Category Archives: Life

If seven maids with seven mops……

Posted on 14 March, 2010 by Val

Sometimes I know just how the Walrus and the Carpenter felt as they walked along the briny beach contemplating the impossibility of clearing away the sand. These days, whenever I take a pleasant walk about the llama fields, it makes … Continue reading →

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Whim and Potatoes

Posted on 7 March, 2010 by Val

So much for resolutions! Perhaps I am just innately contrary. Or compulsively fickle. Whatever the reason, the morning following my adoption of Resolution 947 (“To be as idle as possible until Simon’s return”) found me outside in the sunshine with … Continue reading →

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Life, Vacuum Cleaners and Suckiness

Posted on 3 March, 2010 by Val

Well here we are, only five hours since my last post, and my mind has had a make-over. After taking the dog-puppies for a very pleasant amble through the lanes and tracks around our land, and then going round the … Continue reading →

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Wasting the Precious Stuff

Posted on 3 March, 2010 by Val

Simon is in Ingurland at the mo’, and I am in the middle of a few days of lonesomeness, which feel both too long and too short at the same time. I miss Simon, (in a “…the bed’s too big; … Continue reading →

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All Change

Posted on 27 February, 2010 by Val

I was only away for a week, but when I returned the World had Changed. Well, this little bit of the world, anyway. The sun is shining, the temperature is toastily way above freezing, birds upon birds are singing, the … Continue reading →

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Time to Procastinate

Posted on 17 February, 2010 by Val

Today is the awaited less-weathersome day, and I am flying to England this afternoon. As I sit here calculating how long I need to allow to get to the airport, and trying not to think of all the things I … Continue reading →

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