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Monthly Archives: July 2015
Friday Links
Happy Friday! Happy last day of July! Today I am not at work, I’m having a haircut, which I really need, but here are this week’s links When weddings attack… I really don’t get it. I just don’t. Go to a … Continue reading
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Tagged Frankie Boyle, Jay Rayner, Jeremy Corbyn, Lord Sewel, PMS, Suzanne Moore, The Guardian, The Labour Party, weddings
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What I Ate – July 2015
At the end of every month, my posts on what I’ve read, what I’ve been cheerful about and my goals for the month, have been really useful to me in tracking my moods and progress. So I’ve decided for this … Continue reading
What I’ve Read – July 2015
All my reading this month has been Regency or Regency-ish. Lots of Mary Balogh, carrying on with the Temeraire books, and two history books about Waterloo and a re-read of John Kincaid’s memoires… Empire of Ivory – Naomi Novik (library … Continue reading
Posted in Books, reading in 2015
Tagged 'The Scum of the Earth': What Happened to the Real British Heroes of Waterloo? - Colin Brown, A Summer to Remember - Mary Balogh, Crucible of Gold - Naomi Novik, Empire of Ivory - Naomi Novik, Getting Lucky: Sapphire Falls Six - Erin Nichols, One Night for Love - Mary Balogh, Only a Promise - Mary Balogh, Out of Bounds: The Boys of Fall, Slightly Tempted - Mary Balogh, The Escape - Mary Balogh, The Sweetest September - Liz Tally, Tongues of Serpents - Naomi Novik, Victory of Eagles - Naomi Novik, Waterloo - Bernard Cornwall
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Flicky fringe
One of the things no-one tells you about middle age is how unruly your hair gets. I knew it was coming, Ma’s hair has got increasingly curly, not enough to actually curl but it’s very wavy. I had curly hair … Continue reading
Life Happened – Frustration
There are two ways of looking at how last week went. One view is that it was a horrible week, a hard slog because I had to spend so much time dealing with the ridiculousness of others and lots of … Continue reading
Friday Links
Well, it’s been a week. Here are your Friday Links… Martini. Like there are ever enough links about martinis! Also has Ian Goodman, who made Ma brandied cherries when she retired… Ian Goodman, head barman at the Oxo tower in … Continue reading
Life Happened – A quiet week
Last week started with a day off and coffee with Kathy at Artisan in Ealing. The coffee was good but it really is peak hipster. My hair really needs a cut and this was painfully obvious in the damp weather this … Continue reading
Friday Links
It’s been a week…. Whatever happened to sharing? Robin Lustig on what’s wrong with the budget. If you are single and whine about it online, prepare to stay that way. Have you ever seen someone ranting and raving about not having … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, Giles Fraser, Robin Lustig, sharing, singleness, Sunday trading, the budget, The Guardian, The New Yorker, The Spinster Agenda, The Telegraph
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Bastille Day and other things
Today is Bastille Day. This morning, Ma sang the first verse (the only one she knows the words to) of La Marseillaise to me (she is a big fan of the French national anthem, which bloodthirsty as the words are, is … Continue reading
Life Happened – Tube Strikes and Team Building
Breakfast this week Painted nailsView from the bedroom at 5am on ThursdayTrain station at 6:11amEarliest ever time in the officeAfternoon TeaRainy Sunday
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