BATCH No. 12
My Cheesemaking Travels, Ireland, 2016 I have taken my annual leave to work in a factory. For the first few hours I keep hoping it isn’t true. I wait for someone to shout ‘just kidding!’…
BATCH No. 11
My Cheesemaking Travels, Isle of Mull 2014 3/3 So, here I am at the end of my summer on Mull. It feels sad that it’s about to be over but as I sit in my car…
BATCH No. 10
My Cheesemaking Travels, Isle of Mull 2014 2/3 This week has been pretty good. I’m beginning to settle into a routine and enjoy that sense of getting more established somewhere. I head in to the…
BATCH No. 9
My Cheesemaking Travels, Isle of Mull 2014 1/3 It seems we don’t get to decide what we’re going to get from an opportunity. I am sure that is all well and good but being a…
BATCH No. 8
A SILENT MISCARRIAGE January 2021 A week ago today they told me my baby had died. Three intolerable words ‘there’s no heartbeat’, repeated twice. An empty, emotionless observation from a woman I had just met….
BATCH No. 7
The Farm. My Cheesemaking Travels, Jasper Hill 2014. The Vermont Diaries 3/3 I love the farm. It feels so good to finally be working outside and great to have contact with the cows. They are…
BATCH No. 5
The Cellars. My Cheesemaking Travels, Jasper Hill 2014. The Vermont Diaries 1/3 I have turned, washed, salted, brushed, wiped, larded, patted, barked and spiked more cheese then I would have previously thought possible. The cheeses…
BATCH No. 6
The Cheese House. My Cheesemaking Travels, Jasper Hill 2014. The Vermont Diaries 2/3 I was right to be daunted at the prospect of working in the creamery though it turns out that getting my mind…
BATCH No. 4
Another batch made and the summer almost passed. Technically this batch happened in June but now it’s August so here we are. I am still taking an inordinate amount of time to get myself moving…
BATCH No. 3
It’s a beautiful hazy grey day outside. One of those true Scottish dreich days that has a beauty all of its own. Spring is trying to come into bloom, buds are waiting on the side…