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Happiness

This will Enhance Your Life

27th September 202513th November 2017 by Steve Donohoe
gate in andalusia

The great thing about me keeping bees is that my apiary is in the beautiful Cheshire countryside. It means that I get away from the city. I don’t entirely hate cities, and apparently the particular part of Manchester where I live is supposed to be very desirable, don’t you know. However, the fact remains that … Read more

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Are you feeling lucky, punk?

27th September 202530th August 2017 by Steve Donohoe
thyme honey from Majorca

I used to be a “striver”. I was always striving for something. It never really felt that great, all that striving; it felt like I was running on one of those airport conveyor belt walkways but going the wrong way, against the tide so to speak. Everybody else seemed to have a plan. They knew … Read more

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