Category Archives: Life

Idle Wise

Posted on 13 August, 2011 by Val

The trouble with my Wise Friend is that she has a tendency to encourage me in the pursuit of my whims. If I hadn’t sat across the table from her at work for three and a half years, I might … Continue reading →

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When we were younger…

Posted on 27 July, 2011 by Val

It is 52 days since I last wrote a blog post. That is one day for every week of the year. Or one day for every card in a standard deck. Or one day for every white key on a … Continue reading →

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Living in Pattern City

Posted on 4 June, 2011 by Val

Simon is home from his travels, having luckily avoided any disruptions to flights caused by volcano ash and thunder storms. Upon his safe return he commented that the car had “been fine”. He added that he had been going to … Continue reading →

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Trap Happy

Posted on 27 April, 2011 by Val

Job Done! Both female kitten-cats (hastily named Fifi and Lula, because the vet does like to have names to put on the animals’ records, and we used up the Big Cat/Little Cat/Mother Cat/Tom Cat options long ago) are at this … Continue reading →

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Where the Wild Things Were

Posted on 26 April, 2011 by Val

Having given up work with the intention of freeing ourselves from the Tyranny of the Deadline, we seem to do a remarkably good job of creating them for ourselves. The latest one is my next planned trip to Ingurland, this … Continue reading →

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Reflections on the Road

Posted on 14 April, 2011 by Val

Well my thinking may be both cheap and lazy, but it clearly isn’t influential! We have just returned from the agri-store at Souvigny with 45 x 1.8m fence posts, 3 x 50m rolls of 95mm stock fencing, and all the … Continue reading →

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