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Blog 144 – 6.11.21. Blah blah blah…a crustie’s (?) manifesto

Posted on Nov 7, 2021 by aintwegotitmade

Don’t march. Don’t protest. Don’t expect your government to do anything. They might do something…but they might not. Blah blah blah. Do it without them. Insulate your home to the extent that you are able. Turn your heating down 1 … Continue reading →

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Blog 143 – 16.10.21. Consider this….

Posted on Oct 17, 2021 by aintwegotitmade

Today I went into the local Turkish grocery shop to pick up some garlic, chillies, and maybe a pomegranate. Found all of those then wandered over to the pastry counter and found my husband’s favourite greek baklavas and also a … Continue reading →

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Blog 142 – 2.10.21…. get out there and grow bolder

Posted on Oct 2, 2021 by aintwegotitmade

Wooo…although about 35,000 people a day are catching covid in these parts (apparently the highest rate in Europe)…many are returning to some kind of post-pandemic normal. We are short of van/lorry/tanker drivers and the brexiters are probably biting their lips … Continue reading →

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Blog 139 – 5.3.21. I’m not anti-anybody…

Posted on Mar 5, 2021 by aintwegotitmade

You know me….I like to be positive. I still have plenty of food, a lovely house, a job, a great husband and a beautiful cat called Millie. There is a plentiful supply of vaccines and no doubt I will rise … Continue reading →

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Blog 138 – 25.12.20 – Meal deal for 2…

Posted on Dec 25, 2020 by aintwegotitmade

I have a theory (actually it’s not my theory), that all pain and suffering and even slight irritations have a purpose…and that purpose is education. There is something to be learnt. My covid lessons have taught me, primarily, how to … Continue reading →

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Blog 137 – 4.11.20 … riding the covid bucking bronco…

Posted on Nov 4, 2020 by aintwegotitmade

brrrmmmm…..brrrmmm (presses sewing machine pedal)…whoooosh….snip. clip. damn needle..can’t see the hole…brrrmmm….brrrrmmmm I have no time to write a blog….I’ve got on the face covering skateboard and I can’t get off. The charity I volunteer for needs the dosh…plus it feels … Continue reading →

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Blog 136 – 9.8.20…working like a crazy mask lady…

Posted on Aug 10, 2020 by aintwegotitmade

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Blog 136 – 9.8.20…working like a crazy mask lady…

Posted on Aug 9, 2020 by aintwegotitmade

Once, while at an exhibition at the Barbican of those superb American furniture designers Charles and Ray Eames, I saw that they were admirers of this quote:

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Blog 135 – 26.7.20…doing the hippy hippy make..

Posted on Jul 26, 2020 by aintwegotitmade

Nothing is normal of course, but husband and I had a relatively normal garden meet-up with an ex-neighbour and her twenty-something daughter, M, taking a break from her pure physics PhD up in Glasgow. M had just had a paper … Continue reading →

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Blog 134 – 2.6.20. Have I gone a bit….Stepford…?

Posted on Jun 2, 2020 by aintwegotitmade

It looks like lockdown has turned me into a 1950s housewife. So what’s wrong with a 1950s housewife? Nothing of course, if that’s what you want to be…..

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