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Somebody Needs a Nap

Posted on August 18, 2020 by nicdempsey

In our family, went someone is being mardy, we often say “Somebody needs a nap” One of my allotment neighbours needs a nap! First there was the ‘just say no to woodchip’ sign, which was replaced with the one below. … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: A Hot Week

Posted on August 17, 2020 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! If you’re in London, it’s still humid but that’s easier to cope with than 6 days of 33C temperatures. Last week, I tried to work in the heat, I have a feeling that I’ll be spending a good … Continue reading →

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Friday Links: You can only have good ‘A’ Levels if your parents can pay for private school.

Posted on August 14, 2020 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! So this year’s ‘A’ level results came out today and it is to put it mildly a shit show. If you are a bright kid from a disadvantaged area, you probably been downgraded. It sucks and part of … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: August is the month

Posted on August 12, 2020 by nicdempsey

Confession time, this has not been my best allotment year. The adjustment to the bigger plot, three months without my hardworking sidekick (Jillian, Destroyer of all Weeds) was tough just at the point that I should have been thinking about … Continue reading →

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August and Everything After

Posted on August 11, 2020 by nicdempsey

If the first half of the year seemed to drag on forever, I’m finding that summer is whizzing by. Without trying to make light of a global pandemic, the things that have been required of us have become humdrum. Humans … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: Birthday Week Adventures

Posted on August 10, 2020 by nicdempsey

Here we are, another Monday and my first post of the month. The beginning of August is my time, I relax and celebrate surviving another year, but birthday week is done and today, I’m back to work (from the kitchen … Continue reading →

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Friday Links: They never expect the Spainish quarantine..

Posted on July 31, 2020 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! So I have no links about the Prime Minister’s anti obesity campaign or the quarantine for people on holiday in Spain. I just can’t. Here are this week’s links… The Tories are struggling to find a way to … Continue reading →

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Food at Home: Hummus

Posted on July 30, 2020 by nicdempsey

I’ve not eaten food I didn’t cook for quite a while now, I’ve seen people talk about how lovely it’s been since lockdown has eased, to go out to a restaurant and I know lots of people have been ordering … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Tidying up

Posted on July 29, 2020 by nicdempsey

The theme of my week was tidying up and it continued into the allotment. Ma and I re-purposed some furniture from the flat and re-arranged the shed. Floor space! Looking back we seem always to have a shed tidy at … Continue reading →

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Home: Making some changes

Posted on July 28, 2020 by nicdempsey

I’ve been living in this flat for just over 11 years, when I moved in, I made a deliberate choice not to buy everything I thought I wanted for the flat. In the first year I got a sofa and … Continue reading →

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