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Work And Money

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As of this evening, my younger daughters have both entered the world of work. If you had told me this even a month ago, I wouldn’t have believed you.

Newspapers And Overtime

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While talking to friends on the green outside our house yesterday evening one of them mentioned that the local newsagent was looking for paperboys and girls ...

Sunday Morning

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It’s been a few days since I wrote anything in the blog. Life seems to have a way of diverting me from anything and everything at the moment. This morning h...

The One Where My Cousin Died

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My cousin died yesterday morning. The one who’s wedding I went to two weeks ago. The wedding was wonderful, but it was pretty obvious he didn’t have long lef...

Wednesday

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Where did Tuesday and Wednesday go? Can we go out and look for them? I vaguely remember them happening, but I’m not really sure.

The Need For Ownership

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I’ve noticed a gradual shift across media and the internet recently that has troubled me greatly - a growing lack of intolerance and acceptance of people’s d...

Bank Holiday Monday

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Prodded more by the necessity of alternative earning avenues than the pursuit of creativity, I returned to the Medium well this morning and expanded on the w...

Returning To Tumblr

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I think it’s fair to say I’ve had something of a chequered history with Tumblr. I’ve been here since the beginning of the platform, and have been both my own...

Quietly Annoyed

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I’m sitting in the junk room at home, which has a window over-looking the green outside our house. There was a group of teenagers gathered around the nearest...

Saturday Morning

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Saturday is slowly unfurling in front of me, aided by two cups of coffee and a slice of marmite on toast. I’m sitting in “the junk room” accompanied by the r...