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Change of pace
Oh how lazy I have been over the last few weeks. I seem to have been having a holiday from blogging…….. I could make all sorts of excuses about how it is harder to sit upright with my rapidly healing … Continue reading
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Tagged Alastair Campbell, Films, Jennifer Weiner, Knight and Day, mental illness, psychiatry, Quartet, reading, Tom Cruise
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Remembrance Day catch up
The autumn has flown past in almost indecent haste; much of the time has been spent in helping Son #3 to move house. HBTW and myself are not as spry as we used to be, but we are pleased to … Continue reading
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Tagged dancing, peace, reading, Remembrance, spirituality, War, War Horse
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Update
Several people have asked for an update on the state of my face, one even suggested a photo. To be honest, I tried another photo but it didn’t look so very different – the large splodge of yellow tends to … Continue reading
Kindle Update
The Kindle is proving to be a great friend. In only a few short weeks I have got to the stage where I actually prefer it to reading a heavy book. The only exception is when the book is one … Continue reading
Sunday Priorities
At church this morning we had a visitor from the Leprosy Mission Scotland. The speaker spoke movingly of the people – mainly in developing countries – who are afflicted with this disease today. There is a cure but because of … Continue reading
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Tagged arithmetic, cure, disease, Leprosy Mission, poverty, reading, responsibility, The Island, Victoria Hislop, writing
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Enid Blyton
Being in a reflective frame of mind has taken me down some by-ways into childhood. Like many a post-war child I couldn’t get enough of Enid Blyton. Yesterday I finished looking at the DVD about her life – Enid. Perhaps … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, biography, Enid Blyton, Helena Bonham Carter, reading, writing
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Life as it is
Readers of long-standing may remember the saga of the porch being built. In the end it took a total of 4 years. However, it is now one of my favourite places to sit and meditate or to read and watch … Continue reading
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Tagged Amy Berman, Birds, books, Dalamory, feeders, meditation, palliative care, pheasant, porch, reading
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Books you have read
This list from BBC3 is going round the internet and facebook like a rash. I just can’t avoid it any longer, so here goes. For Instructions: • Copy this list. • Bold those books you’ve read in their entirety. • … Continue reading
Reading
Have been enjoying a bit of a readathon these last few days. The book review comes shortly, but today I just wanted to revel in the sheer pleasure of reading. My memories of reading go back a very long way. … Continue reading
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Tagged commerce, economics, Edgar Rice Burroughs, novels, occupation forces, post-war, reading, Rider Haggard, transport
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Book recommendation
The Nightingale’s Nest by Sarah Harrison. A most unusual but compelling read. It is in the form of a personal “memoir” of a woman in her 65th year – perhaps the reason I found it so interesting. She draws character … Continue reading