Monthly Archives: January 2019

Things I want to do in January

Posted on January 10, 2019 by nicdempsey

This is not an exciting post about exciting things to do in London in January! This is about things I want to do in January, a soft goals post. For 2019, I’ve decided on no overall goals for 2019, but … Continue reading →

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What I’ve Read – November and December 2018

Posted on January 8, 2019 by nicdempsey

This is so late. All reading has been easy but apart from reading on the train, I didn’t do much reading in the last two months of the year. I read less than 2017 and 2016 but I had two … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: Sick

Posted on January 7, 2019 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! I was feeling really good about not catching everyone’s lurgy before Christmas, so inevitably I came down with it after Christmas. I was in bed before midnight on NYE and it didn’t improve afterwards. So today is my … Continue reading →

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Sunday Music: We Three Kings

Posted on January 6, 2019 by nicdempsey

Today is Epiphany, and thus the end of Christmas. So I have to play ‘We Three Kings’. When I was at primary school, my class was chosen to sing this carol and I was picked to sing Balthazar’s Myrrh. Which … Continue reading →

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New Year Quote

Posted on January 1, 2019 by nicdempsey

This year, I’m not going to have set goals. But I saw this quote from Rainer Maria Rilke last month and it seemed appropriate for the new year “And now let us believe in a long year that is given … Continue reading →

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