A wizard's staff has...

Since it is still winter, the vegetable stall was at the Farmers' Market this morning. They sell the best carrots ever, but this year they have something new -

Sticks of sprouts we know (and I have learned to cook the tops as well as the sprouts, since they are excellent) but purple, frilly sprouts? Why, yes, look at the close-up:

Very purple and very frilly. And now it's time to go and cook some for dinner.

ETA (03.03.17): Mystery solved! They are Kalettes, and they are one of the coolest trends of 2017.

A teacher reports...

...that pupils in a small town in County Durham, not hitherto observed to take much interest in the wider world, have started using 'Trump' as an all-purpose insult.