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deck the halls (and the kitchen)…
The Christmas preparation continues apace; my beautiful rental Christmas tree arrived safely and has taken up happy temporary residence in a corner of the living room until it’s return home with the rest of the visiting trees in the New Year – yay! I have managed to not break a single glass decoration, which is something of an achievement, although…
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night at the museum!
It’s December already! I know this partly because of my many advent calendars, but even without the daily excitement from Fortnum & Mason, Space NK and Bonne Maman, the weather has provided ample guidance. Despite (or perhaps because of) the encroaching gloom, the last few weeks have been as busy as ever, with barely a moment to spare between orchestral…
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back to life, back to reality…
And it’s the middle of the month already! It’s all been grand but tiring, and the five nights away at the start in total had definitely taken its toll by the time I got home, not helped by late trains in both directions; Lord, the joy of getting up at 5am to catch the 6am to York only for it…