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Category Archives: London
Blog 115 – 29.4.19. Springtime talking and walking…
Spring is springing along as usual here in London. It was warmish, we put winter coats away…and then got them out again. It is the beginning of a new term at St.W’s primary and as a volunteer classroom assistant I … Continue reading
Blog 114 – 16.2.19. Spectacular Homo Erectus…
I know I’ve said it before…but I just love walking into the British Museum (BM) and watching the school children gasp as they gaze in amazement at the Great Court’s spectacular glass roof.
Blog 110 – 5.10.18. The sheer Spanish, French, Chinese-ness of it…
Look…I’m not saying that London is some kind of ‘rosy haven’ of a place…well, except that when I do focus on the rosy haven-ness of it, it becomes easier to see more rosy haven, so to speak. And I do … Continue reading
Posted in Amazing World, Education/learning, Everyday Life in London, Good Life, London, Looking for the Good, talking to strangers, Uncategorized
Tagged Being Polite, Evening classes, Freedom in the big city, Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge, learning, London, Macau, Paris, Parisian men
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Blog 109 – 20.9.18..a prehistoric cut above..
September is actually the New Year. I mean…it should be. It’s the end of the holidays and it’s when school starts. It’s when ones thoughts turn, pretty abruptly, from the frivolity of frolicking in sandals to the sturdy lace-ups of … Continue reading
Blog 108 -7.8.18..Roll out the soda, pretzels and beer…
I’ve got a stinking cold and sore throat…the kind you might get once a stressful period is over and you can finally afford to collapse in a heap… yes…we have a beautiful new extended kitchen…and yes, it was worth it. … Continue reading
Blog 107 – 30.6.18. And so we went…
And so we went….to Rutland. Never heard of Rutland? Good. We’d like to keep it that way. We escaped the building dust for a week by driving 2 hours or so north of London to England’s smallest county.
Blog 102 – 1.3.18. Let it go, let it go, let it snow…
So…we don’t do extremes, eh? Scotland and parts of the South West are on a Red weather warning (which I understand hasn’t happened before) as Storm Emma from the Atlantic and the Beast from East/Siberia create the perfect storm by … Continue reading
Posted in Everyday Life in London, Good Life, London, Looking for the Good, Uncategorized
Tagged building works, kitchen extension, letting go, London, snow, weather
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Blog 101 – 14.1.18. Well, isn’t that just Great?…
It’s not so cold in London, just now. Apparently we’re due for a bit of sleet. We live in an old and somewhat draughty Victorian house with cold ceramic-tiled floors…soon to be remedied with underfloor heating. In the 1940s, after … Continue reading
Blog 80 – 17.6.17. Out of the ashes….
I know the smell of fire…a small but damaging one broke out at home when I was young. Now I’m imagining my lovely house as a charred, blackened, unrecognisable space…and several members of my family missing. How would that hole … Continue reading
Posted in Everyday Life in London, Gratitude, London, Looking for the Good, Optimism, Politics, Uncategorized
Tagged Grenfell Tower fire, London, St. W's Primary
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Blog 79 – 7.6.17. London 2017 – just how bad can things get?
A recent pre-election chat with my 23 year old journalist niece, H, made me realise that some young people are pretty angry and think that things can barely get any worse…we are in a dark place she said. The terror … Continue reading
Posted in Everyday Life in London, Gratitude, London, Optimism, Politics, Uncategorized
Tagged election, London, terror attacks
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