Snow Day
After dire predictions about an apocalypse the likes of which the country had not seen for some time, the much talked about and endlessly forecast snow final...
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Morning Story
My body clock performed the curious feat of waking me up two minutes before the alarm on my mobile phone this morning. I’m not sure how it does it, but my bo...
Early Night
You know how you promise yourself an early night, but somehow one thing after another crops up, and before you know it the clock is ticking towards half past...
Preparing For A Snow Day
The weather forecast over the last few days had been predicting a night of heavy snow. It’s worth noting that anything more than about half an inch of snow t...
Finding A Few Minutes
It’s heading towards midnight, and I find myself sitting in the junk room in the dark, emptying the remains of my thoughts into the keyboard. Claire de Lune ...
Resurrecting The Imac
Over the course of the last week we have begun decluttering around the house - digging out long forgotten things from the back of cupboards, and the attic - ...
Catching Up
It’s Sunday morning. Actually, it’s nearer to Sunday lunchtime than Sunday morning, but we’ll try not to think about that too much. The washing machine is ru...
One Step At A Time
I thought it might be a good time to re-visit progress with the rescue kitten we took delivery of a few weeks ago - that the children named Kaspar. I’m not s...
Departures
It’s just gone 9am, and you find me sitting at a cafe in the departure lounge of Terminal 1 at Frankfurt Airport in Germany. My flight isn’t for another coup...
Not Going Out
As hinted at in the title of the post, I’m not going out tonight. The temperature on the streets of Frankfurt hasn’t got above zero all day. A few hours this...