Tag: history

Circular

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Hi, Yay for Fridays: the blessing of part-time folk and those in need of a rest. Well, ‘and/or’ but not Andor, which is different thing altogether. Keep up, young padawans 😉 Yesterday I was thinking about what I might write about, as I was beginning to feel like I was stuck in a bit of a loop. Readers of a certain age – that would be me, as well – may wish to mutter the film line “Groundhog day!” 🙂 Cue a wee public domain picture as I’m trying to reduce any graphical AI generation. Reduce, reuse, and recycle! 🤗 So, yeah, the feeling of being in a bit of a loop remains. Perhaps not having significant or impactful events […]

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Weather the storm

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Hi, According to Elmore Leonard and his Ten Rules of Writing, number one is “Never open a book with weather.” This is great advice and as I’ve started this week’s blog post by referencing Mr Leonard’s sage wisdom, I can now talk about the snow 😉 Chamsellation A bit of a – thankfully rare! – occurrence, in that we had to cancel the first Chams’ meeting of the year. I had kept an eye on the weather and pretty much not thought much about it. I mean, it’s not often we have a bad winter in the East Midlands … [ Weather gods, please do not take this as a provocation! 🙏] … so I was somewhat surprised to see […]

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Unlearning

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Hi, How’s things with you? Hopefully going well…. and if not, fingers crossed things start to go your way soon. No rush Today – which is somewhat of an odd word to pick, given who knows when (if? 😁) you may be reading this! – I was Partner Taxi, as the Ever Lovely Mrs J had a medical appointment. As these things tend to do, matters overran. Which is fine, given I’m currently between jobs and I had nothing in my diary for the morning. Rather than clock watching and fretting about getting back, I had the opportunity – nay, gift – of nowhere I needed to be. Instead, I had a merry wander around the grounds; enjoying the bright […]

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Aide memoire

Looking Back, Uncategorized

Hi, Is anyone feeling Christmasy yet? I don’t want to come across as Old Scrooge – or perhaps the Grinch, to US readers – but so far, the Xmas Magic has yet to arrive at Chez Jones. I hope getting the decorations up will help a little. Mind you, I’m looking forward to see our family come together. Other than that, we’re taking it pretty easy this year. What about you? A look back This won’t be the Look Back posts that I did during the lockdowns. However, while putting together last month’s anniversary post, it was – as per – some time after clicking publish, that I remembered I’d not included a certain photo. Well, possibly more: it depends […]

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You may go about your business

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Hi, This will be my second week of time off, and I dare say, that I’m beginning to get used to this 🙂 Mind you, my younger sister, rest her soul, had a cheeky sign stating Born to shop. Forced to work which I can agree with. I’m also mindful of some advice a former colleague got on their retirement: You’ll never be busier! [ Note to self: make sure you didn’t type bustier – that’s a different change in life and probably wishful thinking on my part 😁] Hyperfocus With the busy thing in mind, there’s still the routine of dog walks and applying for jobs in the morning. I have, however, given the kitchen a damned good clean […]

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More T, please

Out

Hi, Continuing with the beverage related puns, you may wish to prepare a beverage of your choice, get comfy; this might be a bit of a long one 🙂 Pride 2025 After last year’s first visit, I was keen to go again. Partly for Child 2.0 as I’m his dad, partly for me, and partly for the community. The latter being trans folk and Nottingham Chameleons. No, I did not go in Lynn Mode, but perhaps there’s something in a middle aged white bloke wanting support for a community he doesn’t necessarily look like he’s part of. Well – books, covers, judgement, etc 😉 I’m not a person of colour, I’m not disabled, I’m not gay, and I’m not female […]

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