Cooking with apples – a treat for a cosy afternoon

Dear Sam,   Happy October to you, too! We thoroughly enjoyed our holiday, thank you, and the train ride through the mountains from Paris to Milan was spectacular.  Spending time in Italy we, of course, sampled the local wine, so how appropriate that it's now wine month! Since we came home, autumn has arrived with darker, wetter…

“Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.” Dalai Lama

Dear Sam, I'm certainly looking forward to Spring, too. Although it hasn't been anywhere near as cold here in Wales as it has your part of the US, we've had plenty of dark, miserable days. It was fascinating to read about all the different things that daffodils can symbolise; I hadn't heard of the Welsh legend…