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Things We Ate In The Lockdown: Day Thirty-Six
Gosh, this is the last of these lockdown recollections! I remember feeling so relieved at the time as the pressure was off thinking what I was going to…
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Chioma Okereke
Things We Ate In The Lockdown: Day Thirty-Five
Riley has officially pushed Bear out of the bedroom, jumping into the space he vacates to make himself coffee and declaring it her own for the remainder…
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Chioma Okereke
Things We Ate In The Lockdown: Day Thirty-Four
My day begins with ‘cat paw in face’ at 7.02am.
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Chioma Okereke
Things We Ate In The Lockdown: Day Thirty-Three
My goodness, I could have done with one of these today! But instead, I went for a slice of pecan pie from La Théière Folle in Cordes instead ; )
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September 2024

Things We Ate In The Lockdown: Day Thirty-Two
Pesach officially came to end yesterday evening and was celebrated via pasta.
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Things We Ate In The Lockdown: Day Thirty-One
I’m beginning to adapt to my new alarm system, triggered at 5.45am when Riley treads the length of my body to stop and stare at my face.
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Things We Ate In The Lockdown: Day Thirty
Men of the world: what is it with the balled up socks in the laundry basket? Why on earth can’t you put them in there to be washed ‘as individuals’?
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Chioma Okereke
Things We Ate In The Lockdown: Day Twenty-Nine
We’re awoken early by Riley.
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August 2024

Things We Ate In The Lockdown: Day Twenty-Eight
The skies are grey when we wake up and the temperature has only dipped a little but it’s enough to change our moods, plummeting us into the doldrums…
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Chioma Okereke
Things We Ate In The Lockdown: Day Twenty-Seven
(I must have been channeling this recipe as I picked up a whole chicken in the supermarket yesterday. Maybe it's time to roll it out again!)
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Things We Ate In The Lockdown: Day Twenty-Six
So the mosquito roll arrived a few days ago, only Bear didn’t say anything...
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Chioma Okereke
Things We Ate In The Lockdown: Day Twenty-Five
We wake up feeling the spirit of a public holiday, but it’s business as usual in France, where work still continues for those that are allowed to do so.
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Chioma Okereke
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