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Icy cold this morning, so the snow is still here. We saw a fox limping across the garden early on. But no deer. M and S is apparently importing venison from farms in New Zealand. Now this seems seriously crazy when we have plenty of deer in the locality. The brilliant sunshine tempted me outContinue reading “Monday 25 January”

I have written a diary, perhaps more correctly called a journal, from the age of 15, and have therefore always been interested in other diary writers. Anne Frank was an inspiration to me, and in all honesty, remains so. Tonight I saw on BBC4 a dramatised episode from her diary, dating from when they firstContinue reading “Sunday 24 January”

It was a very chilly and icy day, indeed snow is forecast tonight, not common in London it has to be said. We met the grandson in the park, and had a lovely time, though as I said whilst there, if I had a pound for every push on the swing I have done forContinue reading “Saturday 23 January”

I am getting increasingly irritated by colour supplements advertising lovely holidays, or emails from Trailfinders and Travelzoo and the like. I know I can just sign out of the online stuff, but somehow cruise brochures which come with every weekend newspaper, and exhortations to plan your safari now, just don’t cut the mustard. I haveContinue reading “Friday 22 January”

At last a sunny day, so a chance to go for a walk in rural Kent. However since the rain has been pretty relentless recently, and indeed there is flooding in parts of the UK, underfoot it was rather swampy. The walking is inevitably a bit slow, and it is sort of 3 steps forwardsContinue reading “Thursday 21 January”

I am able to establish what day it is from the bubble pack of blood pressure tablets. Which I dutifully take on a daily basis. Oh dear, that it should come to this. I suppose it’s like being in a nunnery where you know the time of day because it is matins or compline orContinue reading “Wednesday 20 January”

It was not quite so cold today, about 10C, so I felt more inclined to spend time in the garden. Which I did rather than going for a walk. There is always some tidying or weeding to do, and although it takes me a while to psych myself up to the latter, there is aContinue reading “Tuesday 19 January”

Monday 18 January marks ‘Blue Monday‘, the most depressing day of the year. It’s the day when the financial pressure of the Christmas just passed hangs over us most, the weather is at its worst, and the extra pounds we’ve acquired over the holiday season are proving harder to shift than we anticipated. Well, I thought you’d like to knowContinue reading “Monday 18 January”

I woke up at 6.30 this morning, so was out and about by 8.30. No one around apart from a few dog walkers and joggers. I suppose there will be no London Marathon this year, so people are just running to keep fit, and for the pleasure of being in the open air. Which IContinue reading “Sunday 17 January”

For all you followers of Dry January (I am not) or Veganuary (I am not), the good news is that we are now halfway through the month. Not really sure how to process this event: the calendar still yawns fairly emptily ahead. Although in a phone conversation with my friend in Germany today, she didContinue reading “Saturday 16 January”