Life in the Rocking Rectory

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Tuesday, February 22, 2011

I can't believe...

I can't believe it's a week since I last blogged! It shows either how busy life has been, or how lazy I am. I suspect the latter. Youngest daughter rushed over from Belgium on Friday, appearing on the doorstep with three friends during the evening. Her furniture has been in store over here, and this... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

How the internet began

My son sent me this, and I thought of you! A revelation with an Incredibly Big Message (IBM): Well, you might have thought that you knew how the Internet started, but here's the TRUE story.... In ancient Israel, it came to pass that a trader by the name of Abraham Com did take unto himself a young... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, February 12, 2011

What have I done?

What have I done this week? I wish I could remember! The week has flown past and I have nothing to show for it - apart from fifteen pounds of marmalade. I did do that, completed it this morning. What else? A couple of rounds of golf (one and a half, actually. Yesterday's round was so slow, my... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, February 6, 2011

Hairspray!

Ed and I had a theatre outing this week. Months ago in a moment of madness, I booked tickets for "Hairspray", a musical which had apparently had rave reviews, but as the time drew nearer, I grew increasingly anxious. I had this horrible feeling that it would be very loud and something like a modern... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

A great website for writers

All you wannabe-writers out there - I've just discovered a great website. You can enter your book for free in an annual contest to win an award - gold, silver, bronze or honourable mention - in a huge number of categories, and use the resulting comments in your own publicity. Every entrant receives... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Back into the wide, blue yonder...

Well, the wide, grey yonder, actually. But yes, back on the golf course today. It started to snow just as I put my clubs in the car which I feared might be a sign telling me not to be such a fool, but did I listen? Of course not! Ed and I don't have the special wheels now required for winter golf,... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, January 24, 2011

My mother's diaries

My mother was a great diarist. She religiously wrote in her diary every day from around 1968, when my parents moved to Norfolk, until 2005, when she died. There are many volumes, all of which my niece (mother's American granddaughter) liberated on Mother's death. I was glad they weren't just thrown... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Spring in Cornwall

We had such a good time in Cornwall, with most of the extended family able to be there, but I fear it might be the last of such occasions. Now the grandchildren are all growing up, they are spreading out in all directions and it will soon be impossible to gather them all together, even if they... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Violated!

I had a message from Facebook this morning, telling me that they'd noticed unusual activity on my account - it had been accessed from Dallas. They advised me to change my password, which I have done immediately. Remembering all these passwords is well nigh impossible, so naturally I do what everyone... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

I think I've sussed it - with help!

I think I'm close to sussing it at last - my new blog. Yes, I do have to pay for it (and it isn't hosted by Blogit so there's no cashback, worse luck) but I do get the services of my own personal blog coach. So far I've drawn on his services quite a lot - since I really don't know what I'm doing -... Sign in to see full entry.

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