Hard News by Russell Brown

I’m going to barbecue. Summer really is coming …

Do you have figs yet? I have figs; golfball-sized green figs. In the glasshouse. I have high hopes for them after last summer’s fig envy induced by PAS.

Do you have figs yet?

Not even close. A month or two yet.

I have figs; golfball-sized green figs. In the glasshouse.

Ah. I've never heard of glasshouse figs.

I have high hopes for them after last summer’s fig envy induced by PAS.

They don't keep, so either eat 'em fresh off the tree, or identify a a preserving day. My fig chutney -- recipe here – is bloody excellent.

The other champion recipe is barbecued figs. Halve the figs, push a nugget of goat cheese into each half, then wrap each half with a strip of pancetta (or, more realistically, streaky bacon) and cook them on the hot plate. Incredible.

Do you have figs yet?

Figs, you say?
Fig.s we have aplenty
and Illus. and panels...
frames of white borders
justifications disordered
with low production
qual-li-teeeee...eeasers

...ooooooh
come to the...
Chchch Zinefest 2015
<old chums!!>
comics, poetry, small press, etc
Sunday Nov 8
1.30pm - 5pm
Waimairi Rd Community Centre, 
166 Waimairi Rd, Ilam, Chchch

a brief window into the world
of self-publishing
small runs
one-offs
ephemera

"Everyone has a 'Zine in them"

see attached poster - feel free to share it
looks like they missed The Press Go Guide
dang

I'm letting a whole bunch of old stuff back into the creative catchment, some bargains, some rarities the cognoscenti will appreciate.
...here's hoping there are still some of those in Chchch

Not even close. A month or two yet.

Well these COULD take a month. They are in the glasshouse because the glasshouse had to go in that spot, where the fig tree is. So the tree stays: seems to like it.

Seventeen figs, mind. Not much call for preserving!

I’m letting a whole bunch of old stuff back into the creative catchment, some bargains, some rarities the cognoscenti will appreciate.

Done shared.

I’m letting a whole bunch of old stuff back into the creative catchment, some bargains, some rarities the cognoscenti will appreciate.
…here’s hoping there are still some of those in Chchch

Aw, wish I could be there.