The basics

This week's Tiny Tuesday challenge #TT455 is "a meal ingredient" – so here's probably the most common of them all – just some humble salt and pepper. Thanks to NicoiseAnnie and ApolloFly for hosting the challenge.

I've had a busy morning in front of the screen, transcribing a couple of interviews for a draft feature on digital preservation. Salt, of course, is one of the earliest preserving agents known to mankind – what a happy coincidence :)

Son number one has just left for a final meeting at what will hopefully be his new employer, a small engineering company in nearby Saffron Walden, and all things being well will return with a contract in hand later on. I've just popped a bottle of cava in the fridge – hopefully I'm not going to jinx anything!