Hello dear reader,
Well I feel like a complete nincompoop for not having written in over 2 years. I could go into the whys and wherefores but I won’t. (Actually I will – fell in love with 22 year old Argentinian under-gardener Arturo, bought a small section of Tierre del Fuego where we could live as Adam and Eve, Arturo ran off with Chilean travel agent whose name translates into English as JANET (Ugh!) – So there.
In October, shattered hearted, I returned to my beloved Chatterley, to find it all overgrown and scrubby, and climbed into a bath of sloe gin, to liderally drown my sorrows. I was ready to end my 82 year old life, and what a life it had been. I ducked my head under but as I swallowed , it was hard not appreciate what a wonderful drink sloe gin really is. As a result I’ve sat in a bath pissed up on liquor for 3 months and I’d heartlily recommend it.
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In the midst of my drunken bath sojourn my computer went ‘F-Fong’. Does yours do that when you get a message? Mine goes ‘F-Fong’. And lo! it was a message from a reader of this very blog. His name is Brad and he is from America (I know what you’re thinking but he seems OK). Anyhow Brad edits a nifty little pamphlet called Landscape Architecture in DC (wherever that is!) He asked if I might continue writing. Frabjous day! Calloo Callay! Well I was thrilled. Thank you Brad. I shall begin again forthwith. And as a little present to you Bradley in DC (?), herewith my recipe for sloe Gin.
Secaturs at the ready folks… I’m BACK!
J x
Jennifer’s Sloe Gin
2 kg Sloes
4 kg Caster Sugar
10 Litres gin.
Decant and leave for 12 years.
FLOREAT CHATTERLEY 