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June 2010

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The time was when

11:22 has just seen someone cycle through the foyer?!! #seeneverythingnow # 11:32 : sadly the webcam wasn’t recording for the strange #bicyclethroughthefoyer incident… # 18:53 Owowowowww! My toe hurts! And I’ve not even been supping port… #returnofthegout # Bleated on…

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11:01 is filming a caterpillar… # 12:46 is certainly getting the exercise in today. It’s hard work being a web designer, and you do get some funny looks… # 13:27 is excited about the prospect of getting a Kindle as…

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09:59 is thinking that its a pretty yucky day… # 12:17 : Amazon has just told me that a Kindle is a perfect gift for Dad. So it may be, but I want one first…! 🙂 # 14:44 : the…

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09:32 : badger cull is tragic sop to a beleaguered rural comm & defies all we have learned about science of the issue: oppose it (@ChrisGPackham) # 11:39 has just listened to @jamiecullum’s new album, The Pursuit. It’s all good….

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Not in fact cringeworthy

I am now as up to date with the typed up version of my novel as I am with the handwritten manuscript, and so can give an accurate wordcount of where I am, which is, extremely encouraging. 25701 / 80000…

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09:16 might have got a few funny looks, but has walked Bella home from her hideout! # 11:37 loves Avocets! 🙂 RT Another avocet has hatched. Keep following live on the webcams bit.ly/91uWgE #springwatch via @bbc_springwatch # 11:51 : another…

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Progress is good progress

I’m continuing to enjoy writing the story of Mr Tumnal and I am making good progress with it. Having decided to split the story into parts (probably four) I’ve now finished part one and are on the cusp of the…

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Another agent down…

I was beginning to think it might be time to start chasing the last batch of agents whom I submitted The End of All Worlds, it being almost exactly two months since I despatched them to languish in the virtual…

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The time was when

08:26 is enjoying a spot of early morning writing in the garden before going to see my Dad (and Mum) for the day… 🙂 # 16:14 thinks its time to cancel the LoveFilm membership. With the complete West Wing on…

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The time was when

09:36 is listening to @ChrisGPackham’s #springwatch playlist… (@bbc_springwatch) # 15:59 : ‘the 2nd problem with floated divs is that once content runs out the div (& therefore also its bkgrnd) ends’. Yes, yes that is it! #csswoe # Bleated on…

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The time was when

10:45 considers the irony that the weather dipped at the end of last week and only improved yesterday. Here’s to many more sunny days! # 19:41 RT New balls please! @bbc_springwatch Harvest mice in Leicester get tennis ball homes –…

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The time was when

23:13 loves a bit of jazz, sausage and mash, of an evening. Aren’t double basses amazing? # 20:38 is glad that my Dad is back home again. 🙂 # Bleated on behalf of Thomas by LoudTwitter

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