Tuesday, November 15, 2005
The moon
was moving behind a web of loose cloud this evening as I drove back along the riverbank, like someone was shining a torch below a pan of dried fat. Then, suddenly, it was clear of the disguise and the fields were bathed in pure white light. Someone at work said that their mood swings when they were...
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Monday, November 14, 2005
Miscarriages and the missing
As I said last week, the Telegraph have a major promotional push for their newspapers at the moment. Today's giveaway was a Style magazine from their Sunday Telegraph title. The aim was to show fresh new chic ideas and pen portraits of the rich and famous and spoilt. I cannot be in the target market...
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Sunday, November 13, 2005
Following my thoughts on the Armistice
Firstly thanks to all of you for your comments on my piece on the Armistice and the poem. I really appreciated them and it helped me through a reflective time. I was in our local village this morning to buy a paper, when a policeman blocked off the street ahead of me. Shortly afterwards, a parade...
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Friday, November 11, 2005
We played games
My wife and I actually had some quality time together yesterday evening, on our own! The children had early nights as both were tired yesterday morning and have had a few later-than-usual bedtimes this week. Susan and I played on a 70's game console I bought her for a Christmas present last year....
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Thursday, November 10, 2005
Counting my blessings
It's difficult, isn't it, when you know that someone at work is conspiring against you or the people you work with? Do you challenge them on it, without really having enough evidence, or do you smile nicely and keep quiet for fear of making things worse? I have a strong intuition and tend to...
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Wednesday, November 9, 2005
Teeth and glasses
There was a family, sitting in the seats in front of me on the train home this evening: two youngish boys and a mum and dad. They were laughing at each others' jokes but they weren't loud or intrusive. They seemed very content - relaxed in each others' company. I did a double-take and realised that...
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Monday, November 7, 2005
Why worry
I spent quite a lot of yesterday playing games with my family, watching football and trying to work out how we might pay for our second son, Christian's, education if he goes to the school we looked at on Friday. We worked out that I would need to work at least 13 more years, all other things being...
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Thursday, November 3, 2005
Television doesn't solve loneliness
I was reading a quote by T.S. Eliot which said that 'television is a medium of entertainment which permits millions of people to listen to the same joke at the same time, and yet remain lonesome.' I also read, in a completely separate place that television, unlike books or radio, requires no brain...
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Wednesday, November 2, 2005
She's more barking than I am
Sitting on the train today, some ten minutes before it was due to leave, a lady came along the aisle and asked if she could sit in the empty seat beside me. She was very tall and willowy, with untidy, grey hair and a distant look in her very large eyes. I replied that she could, providing she'd...
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Wednesday, October 19, 2005
Everything’s gone dark
I went into the office toilet this morning and everything went dark. At first I wondered if it was a sign but quickly realised that it was a power cut. I remember these so well from my childhood when the early ‘70’s were constantly interrupted by power cuts. Candles in the understairs cupboard; Ted...
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