Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Where do the days go?

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The first full day of the Pauls and we are all, with the signal exception of Toni, now in the first stages of recovery after our...
Sunday, August 12, 2012

Is there life afterwards? (Rhetorical.)

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No pressure – but Spain are playing the USA in basketball.   I do not like the sport and I especially dislike the American ball player...
Saturday, August 11, 2012

There are things other than the Olympics. True.

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I’m not quite sure how to evaluate the film version of The Magic Flute that Suzanne and I saw recently in the Comedia Cinema in Barcelona....
Friday, August 10, 2012

Stewart

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Even after a long illness from which there was no real way back, it is still a profound shock when a friend dies. Stewart I have known...
Wednesday, August 08, 2012

Back to normal

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A tedious day which, in spite of my repeated recourse to the computer, failed to produce a single medal for Team GB.   Quite frankly I fe...
Tuesday, August 07, 2012

Well!

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I feel as if I have known the Brownlee Brothers since they were splashing around in the garden plastic pool, toddling around in their na...
Monday, August 06, 2012

I suppose I care!

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I am now a total slave to the Olympics.   Although our television coverage is limited to BBC1 (with no red button) I also have my trus...
Thursday, August 02, 2012

Relax

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Seeing one colleague from your last school might be regarded as unfortunate, to see two smacks of carelessness.   But what a splendid afte...
Wednesday, August 01, 2012

What is the gleaming light!

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Hallelujah!   Praise Be!   A Gold At Last!   And two medals in one day!    It is as if a great weight has been lifted from my should...
Tuesday, July 31, 2012

When?

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The horror continues with a complete absence of any glint or glitter of yellow from the Olympics.   I am now in the pits of de...
Monday, July 30, 2012

Where is the treasure for GB?

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There is the first waking up of the day as you drag yourself out of bed and do the necessary.   The second wake up comes for m...