Friday, July 8th, 2011
We have made it to the end of the week and we have survived. I feel a little as though I have been through the wringer, but I’m still here. I think we may be just about out of the woods, but I’m saying that very quietly incase something goes wrong at the last minute. […]
TGIF
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Thursday, July 7th, 2011
I find knitting enormously soothing. When nerves are jangling, very often a little bit of therapeutic knitting can work wonders. It’s a bit like running in that respect. It keeps me busy, but unless I’m knitting Giotto socks it doesn’t really require an awful lot of mental input and so it’s time when I can […]
Knitting therapy
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Tuesday, July 5th, 2011
It’s hard to beat being up early on a summer morning. When the dew is still on the grass, the world is still asleep and in the garden the birds are singing and there is a profound sense of peace. I was never a morning person, but these days are such a delight that I’m […]
Early mornings
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Monday, July 4th, 2011
There’s nothing much on the programme for today. A yoga class at lunchtime and a little light taxiing late afternoon, that’s all. The demolition work seems to have stopped – hallelujah – and I am revelling in and positively soaking up the silence. I can hear birdsong again and the gentle background sounds of village […]
A slow summer morning
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Saturday, June 25th, 2011
Three weeks left of this school year. How did that happen? Where has it gone? On the whole a reasonably good school year for the children – a couple of highs and one big low (which we have survived and moved on from without any lasting effects). A lot of stress as always – our […]
Three Weeks
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