in my foot “I hate these goat head burrs!” I yelled And Mum said very firmly – harshly even “Hate is a very strong word – don’t use it” This memory sits with me so strongly Because at the time – I didn’t think […]

I think therefore I am – I think

AsideJune 3, 2020June 2, 2020 Kate@athousandbitsofpaper12 Comments

It is winter I shall don my jumper Eat warming foods Because in winter That is what I do The sun is rising So too shall I A cup of coffee Check the news These daily things Are what makes I …I The news is full of racism And riots I’m not a racist I […]

Smokey Split Pea and Cauliflower Soup

AsideJune 3, 2020June 1, 2020 Kate@athousandbitsofpaper2 Comments

My favourite soup when I was a child was Dads Ham and Pea soup Dad didn’t cook much but he liked to and he had his specialities Fried Rice Ham and Pea Soup Cold Meat Curry Always a tasty cook too – he added his “special sauces” Ham and bacon bones are not my deal […]