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Monthly Archives: June 2019
Sunday Music: 7×7 – Turnpike Troubadours
Just because I can and the shuffle on the phone has been obsessed with it this week.
Friday Links: Leadership
Happy Friday! I’m still full of cold, I’m getting better but it’s a slow process and the England women through to the World Cup semis aside, the news is pretty awful!Here are this week’s links I was Boris Johnson’s boss: … Continue reading
Posted in Links
Tagged Alabama, America, Boris Johnson, Iran, links, monarch butterflies
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York
The York trip was one of those brilliant ideas Ma and I have sometimes. She was driving to Scotland for a holiday and said that she was thinking of breaking the journey and from there a plan evolved. I’d come … Continue reading
Posted in Sick, Things I Like, Travel
Tagged Clifford's Tower, English Heritage, holiday, National Trust, short break, The Treasurer's House, York, York Minster
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Monday Miscellany: A mini holiday and an stinking cold
Happy Monday! I’m back to work today after a short trip to York and am almost over (I hope) this cold, I discovered that I had asthma after a run of terrible colds that turned into three month coughs and/or … Continue reading
Sunday Music: I’m All Over It – Jamie Cullum
This came on the shuffle the other day and I’d been talking to someone about leaving a job (being made redundant) and this reminded me of the the sheer joy of being done with something. Could be a relationship, could … Continue reading
Recommendations: L’Oreal Paradise Waterproof Mascara
Mascara is a product that I tend not to change. I was devoted to Benefit Bal Gal Lash but in an emergency switched to a Bourjois which was just as good until it got discontinued. So I switched to a … Continue reading
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Friday Links: I’m on holiday but there is no respite from Brexit or the Tories…
Happy Friday! This list is very short, I stopped updating it on Wednesday. I’m both full of cold and in Yorkshire! Here are the links I got to, have a good weekend! The Empty Promise of Boris Johnson While Tories … Continue reading
What I’ve Read – May 2019
I had a really bad month, I started well but then got completely side tracked by needing stuff my tired brain could cope with. Which meant that I bought and romped through all the Chronicles of St Mary’s short stories … Continue reading
Posted in Books
Tagged A Perfect Storm - Jodi Taylor, And Now For Something Completely Different - Jodi Taylor, Black Sheep - Georgette Heyer, Christmas Present - Jodi Taylor, Grey Sister - Mark Lawrence, Holy Sister - Mark Lawrence, Little Donkey - Jodi Taylor, My Name is Markam - Jodi Taylor, Rebel Hard - Nalini Singh, Roman Holiday - Jodi Taylor, Ships and Stings and Wedding Rings - Jodi Taylor, Teach Me - Oliva Dade, The Austen Playbook - Lucy Parker, The Nonsuch - Georgette Heyer, The Steam Pump Jump - Jodi Taylor
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Monday Miscellany: The Rain It Raineth…
Happy Monday!Last week it rained a lot and the forecast isn’t much better for this week! I only have three days in the office this week (one of them in Southampton) on Thursday, I’m going to York for a short … Continue reading
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