Tuesday 29 November 2022 The Velux windows are not steamed up, they have a crusty coating of frost obscuring them. Living in a modern flat in London, I have not woken up to frosty windows in a very long time. I just looked outdoors and the car needs scraping and all around is tinged with […]
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Monday 28 November 2022 The stove is gently flickering, birds are flitting around outside the window and we have toffee smoked bacon (who knew?) and scrambled eggs for breakfast. It’s a very pleasant Monday morning. That, I suppose, is the Instagram/Facebook cherry-picked version. Having spent the last eleven days moving boxes and lifting things, we’re
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Sunday 27 November 2022 I came home without Swarfega and without a desk from yesterday’s furniture and Swarfega shopping trip. However, a desk (and four other pieces of furniture) will be arriving in just over a week. Hurrah. I know I have seen Swarfega for sale somewhere but I couldn’t find any yesterday. I gave
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Saturday 26 November 2022 I have lost any love or interest I ever had in the stove. It is 08:30, grey and wet outside and we’re down to a few burning embers. I can see the fire needs cleaning again. We’re going shopping today so I’ll let it go out completely then clean it and
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Friday 25 November 2022 We had a coal delivery yesterday. The friendly coal delivery man looked like he lifted 25kg bags of coal and pushed five of them on a trolley through mud repeatedly throughout each day. I feel Chris may have been a little gung ho with his cheery comment along the lines, “We
5. Is the Grass Greener? Will I still love badgers after they’ve decimated the lawn? Read More »
Thursday 24 November 2022 I went downstairs at 04:30 this morning to add coal to the fire. I ended up sweeping the floor and moving a few boxes, ornaments and furniture around, all before 05:00; feeling very Dickensian. The heating situation has improved only in so much as there are now a few radiators that
