1. At coffee time we go over what Nick is making for supper, and I pick the herbs from the garden and locate the spices he needs.
2. Slipping the skin off a cooked beetroot.
3. Beside me, Bettany is snipping something from a magazine.
1. It's not too long after 8am and I can already feel the heat in the air as I begin my walk on the common. My body responds to the warm...