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The weather is so wintry here. There has been a blizzard going on outside the window for at least two hours. Joseph isn't happy. He has an exam in the morning and doesn't want the bottoms of his trousers to be wet and uncomfortable in an exam ! I remember my brother having to walk about four miles to school in very deep snow to sit all his prelims ( Read more... ) -
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We went to the Komische Oper in Berlin to see "Queen of Spades" by Tchaikovsky. We loved it. We went to galleries and we walked for miles. Michael went up in a tethered hot air balloon, which was exhilirating for him and terrifying for me down on the ground. I have a ridiculous fear of heights and even feel that fear on behalf of other people who ( Read more... ) -
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Back from Berlin on Wednesday 10th March after a week that I will never forget. Michael and I went together. It was Michael's 40th birthday in February, so we went away together as a celebration of that ( Read more... ) -
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I've posted before about my mum's friend, Sam, who came to Scotland from Belize in 1942 in order to help the war effort by felling trees. He remained here after the war. My mum has known him since she was 16, in 1949. Well, last Thursday, Sam was 100 years old. He waited for his card from the Queen, then went off to the bookie, where he goes every ( Read more... ) -
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I'm very excited. Michael and I are going to Berlin for a week on our own. We leave early next Wednesday morning and come home the following Wednesday in the afternoon. Michael was 40 on the 5th of February ( he's nearly 4 years younger than I am ) and this is our celebration of that. When I was 40, we went to Gdansk, because we are both really ( Read more... ) -
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This week, I started the second term of my second year at university. Second year has been a difficult experience for me. All the excitement I felt about being at uni in first year completely evaporated. From the very first day of second year, I have felt like leaving. There are lots of reasons for this, but one of them was the fact that I ( Read more... ) -
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My youngest son, Joseph, who was 15 last October, went on a school trip to New York a few days after his birthday. He had a fantastic time. His absence at home was quite keenly felt. He's a sweet boy, interested in everything, who loves to talk and share things. He's also constantly hungry and I'm kept quite busy, keeping his appetite satisfied. He ( Read more... ) -
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The snow here is rapidly disappearing which, after three and a half weeks, is to be expected. But I have really enjoyed the snowy weather. It's been proper, powdery, easily balled stuff that has been easy to walk in without slipping about ( Read more... ) -
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I love winter. Woke up this morning and went for a walk through Princes Street Gardens, en route to do some Christmas window shopping. The grass was white and glistening with frost. The gardens were virtually empty. I sat on a bench for about 45 minutes, enjoying the chill of the air and the quiet time to think. I saw 5 robins. When I was little, ( Read more... ) -
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I am thrilled beyond measure to be on exam leave. I have a Social Policy exam on the 8th of December and a Linguistics exam on the 16th. I don't have a Russian exam until May, although we did a lot of Russian tests last week...oral, grammar, translation. We have to write a Russian literature essay for when we go back in January, but I'm not ( Read more... )