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Masks

April 15, 2021 By Ellen

On the most ordinary of outings Between the seasonal specials and the dog food That’s where it happens Crossing off baked beans and then You look up and There is a baby who doesn’t smile back Why would he? The woman with the liver-spotted knuckles and the sardines in her trolley List, tightly clutched Her […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned, review Tagged With: covid, creative writing, masks, poem, poetry, shops, virus

Things I think about ‘best before’ dates

November 13, 2020 By Ellen

Shops have a vague idea when the produce will be past it, then they subtract about a week and call it the ‘best before’ date. It seems pretty unscientific for fresh things and almost entirely meaningless for canned food. Especially so for water or salt – which don’t, as far as I know, go off. […]

Filed Under: things I learned from my children today Tagged With: best before, cooking, food, in my life, in the world, My Life, sell-by, shops

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