Notes on Ethics: Moral value of food

Afternoon tea: beautiful and not evil

You might have noticed, dearest reader, that we have been unusually quiet of late. There are reasons for this – a small diplomatic incident that has led to my Darling Julian being dispatched to the Far East for an extended period of negotiations and to myself being confined to the Shire for a restoring lease. Rest assured, we have neither forgotten nor neglected our responsibilities, and we will return in the full bloom of our glory soon.

In the meantime, I wanted to share An Event from the Bank Holiday weekend with you.

Notes from the Square Mile: St John's Chocolate Brownies

Now, dear readers, sometimes our summers do not deliver.  While the weekend gave us the hottest day of the year, sadly this came to an end abruptly today.   This morning started muggy, and by the afternoon we were treated to the inevitable thunderstorm.  Trudging home from further clerical training in the docklands, my shirt drenched with rain, my spirits were at something of a low ebb.

I tried to console myself with some healthy callisthenics, but despite an hour of squat thrusts and lunges I was no closer to raising my mood.  Luckily, on my return from the gymnasium, my dearest suitor, Mr Apple, came to my rescue with a delightful treat in the form of a St John's Chocolate Brownie.