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  • Ideal Home?

    Ideal Home?

    After nine years my home – a private-rented property – is finally meeting my needs. Which is very important when you spend so much time in it!

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  • Sitting Room?

    Sitting Room?

    I have a new sitting room! Or is it a sitting room? Or perhaps a bar & chat room or a learning room – or just a study? Whatever. It is Monday and I am feeling good!

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  • 1976: Homeless in London – part 4

    1976: Homeless in London – part 4

    Five days without a change of clothes, roaming the street for much of the day, visiting umpteen people and organisations that seemed powerless to help – and a car chase around Stoke Newington. Being homeless is painful, tiring, squalid and I felt very much alone.

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  • Making Ends Meet

    Making Ends Meet

    Looking back, July was a bit of a ‘binge’ month and I was overspent. August will mean belt-tightening, but my memories of July will keep me going and, I might even lose weight!

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  • Come to Sunny Devon?

    Come to Sunny Devon?

    As we approach the end of July I am reminded of an old phrase from 70’s postcards proclaiming ‘come to sunny Devon’. For the first time in my life I am experiencing a totally rain-free month, and that scares me to hell and back. Holiday-makers may be enjoying a truly sunny Devon but me -…

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  • No More Commuting!

    No More Commuting!

    My thoughts this morning travelled from not getting enough sleep through not having to set an alarm to the drudgery of commuting – and is it really necessary?

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