January 2014

Saturday mornings wouldn’t be the same without service with a smile and a joke from the best veg stall in town. #100HappyDays — at The Fruit Stall, Bicester.

Fri, 13:20: RT @blackwelloxford: Just sold a copy of Pump Handbook 9780071460446 Not to @EnvAgency by any chance? Fri, 14:09: if you were to think of a word that I like (could be the sound of it, the meaning, or…

After a two and three-quarter hour commute never has my own front door been such a welcome sight #100HappyDays #OxfordFloods

Thu, 16:14: New vistas emerging… #imoxfordbrookes @spacetothink http://t.co/Wn8GM3bSnf Thu, 16:38: Day 2. Leaving work in time to enjoy a good sunset makes me happy… #100HappyDays http://t.co/SZxDENxU6j Thu, 18:32: Question to cat: you’ve just been outside. Why do you have to…

Leaving work in time to enjoy a good sunset makes me happy… #100HappyDays

Thu, 11:58: RT @HurdyGurdyRadio: #LOVE RT @corkcolibrary: Napoleon’s travelling library which he took on his campaigns. Early Kindle. http://t.co/fUzvR…

Wed, 11:33: I’ve just signed up for the 100HappyDays challenge! Can you be happy for 100 days in a row?/ http://t.co/rthKzwSRM0 Wed, 16:54: Leaving Oxford. It’s like an exodus. Gridlock… #floods Wed, 17:48: has finished reading the second book of…

Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident by Eoin Colfer I’ve always loved stories of fairies, elves, and the hidden people, but in truth whenever I think of them I imagine them living a simpler, more rural, rustic way of life tucked away out of…

Finishing the day finishing a good book… #100HappyDays

Finishing the day finishing a good book… #100HappyDays

The Man Who Rained by Ali Shaw This is the natural follow-up to Ali Shaw’s brilliant debut, The Girl With Glass Feet. It is every bit as beautifully and lyrically written as that story, but it is in a way…

Wed, 12:10: #NewYear but mourning the lack of a new #DianaWynneJones book to #read? Try @Ally_Nuttall‘s Spider Circus instead: http://t.co/GY4t1gRZ1f Wed, 18:41: On the seventh day of Christmas: a new chapter http://t.co/OWVoocYDkG #life #NewYear #amreading #ReadingChallenge #resolutions #things Wed, 20:49:…

And so we reach 2014, and what a wet and bedraggled 2014 it looks to be so far. We stayed up for the fireworks last night and a small finger of whisky to see in the New Year but that…