Monthly Archives: March 2014

SUSAN DELETES HER ACCOUNT

I finally did it. I deleted my Facebook account.  I’ve escaped! It wasn’t easy, however. Not only did  pictures of random friends appear, with the anguished (Facebook generated) message that they’d miss me, but I was required to give a … Continue reading

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CRASH

Last week I dropped my little external hard drive on the brick floor. It landed with a crash –  as you’d expect – but in addition there was a rather worrying sort of cracking noise as well. My IT genius … Continue reading

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SAD THINGS

It’s only Saturday night, but I’ve already got that gloomy Sunday feeling. Perhaps it’s because night is falling earlier and earlier – and soon, when daylight saving’s done, we’ll be plunging again into the dark part of the year. So … Continue reading

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A TIME OF GIFTS

I’ve been going places with Patrick Leigh Fermor. He is the most delightful travelling companion; interested in history and art and architecture and plants and birds and clothes and popular songs and cloud formations and politics and cigarette cases and … Continue reading

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MY SHELLS

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