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Porcelain
Today I listened to this http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03wpc05 (listen, quick, it's only available for a week ( Read more... ) -
That British obsession..................
This is written mostly for my MMTC&F friends, who have most of them been in the grip of storms and polar vortex consequences ( Read more... ) -
About musical taste
I went to a gig this week, first time in ages and thanks to a friend who gets a carer ticket for gigs. It was one of those things where you say "ooh, fancy going to that?" and he replied "oooh yeah, and I can get you a ticket for nothing, will you drive ( Read more... ) -
The perils of car ownership.
It's that time of year again when we screw every penny we have "spare" into getting our car an MOT for the next year. I am happy to report that because of some prophylactic work we did a few months ago, it got through at about half of what we feared it might cost, needing only a replacement tyre (which frankly, could have happened at any time, and ( Read more... ) -
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An open letter from a tired local preacher to church stewards ( Read more... ) -
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See, some interesting things have been happening. There are a lot of questions in this, and it's all still in progress.
Background:
Have been in touch with housing department at the local council since we still in the hostel. Have had some superb help from them in sorting out some of the services I have taken that have covered homelessness and it's ( Read more... ) -
Green Quilt
Those of you who follow me on twitter will know that I promised a blog post about why I was so happy about a picture of a bed with a patchwork quilt on it.
While we were homeless last year and this, I spent a lot of time wondering about my new home. What would it be like? What colours would we paint it? All those things. I have a notebook full of ( Read more... ) -
But I am so grateful.
A fine day after several days of rain. We need the rain but it's nice to have a few days fine weather to get the washing dry.
SJW came and took down the now redundant satellite dish from the front of the house. That makes me happy. I don't like them in the first place. He and DT also put up our shower screen this week which makes me even happier as ( Read more... ) -
Letters from the land of fatuous questions.
I should say that a lot of my current postings may be quite cynical in their outlook but that I should say that generally I feel people are good and trying to be genuine. This post has come about from a text that I was sent yesterday from a dear friend and so, as such, it is dedicated to my “sister from another mister” xx
This is with reference to ( Read more... )