• my diary

    spring has (nearly) sprung!

    And for those who weren’t sure – which is entirely my fault for not updating – I’m back! Since I brought the aforementioned ice and snow with me upon my return three weeks or so ago and having spent a good couple of months putting it off, I have been diligently catching up with this years’ accounts, normally an easy…

  • my diary

    i come from the land of the ice and snow..

    …and that’s where I’ll be going shortly, or at least some of the way. Since I’m having a break whether I like it or not and with my birthday in a couple of days, I’ll be heading home for a week or two of peace and quiet, a bit of sea air and some bracing walks. That’s the theory at…

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    it’s a beautiful day in the neighbourhood…

    After a week of settling back into a vaguely normal routine, and buoyed by my ever-relentless desire to look on the bright side, not that anybody with underfloor heating is going to have a tough time doing that (and speaking of which I should admit that – as befits my thrifty nature – I have also found that it’s very…