The honesty box

THROUGH HER OWN SMALL BEACON OF GENEROSITY, LUCY BRAZIER AIMS TO HONOUR SEASONAL JOYS. WE JOIN HER AS A NEW YEAR BRINGS NEW RESOLUTIONS AND THE SHARING OF EVERYDAY SUNSHINE IS ALL THE MORE WELCOME

My first ever honesty box was in the month of January, which seems like a silly place to start, considering the lack of fresh produce and garden abundance. It was motivated by my new year’s resolution to set up my own honesty box after a lifetime of saying I wanted to and not doing it. Still, I wasn’t sure what I could offer during a gunmetal grey, drizzly month when nobody was venturing out – but where is the rule that says I can only sell my homegrown gluts? There isn’t one, and then I had an idea… As the last notes of Auld Lang Syne fades away, the local farm shop brings out trays of citrus, vibrant and fresh among the marked down forlorn Christmas leftovers of mince pies, striped…

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The Simple Things (Digital) - 1 Issue, January 2024

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