Small Ways To Live Well from The Simple Things

Fruitfulness Episode 5 - STIR UP SUNDAY SPECIAL

Small Ways To Live Well from The Simple Things

Show Notes

Join in our special cook along episode as the team make Christmas cakes, large and small and a gluten-free pudding. In between stirring and mixing, The Simple Things’ Editor Lisa Sykes, Wellbeing Editor Becs Frank and regular contributor Jo Tinsley, will talk festive tipples, homemade gifts and advent calendars. As the cakes cook they’ll be reading seasonal microfiction. SPOILER ALERT! One of our stories in the second half of this podcast involves Santa Claus and if you have little lis...

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