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Ships for a decade

Posted on August 23, 2013 by Gary

Today, I was greeted by Nick at Work with the fact that we hadn’t seen each other for about five weeks: Either he’s been away or I’ve been nursing some injury or other. He told me that he’d spent most … Continue reading →

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Rabbits on the Moon

Posted on June 4, 2013 by Gary

Today I found out about Chang’e, the Chinese Goddess of the Moon. This can be a bit confusing though because she wasn’t so much a goddess OF the moon as a goddess stuck on the moon. Legend has it that … Continue reading →

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Flantastic lunch

Posted on May 26, 2013 by Gary

Today we had a wonderful lunch with Richard and Kate and their three girls. I’m afraid Bertie is missing from the photo. Kate cooked up a veritable storm of quiches, onion tarts and pear and almond dessert. We were thoroughly … Continue reading →

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Susie’s big adventure

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Gary

Today it was announced that we would be going for a drive to St Albans for lunch at the Settler’s Arms. So, at 11:30, Bob, Mirinda and I hopped into the Tiguan (who I have decided to call George) and … Continue reading →

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Knuckle sandwich

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Gary

The plan was to go and see a movie in Gold Class with Fi today. Just a few rounds of Mirinda’s (very loud) coughing was enough to convince us this was probably not a good idea. So, instead, we decided … Continue reading →

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Rugby -v- football

Posted on March 16, 2013 by Gary

Sophie and Tom came over today for a visit. It was wet and miserable for most of the day so they brightened it up nicely. I was going to cook something Italian this time and decided to look inside a … Continue reading →

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My mother, the psychic

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Gary

An example to all older ladies: I spotted a woman waiting for the same bus as me, intently reading a rather hefty tome entitled “Algebra: An Introduction“. I figure she’d have been about 70-80. Of course, it might be that … Continue reading →

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A whole hunk of Huns

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Gary

Having finished reading about the Tube and its wonderful engineering miracles, I have just started reading a biography of the very late Attila the Hun. I was rather dismayed to read today about a process called ‘cranial deformation’, which the … Continue reading →

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Eating Lebanese

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Gary

My stupid cold has gone. After a night of two nightmares, a horrendous thirst and a bit of tossing and turning, I woke up feeling much better. As the day progressed I only improved. Except my voice, which is delightfully … Continue reading →

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En garde!

Posted on December 11, 2011 by Gary

Tom is being taught fencing. Unofficially, but still. He knows how to do the salute at the start and starts off with his left arm in the air. He returns frequently to the salute but the arm is never lifted … Continue reading →

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