Lois Elsden

Eyes… and the eye thing

Family Stories by LoisJune 9, 2013September 13, 2018

Food by LoisJune 9, 2013June 5, 2013

A delicious lunch with a friend

It’s always nice to meet my friend Andrew who I have known since I was eighteen. We spent an afternoon together recently and as we met just before lunch, having something to eat together seemed the ideal thing to do. We wandered from the station through Manchester, a city which I know well, but Andrew […]

Sumer is i-cumen in!

Poems by LoisJune 9, 2013June 4, 2013

I melt for you!

Food by LoisJune 9, 2013May 31, 2013

Family Stories by LoisJune 8, 2013June 6, 2013

Horse chestnut trees

My earliest memories of horse-chestnut trees are being pushed in my pram along Victoria avenue, graced by towering rows of them. A little older and we walked beneath them, and then on the bus we would ride along, on the top deck so we were level with the branches and leaves. We didn’t have a […]

The amazing Mr Phil Harding

Archaeology and geology by LoisJune 8, 2013June 19, 2013

Beowulf… 2

Poems by LoisJune 8, 2013September 27, 2013

Food by LoisJune 8, 2013May 31, 2013

Dutch barbecues…. mmmmm!

A huge selection of meat and all beautifully arranged! This was only one of about five trays, burgers, chops, hocks, spare ribs, sausages, chicken, kebabs, steak, fillet, prawns… Look at the desserts…. different sorts of a Dutch speciality called vlaai which comes from the province of Limburg…. utterly delicious!