It’s not quite “I am loved, I am loved…” But a friend who I catch up with on Facebook, and who lives a long way away, told me that she’d been reading my blog. And she liked it! Hurrah for those little encouragements friends can bring. I’d been tiring a bit of Facebook recently – …
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My bus runneth over
Most frequent text message? ‘Now on bus on way home’. Or cup on way home. Predictive text is all very well, but given the number of times I send the same message, you’d think it would predict the right word, eh? Having now had a mobile for maybe a bit over a year, I am …
Cutting and sticking
How to keep entertained on these long winter nights?  You could write long Norse sagas – and with “Beowulf” in the cinema, your time could have come here – or go for a little low-level entertainment with some cutting and sticking. Now lots of options for what you cut and stick. I’m not advising that you have to go full …
Happy Blogday!
A year today since we started the blog. In terms of entry material, it’s more like two, since we started the blog as an alternative to Christmas letters. Dan pointed out that most of the entries have been a) in the first month or two (rapid posting to emulate the year in full look of the …
Nota bene
I’m ready for next year. This doesn’t mean I’m doing away with Christmas (although an interesting T2 article on doing without it, and music (it being annual No Music Day today), for a limited period of time, in order to enjoy them more on getting them back). A few years ago, I started my Useful …