Wednesday, January 4, 2006
Getting warmer
It’s been much milder here over the last couple of days but still pretty cold at around 6.00 in the mornings when I leave the house. My morning ritual, after attempting to kill the owner of the piercing scream that is my alarm clock, is to be woken up again by my mobile ‘phone alarm at 5.30. I have...
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Tuesday, January 3, 2006
We had a nice evening
last night, with all of us aware that I would be back at work today and thus the special family holiday about to break up. The boys and I gloried in Leeds United beating Pylmouth 3.0 and enjoyed every minute of it on Sky. I then played chess with Christian who, though he understands the individual...
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Monday, January 2, 2006
You can learn so much
just by talking with each other. We had a candelight dinner last night, just the children and Susan and I, and a fire blazing in the great. A typical roast beef dinner celebrated the New Year, accompanied by rather large amounts of red wine. We chatted and laughed and remembered funny moments in the...
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Sunday, January 1, 2006
Oh yes we celebrated
Having spent an evening playing games with Christian and Claire, Susan and Ivan arrived home at last from London, leaving transport chaos and New Year's recriminations behind them. None of us had any particular plan on how we should spend the evening, nor whether or not we should see the new year...
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Saturday, December 31, 2005
How could I not be positive?
How could I not be positive about the year ahead? There are always questions at this time of year about the year just gone and plans for the new one ahead. Answers and plans to achieve are also easily formed and less easily fulfilled - some falling apart on New Year's Day itself. We've had a...
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Saturday, December 24, 2005
Winter sunshine
The winter sunshine warmed my face this morning as I gazed out over the Fens. There is an endless, infinite quality about this land that I have always loved, lit as it is by unusual shades of seasonal illuminations. I haven't been able to sit outside in a t-shirt in December for a long, long time....
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Wednesday, December 21, 2005
I don't think I'll want to play with this again
Ivan, our eldest son, is thirteen. His room reflects this. Littered with old toys and books and general collectors items which have a value only to him, it has become a clearing room for new items - computer games, CDs and newer books and magazines. In short, it is a comment on the change from...
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Friday, December 16, 2005
I just wish he'd tell me
We've been worried about our younger son, Christian, lately. He seems listless and apt to get cross more quickly than is usual. He's normally a sunny little boy and very easy-going. We've noticed it especially when he's been around his younger sister, Claire. He's giving her some pretty vicious...
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Monday, December 12, 2005
Winning sport
Christian and I watched the annual television review of sport: ‘Sports Personality of the Year,’ last night. It was good to put all of the lights out, save for those on the Christmas tree, and remember all of the major sporting events and individuals that have passed since we watched it last year. I...
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Sunday, December 11, 2005
Dancing family
We were down in Covent Garden yesterday to watch Claire's dance class. We're only allowed to watch one class, at the end of each term, and it was marvellous to be in such a fantastic studio space watching our daughter. Christian came too and played on his Gameboy, while listening to Green Day on his...
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