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Allotment Adventures: Autumn Raspberries and buying seeds

Posted on January 16, 2019 by nicdempsey

The weather last weekend was grey and miserable, it wasn’t properly cold but felt cold because it was so grey. The herb patch is looking green but straggly (you can see how warm it’s been because the lemon verbena is … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: Re-entry

Posted on January 14, 2019 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! I’m not going to lie last week was tough. Although I was feeling better, I was not 100% and it’s still very dark.So doing a full week at work was going to be a case of head down … Continue reading →

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Sunday Music: Open the Door, Richard

Posted on January 13, 2019 by nicdempsey

I love Louis Jordan, Liza Tarbuck played this last week and I was reminded of how much I loved it “I know I’m not common because I’ve got class I ain’t used yet” So here it is

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Friday Links: May Defeated, Trump Shutdown

Posted on January 11, 2019 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! Going back to work has been tough! This has pretty much been my face this week! This cheered me up greatly. Ma has decided that she and I might be the same person! How Millennials Became The Burnout … Continue reading →

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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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Monday Miscellany: Cheese for your needs

Posted on December 31, 2018 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday!I had a lovely Christmas week, Christmas Eve we decorated the tree, Christmas Day we went up to Shefford and had a lovely time, there was food, drink, fun. Once the littlest nephew was in bed, we played bingo. … Continue reading →

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