Tag: it gets better

Restyled

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Hello dear reader, Let’s start with the good news; it’s a long weekend this time around. Friday’s my non-working day – although given the amount of housework to catch-up with, I’m not sure I’d call it not working 😉With a busy week – which I’ll come to in a bit – things start to pile up, and I’m glad I’ve Friday to get things straight. Mind you, that was always part of the plan. Good News I spotted this during the week: it’s the Westminster Hall debate around e-petition 701159, relating to transgender people self-identifying their legal gender. It is a joy to report that the bulk of the debate was very much around supporting equality, and pushing the truth […]

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Taking it easy

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Hi, Larks, a late post this evening. I feel I’m going through the motions on this, as – in honesty – there’s not much going on at the mo. Perhaps that’s a good thing. To have quiet time and to take it steady. It’s Chams next week and if we’re lucky, Nicola from Wigeroo will visit. It’s also Parents Evening for Child 2.0, but as with much these days, that’s online. TBH, both myself and the Ever Lovely Mrs J prefer that. There’s less queuing – and queue jumping! – so things run to time nicely. I did happen to make time to watch the Chris Packham BBC documentary on ADHD. That was very eye-opening and I certainly learned a […]

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Affirming

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Hello Dear Reader, I’m going to warn you now that I’m stuck in procrastination mode, lost in thoughts of what I might write, while my brain plays ‘meh, delete’ on each idea. Ah, it’s going to be one of those episodes is it? Right oh. Well, let’s just keep a hammerin’ on the keys until something sticks eh? 😏 History This week saw 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe. Of course the Jones folk didn’t do anything for it. We didn’t do any street party or putting the Union Jack up. I’m sure we’ll now be on a list at ‘Deform’ HQ – assuming they know which end of the pen to use 😏 Maybe […]

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Creatures of the Night

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Hi, A short week this time around. I could get used to this! 🙂 Ah, but it were not for the requirement of filthy lucre to settle one’s bills and put food upon the table. Random thought: is it more environmentally and economically prudent to be a vampire? 😁 /S I mean, for a start you’re not contributing to intensive agriculture. Okay, you do have to have a nibble from time to time, but humans may donate willingly for a few bob. I guess you’d not need the heating on, being undead. That and your travel bills would be less. Sure, it takes a while to get anywhere as a bat, but the night views must be nice, right? Would […]

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500 and rising

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Sunday morning during the Easter weekend in Nottingham. Beautiful blue skies, a warm Spring sun, and a faint yet cooling breeze. My boots – vegan, women’s, M&S – whispered against the city streets as I made my way up through the manicured ruins of the new Broadmarsh park. No longer the slum of an early century, but maybe a tombstone of a once proud shopping centre. Across from the carefully laid rocks and water courses, loose tarps from the building’s skeleton flapped in the wind. Ghosts of visits passed drifted into my head. Christmas in the old Co-op restaurant, Games Workshop with a friend, buying knee boots in the 90s…. Up, up, and across Market Square to Speakers Corner: a […]

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Dates and times

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Hello dear reader, How’s things? I had toyed with the idea of making each sentence shorter, due to the new tariffs. However, A) that would remind us of the news, and I’m of the mind that we come here to get away from the nonsense. Also, and perhaps as important, B) this would require some skill in maths, which I do not have 😉 Easter Due to commitments on behalf of the Ever Lovely Mrs J, we won’t be heading off away this Easter. We will, however, be enjoying a staycation of a few days. I am absolutely hoping for some pleasant walks in the spring sunshine, hearing the birds in the trees, and seeing the bloom of nature as […]

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