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Book of Kells
My Mum and brother N brought me a reproduction Book of Kells from Dublin (where they had just seen the real thing) for my birthday. It is a most incredible reproduction – really…
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Surrogate Birthday
I had a combo Halloween/Birthday celebration today for my birthday on Wed. Funny that when I was a child I always had a combo party – but it was with Guy Fawkes night…
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Halloween coming
Not only is it Halloween, but four days later it will be my big birthday. I won’t say how old I am but I was born in 1966. When I was a child…
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R’s Gourmet Meal
R went out for a complimentary meal at a conference he is at yesterday I am not actually criticising the food because a) I didn’t get to taste it b) it is not…
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A slight disagreement with Mary Berry today…
Don’t get me wrong here – I have the greatest possible respect for Mary Berry – I think she is a brilliant baker and I generally treat her recipes as holy writ. But…
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Very windy today
There was another one of these “named storms” today. Personally I tend to think that these are an excuse for people making a fuss about things that they would have taken in their…
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In which R shoots himself in the foot again…
R has made the same mistake over and over again during the 30 odd years we have been together. He is constitutionally not able not to be good at everything. He tries very…
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Some more Craft things
That is the final batch of things for the Craft Fair made (I refuse to spell it “Fayre”). I’ve enjoyed making the little laminated cards, and I even managed to make something out…
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Some Microwave fun
I had noticed that our microwave door had been getting progressively more difficult to open, and then yesterday it stuck closed completely. After five minutes of pushing and prying with various implements I…
