Thursday, June 07, 2007

Double Pleasure and More!

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Thursday 7th of June There is nothing as invigorating as when making significant telephone calls. You can be anywhere; be wearing anything (...
Friday, June 01, 2007

Exchange!

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There is something apt and poetic about getting the news that contracts have (at last) been exchanged and that the sale of the house is now ...
Thursday, May 31, 2007

Petty comforts: major irritations

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No matter the pressure. No matter how pressing the circumstances. When something has to be done: I can find something else to do. For exampl...
Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Creeping forward

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Stress, they say, is inevitable when you are selling your house. I am beginning to see that this is an understatement. As we get nearer to s...
Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Country Art

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Jane is a deceitful liar. My apologies to all those called Jane – I do not mean the first comment as a generic condemnation of all those cal...
Monday, May 28, 2007

A dull day!

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There ought to be a system whereby, if one has to deal with illness during a Bank Holiday, there is a voucher issued which one can cash in f...
Sunday, May 27, 2007

Reading in the rain!

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Sorry folks! As I pointed out yesterday, my late night watering of the plants ensured the lousy weather today. It is just a British aberrati...
Saturday, May 26, 2007

What day is it?

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"When a day that you happen to know is Wednesday starts off by sounding like Sunday, there is something seriously wrong somewhere....

The music may be Weill, but I like it!

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[This is actually the Blog for Friday 25th of May] Second time lucky for Alison and me: we arranged to have a meal and see an opera and thi...
Thursday, May 24, 2007

Time to think back!

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I put the dish washer on too soon. I wandered into the kitchen clutching a bowl and a spoon and with a pang of regret I heard the churning s...
Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Turn your faces to the wall!

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So Plaid is actively considering going into a coalition with the Tories. To hell with the Lib Dems, they will go into coalition with the Pri...
Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Here we go again!

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Oscar Wilde and James Abbott McNeill Whistler are renowned for their sparkling wit as they verbally sparred with each other. For most of the...

Funny old memories

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[This is actually the Blog for Monday 20th May] Back in the 60s there was an excellent series called Mr Rose which had, as I recall, a very ...
Sunday, May 20, 2007

It's the damn waiting!

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How cruel is fate that I am cursed with a Spanish football supporter? At least the English leagues have had the good grace to be at an end n...
Saturday, May 19, 2007

Worth remembering.

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Four pieces of metal. That’s all they are really. Now polished to a gleaming newness, recovering some of the effect they must have had when ...
Friday, May 18, 2007

Does it last?

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The traditional murk of May has driven me to the Body Shop. One comes home to Wales from Gran Canaria full of optimism from the glut of vita...
Thursday, May 17, 2007

Bloom and Bust!

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Few questions are troubling the gardening world more than that of the non flowering lobelia. Young plants purchased more than a month ago ar...
Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Music and fire!

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After a day of unsurpassed and relentless depression (none of which was my fault for a change) it was a delightful relief to go to a concert...