Ups and Downs
Thursday, 25 August 2022
The Harp in the South Trilogy
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Like most readers, I wasn't very impressed with the first book of the trilogy "Missus", and it doesn't fit with the secon...
Tuesday, 5 October 2021
Dinner at the Homesick restaurant.
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< I re-read the same little Penguin book that I first read in 1987. All this time I've been thinking I will re-read it. It's abo...
Wednesday, 14 April 2021
Normal People by Sally Rooney
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I think maybe it's difficult for people to be sexually happy these days - to say this sex is good, that sex is bad - because they think...
Thursday, 25 March 2021
Mostly we go for walks...
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... to break up the monotony and it's the only thing we're allowed to do, but the odd thing is that one's congenial friends have...
Sunday, 24 January 2021
Miserable Britain, but hope in the USA
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Now, what do you call a long walk? I think with me anything under 5 miles is a short walk. Between 5 and 8 miles, it’s an average to longish...
Dim days and Covid volunteering
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All last week the days were dim and I would have just hibernated, but now I have the answer. It's a bright LED therapy light. I put it ...
Monday, 11 January 2021
Gloucester Crescent
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If you've seen "The Lady in the Van" you know Gloucester Crescent a little bit; you have a little idea of the kind of people ...
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