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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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Blog 133 – 13.5.20 …ploughing our own furlough..

Posted on May 13, 2020 by aintwegotitmade

The (socially distant) WWII Victory in Europe (V.E) day celebration on 8th May gave neighbours in my street a chance to ‘meet’, 6 feet apart (or thereabouts…it was very easy to forget).. in front gardens, have tea and cakes, and … Continue reading →

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