1. I like to get up first and write in my diary while the house is still and quiet.
2. My aunt comes to pick up a computer and drop off some books. It's good to have her to myself for an hour or so. She was the last person in our family to get married; and she's been volunteering at the Oxford Book Festival.
3. I still have a lot of work to do -- but I also have a Nick who can cook supper (I sometimes forget this).
Fairly Christmassy, queue jumpers and advent calendar.
1. For the last few weeks, polling company YouGov has been wondering how Christmassy I feel. Today, I can answer honestly that I'm now f...
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1. An enormous fat bumble bee at work. She is so bulky that she can knock dead blossoms out of the way as she gets right in to the new jasmi...
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1. The shortest night and the longest day. I was up at Wellington Rocks with Anna, Paul and Jason. We couldn't see the sun through the m...
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1. I promised myself I wouldn't moan and grumble about it -- but I do. And as if by magic, a very kind friend produces the required blaz...