So life slowly goes back to normal, or some sort of normal.

Not for me just yet, though. Facing a major surgical operation in a month and a half so still keeping fairly low. Not going to clubs or socials, although I did go to the exhibition at Electrowerkz last night and have met with a friend or two for a pint in pubs with garden, outside.

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One of the many irritating things about this shared-ownership thing was (is!) the fact that it classifies me automatically as riff-raff, in terms of rights as an owner and as a tenant. I wasn't allowed to use the main entrance to the building (it was built with two, one for the 'private owners' or their tenants, on Fortess Road, another much ( Read more... )

Ah, a sunny morning at last. Funny how my mood changes up or down with the weather. In the beginning when I first came to the UK I used to laugh at the 10 min long (as I saw them) weather forecasts on TV. Coming from a part on the north of South America on the Caribbean (but away from Hurricane Alley) our weather forecasts told you it was going to ( Read more... )

Not giving interviews today! 😆
"WHAT HAPPENS WHEN GOTHS GROW UP?"
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Last night the air-conditioner box (one of those where you have to put an exhaust hose out the window) woke me up when it started spluttering and throwing hot air instead of cold. Well, I suppose that would be the day when it happened. I'd bought it soon after I moved into this flat, five years ago, at the hardware shop at the corner that then ( Read more... )