Saturday, 15 March 2014

Spring is sprung

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Blossom. Its beautiful. A flurry of delicious scent and floaty petals. Sunshine with a hint of heat warming it up and wafting it around. One...
Sunday, 2 March 2014

Out out

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So friday night - went to see Her with pops. Was a good film. Liked it more than i thought i would. After we met Bails and her friend Steve....
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Monday, 24 February 2014

Woke up this morning

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Woke up this morning to the alarm ringing and couldn't understand why. The phone alarm has gone wrong - just another minor irritation in...
Sunday, 9 February 2014

Night bus

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Long evening of drinking and dancing followed by a night bus journey home.I haven't been on a night bus for some time. And especially an...
Friday, 7 February 2014

Leaving home

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Recently my nephew (aged 9) got so mad about having to do guitar practice that he packed a bag and stormed up to the front door announcing h...
Friday, 31 January 2014

The evil of curly hair

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We went to see a digitally enhanced version of the black and white film Night of the Hunter at the BFI. Robert Mitchum plays a serial killer...
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Monday, 27 January 2014

Airports

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Funny places airports, excited and tension of waiting for your party to arrive. Tired people over packed. Endless searching the crowd for re...
Thursday, 23 January 2014

New bad neighbours

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The neighbours who lived next to me to the left when I moved in have recently moved away. They were chavvy but nice enough. But in some ways...
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Tuesday, 21 January 2014

Alternative employment - the options

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What other job could i do, discussion with my sister. Suggesting i teach adults in the kind of setting i already work in. Not that keen. Not...
Monday, 20 January 2014

Morning

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Jack frost has coated the cars and grass. The bus is crowded with school children. They can see their breath in the cold air, even inside. 
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Friday, 10 January 2014

Filming

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They are filming Youngers in Choumert road today. They have transformed the Internet cafe into 'Shorn Combs' barbers and have parked...
Friday, 3 January 2014

Things which delight the mind

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Whilst running/walking along Tottenham Marshes (dragging the Christmas dinner belly along for the first time - distractions very necessary) ...
Wednesday, 1 January 2014

2014 mistakes

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Bad move - lent my phone to someone on our way home (giving them and some others a lift) - he'd run out of credit - he called 15 people ...

2014

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Started the New Year's Eve celebrations talking about the last few hours of 2013 - putting it to bed, fresh starts and all that. Celebra...
Saturday, 28 December 2013

Breakdown

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I drive an old car. It's a retro golf gti. But that is sort of irrelevant to the story. The bad thing about old cars is that they are li...
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Thursday, 26 December 2013

Christmas

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The aftermath is a kitchen where almost every pot, plate, glass and implement in the house is waiting to be washed and the dishwasher has be...
Thursday, 19 December 2013

Christmas dinner

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By Christmas, how many Christmas dinners will you have had? Today In our staff canteen they are doing roast with lamb. That's roasted po...
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Friday, 13 December 2013

Journey

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"Have you ever pretended to be a monkey for five hours?" My sentiments exactly after five hours on the train. Actually I was itchi...
Wednesday, 11 December 2013

Nelson Mandela 1918-2013

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I've been thinking about Nelson Mandela a lot but haven't known what to say.  He was very influential in my youth. And I think back ...
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Monday, 2 December 2013

Arsy day

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Today has been an arsy day (irritating with annoying people and their demands - and the predictive text doesn't believe in cussing and k...