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The Book of Rubbish Ideas is Now Available in Digital Format!

Posted on 15/03/2012 | 2 Comments

We are delighted to inform you that the printed Book of Rubbish Ideas (which completely sold out) is now available in digital format.

Whether you have a Kindle, a Sony E-reader, a Barnes and Noble Nook or almost any other device, it is almost certain to support ePub or Mobipocket format.

The original cover price of the paperback was £6.99, but you can buy the digital version for just £4, then download and start reading straight away.

Go to MagicOxygen.co.uk/tbori to make your savvy eco-purchase, then make a nice cup of tea and go find a comfy chair!

Oh, and before I go, I am hard at work right now writing the follow up to TBORI… so if you know of a company or person I should feature in my next best seller, please get in touch.

Rubbishly yours,

Tracey x

P.S. If you buy the book and love it, please help me to spread the word via your social media. If you write a review, let me know and I will link to it and send you a free copy of the next version!

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When Did That Happen? – by Tracey Smith

Posted on 04/01/2012 | 16 Comments

I awoke this morning, long before the sun was anywhere near the horizon. My bedroom was full of thought and air bubbles, all the colour of grey slate and my mind was as full as the lungs in the birds who were starting their morning calls. I usually sleep well and long and I wondered, why that had happened?

I thought back to you.

I tried hard to remember when I felt the first pulls of love towards you, then back further still to when we’d had the first conversation where I’d watched your face but not heard your words, because my heart had been captured in the net of your presence; when did that happen?

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Tagged Divorce, prose, Separation, Tracey Smith

Make it, Bake it, Take it Home!

Posted on 30/11/2011 | Leave a comment

Sunrise over Lyme Bay

I have to confess, I’m more than a little bit passionate about breadmaking, so much so that I try to impart the how-to knowledge at every given opportunity.

I love getting to the bit where I watch people walk through the doorway that is their own imagination, as they get to grips with the simple key principles that ensure the bread rises and tastes amazing; it’s like an epiphany!

So I’ve decided to add a few new teaching days and am offering a varied selection of 2½ hour organic breadmaking workshops in beautiful Lyme Regis, organic refreshments and nibbles are served too, naturally…

During this convivial, hands-on event, I will gently guide you step by step through the process and show you how to avoid the problems that may have plagued your breadmaking efforts before and I’ll show you how to finish off and present your fabulous produce, making your easy-baked goodies look positively artisan.

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Tagged Bread, Business and Economy, Dorset, England, Gift, Jurassic Coast, Lyme Bay, Lyme Regis

Eco-Radio Show Coming Soon: ‘Smithy’s Global SOS (Stories of Sustainability)’

Posted on 14/06/2011 | 6 Comments

Tracey Smith's Radio Show - coming soon...

World-flavoured eco-radio

Coming soon to an Internet radio near you!

‘Smithy’s Global SOS (Stories of Sustainability)’ will alert you to the environmental, eco, green and sustainable news stories taking place from Taunton to Timbuctoo and just about everywhere in between.

This unique weekly broadcast from sustainable living author and journalist Tracey Smith will highlight the issues that aren’t making the top spots in the news, but that should be!

It will include spoken word interviews with sustainable living experts from all walks of life with many areas of expertise from around the globe, uncovering the problems arising in their immediate environments and exploring the solutions their communities have come up with to combat them.

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