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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 105 – 1.6.18. Like Beirut….
I remember from my youth that untidy teenage bedrooms, car pile ups, dodgy council estates or any chaotic situation would be described as ‘like living in Beirut’…i.e. a war zone….
Blog 104 – 13.4.18. Home wasn’t built in a day….
Shhh…look…just don’t jinx me by telling anyone. I don’t know quite how it happened…really I don’t. We have a….shhhh…great builder. Yep. They exist and they are right here in south London…shhh now. Don’t blab about it. Please. In case our … Continue reading
Blog 103 – 5.3.18 Somebody…please talk to me…
Walking to the shops today I bumped into Clara and her mum from St.W’s primary school (where I volunteer). Clara was smiling from ear to ear as soon as we spotted each other…
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
