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Cheerfulness Breaks In
Oh dear, over the last few months I’ve missed writing posts when I’ve been at my mother’s, and when we’ve been away, and I don’t seem to be able to get back into the swing of things at all. I’ve even read less than normal, which is unusual for me, but now I’m taking stock…
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Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
Relying on the library and second-hand outlets means I rarely get to read books when they are first published, so I am always one step (if not more!)behind everyone else, but I have finally caught up with Jeanette Winterson’s Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?, and it was well worth the wait. The…
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Blooms and Bunnies
Something a little different from me for this week’s Saturday Snapshot, because it’s Easter, and I’ve been crocheting some decorations. I only started a couple of weeks ago, then I was at Mum’s for week, and I couldn’t get on with them until I got back home, so nothing is quite finished, but I’m quite pleased…
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Signs To Make You Smile…
Right folks, I’ll start this week’s Saturday Snapshot with a huge ‘thank you’ to everyone who commented on my duck pictures in last week’s post. The response was tremendous (as I keep saying, the Internet is a wonderful thing), and I am so grateful to the knowledgeable people who were able to identify my mystery water fowl. They turned…
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Small but Perfect – a Gem of a Book
At some point, I don’t know where or when, I read a favourable review of JL Carr’s A Month in the Country, and it obviously made an impression on me, because I remembered it when I came across a copy while I was sorting through donations in the charity shop, so I had to buy…
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