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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…
Continue readingWorked a 10-hour day today, thanks to Emma kindly dropping me off at work and then collecting me again at the end of the day. What it did mean though, is that instead of working my normal 8:30 to 4:30…
Continue readingFor the first day of my Christmas holidays I had big plans. I feel a bit like I have failed. I’ve basically finished as all my shopping but one thing I do like doing is going into Oxford, close to…
Continue readingIt’s been an odd kind of day. It’s been a very cold, dull, grey day, the kind of day that dulls the sound of chickens squawking. Emma did the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch, although there weren’t a hell of a…
Continue reading~ I’ve now got a pile of Christmas letters, and a pile of Christmas cards, and list of names. All I have to do is put the three together, address, stamp and post, and I’m sorted. Sounds simple when you…
Continue reading1. Today was quite busy at work, ploughing through the issues and the OnlineEarly batches to get as much live and sorted before I disappear off for a week. I did well, all things considering, and left things pretty much…
Continue readingDespite the mild annoyance of broken digiboxes and middle-of-the-night-pukings, yesterday was actually a good day. In the morning, I headed off to Abingdon for a spot of swimming. I upped my lap total to 44 lengths in c. 50 minutes,…
Continue readingWhere has Mr shepline been? I hear the question is on so many people’s lips and yet it is a question that has remained unspoken. I have been on holiday, as my recent series of Postcards from Romania. The full…
Continue readingCame across the phrase Hugsa um daginn minn, í dag og í gær today from – originally from a lyric by Sigur Rós it is a great line and really sums up this journal … or at least I hope…
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