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Saturday Snapshots In A ‘Royal’ Village
This week’s Saturday Snaphots were taken in Newton Regis, which claims to be the most northerly village in Warwickshire, and if you think they don’t look very seasonal that’s because they were taken back in April, when my elder daughter and I were testing her SatNav by deliberately getting lost… I love stumbling across places…
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Saturday Snapshots From Paris
This time last weekend I was in Paris – my mother and I enjoyed a four-day break there, and noticed once again how green the city is, and how much the French love their parks. Everywhere you go there are streets and squares lined with trees, and there are beautiful, tiny parks and public gardens…
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Down With Housework!
Doing The Mending: Each chapter heading in How To Run Your Home Without Helpis illustrated with a lovely little line drawing Housework, as those who know me will confirm, has never been one of my accomplishments, and the Man Of The House is equally unenthusiastic about domestic activities. ‘Lived-in’ is how people describe our home.…
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Let’s Drink Lavender Water Tinged With Pink!
Somewhat belatedly, today, I think, I’ll take a drink, of lavender water, tinged with pink… accompanied, of course, by a tasty dish, of eggs and buttercups fried with fish – and if that doesn’t give you a clue about the topic under discussion, then you don’t deserve to join the party! For today I’m celebrating…
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I Want To Be A Book-Handler…
I have discovered the perfect career – as a Professional Book-Handler. I will offer my services, as recommended by the late, great Flann O’Brien, to make new books looks old. After all, I have had plenty of experience, and am a dab hand at creating dog-eared pages, creased spines, and dubious stains. I have an…
The Book Trunk 