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Friday Links: I just can’t even….

Posted on October 4, 2019 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! So this is slightly late and short because I have had a week, new job is busy… It’s open season for political thugs and the Tories gave them the pass I used to think Boris Johnson could get … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: It Just Keeps Coming…

Posted on October 2, 2019 by nicdempsey

This week it rained, which wasn’t good for anyone’s spirits but was really good for the plot! The produce is still coming but we are more into the leafy, green stage of the year. Every week I think will be … Continue reading →

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What I’ve Read – August and September 2019

Posted on October 1, 2019 by nicdempsey

So I skipped this in August and I’ve stopped counting the TBC pile. In August, I also spent £40 on books, book tokens are the best present… The Wicked King – Holly Black I’m really enjoying this series, no one … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: You need a spreadsheet

Posted on September 30, 2019 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! I was completely missing in action last week with a stomach bug! I had a day out and worked from home two days, most of the time I wasn’t working or throwing up was spent sleeping.I also got … Continue reading →

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Friday Links: Everybody is making excuses but nothing is getting done

Posted on September 20, 2019 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! Cameron may have fought Brexit. But it was his policies that made it happen There is a belief around at the moment, encouraged by many of the 21 Conservative MPs recently expelled from the party by Johnson, that … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: September jobs

Posted on September 18, 2019 by nicdempsey

September is a strange month as we come to the end of the summer crops, everything looks a bit straggly and we have to start making decisions about whether to push a crop another week or pull it up. This … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: Off

Posted on September 16, 2019 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! Last week was an odd week. I was not feeling it, on Wednesday morning I woke up not being able to see properly out of my left eye, that’s a migraine warning right there! I got through the … Continue reading →

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Friday Links: Late…

Posted on September 13, 2019 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! Week in Review: Clinging to reality under a post-truth government.  This is so interesting about what recent politics are doing to our political infrastructure but this is what really worries me… The British position seems to have involved … Continue reading →

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What I Ate: Food, Cooking and Budgets Week One

Posted on September 12, 2019 by nicdempsey

Ok, week one of eight. Co-incidentally, last Thursday when I posted about having a food reset, for budget and planning and cooking, was also when I did the food shop. Ma and I went to Shefford for J’s birthday and … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: No time

Posted on September 11, 2019 by nicdempsey

We did no work on the allotment this weekend because we weren’t there! I went round on Saturday morning to pick and that was it. I have to confess it’s all looking a little bit ragged and there is work. … Continue reading →

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