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Thursday 04 March I was reading over a few posts from previous days and was reflecting how pleased I was with myself about including the Latin name for flora and fauna that I have mentioned. I was pleased with myself because it’s also been a pretty tough day at work today and was looking forContinue reading “Day 349”

Over the past week, Mabel has discovered, and has fallen in love with, our front room. The room that Lisa calls ‘the winter room’. It has the wood burning stove and a soft carpet laid out in front. The apple wood creates heat and light, and in a dimmed and snug space, just whispers “relax,Continue reading “Day 290”

Thursday 31 DecemberNew Year’s Eve “New Year’s Eve is not a Christian festival. That was why it was never observed at Wake’s End. Or rather, Father never observed it. The servants did. They knew that New Year’s Eve is of the utmost importance because what happens then determines what will happen in the forthcoming year.Continue reading “Day 286”

Wednesday 23 December “Why don’t scientists trust atoms?” “Because they make up everything.” It’s the time of year for cheesy jokes from Christmas crackers and this is one of the worst. But out on our walk this afternoon there was the opportunity to marvel at the power of different elements coming together to make somethingContinue reading “Day 278”

Monday 21 December It’s the winter solstice today. The shortest daylight day of the year. In itself, I find that pretty sad but then, it means that everyday from tomorrow onwards lengthens slightly in daylight. Next stop, spring. Six words, forming a story, is a format inspired by Ernest Hemingway’s tale “For sale: baby shoes,Continue reading “Day 276”

Sunday 20 December I woke up feeling under the weather. I knew rationally that this was just a common cold but in the current situation you can’t help but think it may be Coronavirus. The morning was spent being very lazy and counting down the hours before my football match. It was the first gameContinue reading “Day 275”

Thursday 17 December I have just realise that, in just a few days, I will be writing with just ninety days before I end the blog. That means we are about three months away from spring again. And a year of living with this virus in our lives will have passed. Today we closed theContinue reading “Day 272”

Wednesday 16 December “So, have yourself a merry LITTLE Christmas..but I must emphasise the word ‘little’” Boris Johnson spoke to the nation again this afternoon after he had had conversations with the leaders of the devolved nations. Trying to come to a collective decision about how we will be allowed/encouraged to celebrate this year isContinue reading “Day 271”

Sunday 13 December 10.32 am. It’s very wet outside and due to get wetter as the day progresses. But the football is back and I am about to referee two matches back-to-back in Wivenhoe. A short journey from home. The tea shed will be closed (Covid) so I’ll be taking a flask. It’s going toContinue reading “Day 268”