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journaling the slow life
in the suffolk countryside

Elle

Aug 31
3 min

Gardening and Plants

F is for Figs

Nothing seems to celebrate the end of Summer better than the taste of a fig plucked warm from the tree.

Elle

Aug 26
1 min

Recipes

Figs with Prosciutto and Silton

This simple combination of ingredients barely constitutes a recipe, but this is honestly our favourite way to use the first of our figs.

Sam

Apr 28
5 min

Sloe Suffolk

A Slower Approach to Travel

You can go on holiday wherever you want: your own county or town, or even your own village.

Sam

Feb 20
5 min

Journal

Sloe Crafts: Writing

Writing may seem a strange place to start a series of posts on crafts, yet I'm not alone in finding my creativity stimulated by handwriting.

Renewing our New Year Resolutions for 2024

Sam & Elle

Dec 30, 2023
2 min

Sustainability

Renewing our New Year Resolutions for 2024

Each year, instead of seeking transformation, we recommit ourselves to the same resolutions we made four years ago...

Sam

Dec 10, 2023
4 min

Journal

Winter Walking

Winter walking is one of the best pleasures of these colder months: frost, crisp air and subtle colours.

St Edmund's Day - King, Martyr and Saint

Sam

Nov 19, 2023
2 min

Sloe Suffolk

St Edmund's Day - King, Martyr and Saint

The legend of St Edmund continues to have an enduring appeal today, especially here in his town, Bury St Edmunds.

Sam

Nov 12, 2023
4 min

Journal

Three Sloe Reads for the Darker Months

The evenings are drawing-in, and the lure of an armchair and a good book becomes hard to resist... Here are three great reads for autumn.

Sam

Oct 29, 2023
3 min

Sustainability

Sloe Crafts – A Quiet Rebellion

Craft is a quietly rebellious act, a conscious attempt to disengage oneself from the world of capitalism and the digital attention economy.

Sam

Sep 18, 2023
2 min

Recipes

An English Autumnal Moussaka… of sorts

This is a real late-summer/early-autumn dish, making the most of ingredients that are at their best at this time of year.

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journaling the slow life
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