Tag Archives: march

Monday Miscellany: Strong Start

Posted on March 10, 2025 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! It’s been the most glorious couple of days of weather, we’re still only in March so it’s not going to last and according to the Met Office, today is the last day. Those first lovely weather days every … Continue reading →

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Sunday Music: Brother Ali – D.R.U.M.

Posted on March 9, 2025 by nicdempsey

I was late going to Ma’s at some point this year, which always means listening to Huey on 6Music. He played this and I was smitten:

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Things that help

Posted on March 6, 2025 by nicdempsey

It’s a truth universally acknowledged that the world is currently a bin fire of epic proportions. If we ignore things that are actually on fire. There’s Palestine/Israel/Lebanon, in fact none of the Middle East feels stable, there’s Ukraine and Russia, … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Strawberries and more plants

Posted on March 5, 2025 by nicdempsey

I’m slowly starting to tidy up the plot (boy does it need tidying!) and while I haven’t sown one single solitary thing in Jan or February, I have bought some potatoes, strawberries and various other plants to help spur on … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: Signs of Spring

Posted on March 3, 2025 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! It’s March! I’m pretty sure that January was two days ago… We’ve started to get 10 hours of ‘daylight’ every day. It’s still England, so it’s very grey daylight but it has made a difference as I’ve started … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: COVID recovery

Posted on March 27, 2023 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! It’s been a while, COVID knocked me on my behind and it’s taken a couple of weeks to recover. I had a a week and a bit of feeling like I should be fine, but being quite snotty, … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Hello Old Friend

Posted on March 23, 2023 by nicdempsey

It’s been a while but we got back to the plot on Saturday and there are flowers growing and things coming back to life but the weeds are trying to take over, so the aim of Saturday was to start … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: Sick

Posted on March 13, 2023 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! Well, it’s been a week! On Friday 3rd March, I came home, to a kitchen that still wasn’t finished and the cold that had been threatening all week making itself felt. Reader, it wasn’t a cold it was … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Nothing to see here

Posted on March 1, 2023 by nicdempsey

I didn’t have anything to say about the allotment last week and I still don’t have anything much to say because of the stupid kitchen work taking such a long time. We went to feed the birds, I still need … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: Vernal Equinox, Baby!

Posted on March 28, 2022 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! Last Monday we officially entered Spring. Equal amounts of day and night. I spent most of this week feeling like I was on drugs, even with several days in the office and a sore back and hip, I … Continue reading →

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