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    it’s autumn already!

    It’s been a while! Man, it’s bloody cold. Apologies for the radio silence, but after spending the best part of three weeks in the summertime rebuilding the blog and latterly the website (or about half of it at least), a screen break was needed. If I sat in front of the keyboard all the time I’d have nothing to write…

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    back to reality…

    And with Tree long since collected and safely back outside with the other trees until next Christmas, the Christmas food almost done with bar a spare pudding that I bought by accident, plus a few frozen leftovers (and their days are numbered given that I’ll be hoiking them out as soon as the fridge is looking a bit thin) and…

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    baby steps (and a few steps back)…

    As things continue to pick up a bit and as much as traipsing up to Moorgate for a wander through the huge Finsbury Pavement shop will have done me lots of good, my favourite news of the week has been the long-awaited reopening of my neighbourhood M&S on Fenchurch Street for a hygienically wrapped croissant, some Greek yoghurt and a…