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365 days ago, I declared that I would read more. The difficulty is, that when you are not certain exactly how much you have read previously, its hard to keep a track of whether I am reading more. To this…
Continue readingAnother day of exploring new places. After a leisurely breakfast – Emma cooked us a very good fry-up, we went for a walk as the sun broke through. We were going to go to Burnham Beeches, but decided to go…
Continue readingWaking in my own bed, in my own house, after coming back home from Christmas at my parentsâ, I had to remind myself that itâs still December and that this is a pit stop in my holiday. I have a…
Continue reading1. We had a really nice walk with Barney this morning; down to Ogdens, over to Hasley Wood and back along the Latchmoor. Half way round though, as the wind began to blow in ever more stiffly, something spooked the…
Continue reading…it seems that when in my pocket, my mobile phone – a Motorola V3i – is at precisely the same height as the granit work top in the kitchen, and thus I have mashed my third front glass in as…
Continue readingTo be precise, the sloe gin was bottled last weekend – which, ermm, does actually feel (nicely) like way more than a week away now, but today I got round to designing some nice new, swish labels for this years,…
Continue readingFor the first time in my life I spent Boxing Day away from the nuclear family, or at least my nuclear family. I was up and away by 9 o’clock, with a small overnight bag and (I thought) one more…
Continue readingChristmas Day Sunset #4 Originally uploaded by shepline on 25 Dec ’07, 4.33pm GMT PST. Christmas Day Sunset #2 Originally uploaded by shepline on 25 Dec ’07, 4.37pm GMT PST. Out in the cold Originally uploaded by shepline on 25…
Continue readingSometimes my Christmas stocking (based on my brother’s evidence, one can continue to have stockings until so long as you have children too *grins*) has been full of silliness, and sometimes practical – in 2001 I had carving knife, fork,…
Continue reading1. It feels a little empty waking up to Christmas Eve with Emma gone back home. The weather reflects my mood, engaging frost and cold and magicness is replaced by a hibernating weather of cold greyness – real Dark Comes…
Continue readingWaking up this morning it was clear and bright and frosty, but with a light mist lying in soft layers over the valleys and the hollows. We went for a walk, up along Hampton Ridge, where we had the excitement…
Continue readingThis morning, Emma and I got up and set off from hers in time for lunch at my mum and dad’s. We had a delicious rice and cheesy bake, before taking Barney for a little, local walk before returning back…
Continue reading1. For the first day of my Christmas holidays I managed to get up early, or should I say, on time for a change. I guess its an incentive thing. If what I am doing that day is either, a)…
Continue reading1. We had a really heavy frost last night, and it was absolutely beautiful across the fields and in the hedgerows on the way to work. It was damn cold though, and by the time I got to Oxford we…
Continue readingYesterday I discovered that my ebay purchase of The Church Mice Take a Break was being delivered by Next Day Special Delivery – to my parent’s address. In the end, it did arrive, at the post office, with a sorry-you-were-out…
Continue readingI’ve been reading Kate Mosse’s Sepulche – the follow-up to her debut Labyrinthe. I have to say, I’m not entirely gripped with it the story set in both current day and 1890s Southern France, but I’m sticking with it. After…
Continue readingFor the past few months I’ve been playing Leroy Anderson’s Sleigh Ride, culminating in a performance of said piece of music in Saturday’s concert. I’d never heard of this music before, but its turned up on Emma’s favourite Christmas CD,…
Continue reading1. It seems that Amazon have bought JK Rowlingâs Tales of Beedle and Bard. The reviews are quite extensive, but I havenât found the time, or sufficient inclination to read them Iâm afraid. 2. As I was leaving work today,…
Continue readingSunday 16 December 22:14 No lie-in in the life of Thomas, today. We were up with the dawn the thawing frost, and after breakfast, a quick check of the email, we were off, and back on the road, back down…
Continue readingSaturday 15 December 23:14 Saturday morning, and I woke up in Berkshire. Emma and I drove back up to Bicester, meeting up with my parents for lunch, and â umm â not much else before I had to get changed…
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