![]() The benefits of tree lucerne: Attracting bees and distracting the birds in your orchardĢ hot chilli peppers, the hottest you can find (wear gloves when handling)Ģ tbsp turmeric powder or 3 slices of turmeric root This drink is strong, hot and spicy, and chases away my winter blues. It seems to make the flavour stronger than when using the fresh plant. I dry my own thyme for this recipe, hanging the sprigs in a net bag for a month in a warm dry place. There are many recipes for this online, each with its own special character. My latest experiments have been centred around making a ‘master tonic’. Just one whiff would make me feel better. She would then brew a drink of onions in honey and hot lemon. If we were truly sick, we had to go to bed and stay in bed. I think it comes from my mother, who could somehow turn your illness into a delightful opportunity to make a special remedy. I love making my own cough and cold remedies. Feeling a cold coming on? Inhale it, eat it, drink it. Need a pick-me-up? Try a cup of thyme tea. ![]() Got a sore throat? Gargle a mouthful or two of a thyme infusion. Thyme and thyme again, it’s my go-to for ailments. As a culinary herb, it adds unparalleled aroma and flavour to a dish, but it’s also full of pun-potential. It is through gardening that I also acquired a love of thyme. It’s a good thing I have my garden to retreat to, the piece of earth that helps me attain the power of now. As soon as I start thinking that I don’t have enough of it, things start to go downhill. This is what I am learning to do and it’s great!Ī healthy food plan for post-emergency power cutsĪt the heart of what I’m writing about is finding time to be in the ‘now’. He is an advocate for emptying the mind of the clutter, that incessant chatter. I’m starting to sound like Eckhart Tolle, a spiritual author whose most popular work is The Power of Now. Now it seems this little heart of mine is reminding me again to pay attention to my mind and to the people and things around me. Vertigo made me stop in my tracks and lie down, sometimes for hours at a time. I wake up in the morning and am immediately bombarded with all these ‘to-dos’. There are five calendars adorning the walls. Mine appears to require some stern talking-to in the department of future thinking. Upon closer examination, it seems it’s not necessarily the physical things I am doing but mostly to do with the Mind. I began to wonder if turning 50 had somehow set the downhill gears in motion. In the last 18 months I’ve had vertigo and have been nursing a sore shoulder. I ended up taking an emergency flight to hospital early one Sunday morning. Usually I calm my heart rate down quite quickly by putting my head between my knees and taking a few deep breaths.īut this time it didn’t. It leaves me breathless and slightly giddy, unfortunately without the romance and passion of dancing. ![]() It’s usually nothing major, just an atrial flutter where my heart decides to do a quick samba.
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