Category: Ten Things of Thankful,
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1 Feb: Ten Things of Thankful
In no particular order: 1. I am thankful that I wasn’t blown off London Bridge while trying to make my way to the university’s library, and then the British Library. And I’m thankful that the tourists trying to take selfies in the midst of an intense storm weren’t floating down the Thames. My Met Office…
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24 January: Ten Things of Thankful
In no particular order: 2. Bless Luisa and Nico’s smiles when I showed them the pile of beach pebbles and seashells that (their parents) left behind. How can one not be thankful for a child’s smile. 3. Horoscopes that make me laugh: “Don’t try to convince others to agree with you. Be patient – everyone…
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17 January: Ten Things of Thankful
In no particular order: 1. New term starts. Switching on research mode. I’m so thankful that most of what I need can be found online. Centuries of history digitised. 2. Scan results: stable. There’s enough thankfulness in that one to fill numbers 2-9. 3. Leftover Christmas cheeses and fruit for dinner. 4. He who reminds…
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10 January: Ten Things of Thankful
In no particular order: 1. Nico and Luisa live in Bogotá. Year round it’s 20°. Frost? What’s frost, asks Nico. We go outside and I write their names on the patio table – it’s thick with hoar frost. What’s a hoar, asks Nico … as he leans over to lick the tabletop. His mother grabs…
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3 January: Ten Things of Thankful
In no particular order: 1. It was a movie recommendation from a dear friend for which I am very thankful: The Fountain. It lingers in my thoughts and has wormed its way into my psyche. I simply cannot set it aside in my mind. My husband (who shall in the future be referred to as…
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26 Dec: Ten Things of Thankful
In no particular order: 1. Nico says that I’m ninety ten years old. And to think that just a few days ago I walked 17.9 kilometres around London. Not half bad for a woman who’s 100, however I’m filled with thankfulness that I’m not 100. Yet. 2. I am happy as a dog with two…
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20 Dec: Ten Things of Thankful
In no particular order: 1. I am more than just a little thankful that all the Christmas food shopping is done … because it’s a madhouse out there! Our usual supermarket had a queue of cars three long blocks down the road. And I am not one to wait in a queue for more than…
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Friday 13th: Ten Things of Thankful
In no particular order: 1. Lovely soft cashmere bed socks on a freezing cold night; my feet are eternally thankful for small mercies. 2. British strawberries in December. I am thankful for agricultural miracles but may I have a Christmas Mandarin orange, please. 3. I suppose I should be thankful that it’s not snowing, but…
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7 Dec: Ten Things of Thankful
In no particular order 1. I am thankful that the storm (yes, another one, plus one more is sitting off-shore) that blew through West Sussex earlier this week didn’t cause too much damage. A few limbs fell, and no leaves left on the trees, but that means no more raking leaves (always looks on the…
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30 Nov: Ten Things of Thankful
In no particular order … 1. Thankful that the publisher’s proof doesn’t require amendments because as the world turns, so does my desire not to stay fixated on one thing. 2. I am thankful that our Christmas shopping for each other is finished. Now to shop for the younger grandchildren who already have more toys…
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