On the home front

November 9, 2020By SeverineUncategorized

For the past 27 years I have made Manchester my home. I have settled in South Manchester, having lived in a few different places from…

Warp and weft

June 30, 2020By SeverineUncategorized

I love fabrics. When dress making, I can happily day dream for hours about how to best use a piece of cloth, thinking about patterns,…

Good dirt

April 15, 2020By SeverineUncategorized

As my hands are looking more and more like prunes with the repetitive washing and sanitizing, I remind myself that there is also some…

Wingnut

April 1, 2020By SeverineUncategorized

Not the type you’d find in a hardware shop, of course. Here, I’m talking about the beautiful tree from Asia: Pterocarya fraxinifolia or…

Inheritance plants

February 25, 2020By SeverineUncategorized

With the passing away of a dear friend last year, I reflected on how much advice and knowledge she had given me, some of it to do with…