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Forever Home?

This morning I am looking forward to good conversation and a few beers in a pub in town. I will forget, for a few hours at least, about my failure to find a ‘forever’ home at a rent I can afford.
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Meaningful Meetings!

A full day of ‘meetings’ ahead – a far too formal term for encounters with friends and family. No doubt topped-off with a pint or three in the pub.
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Future History?

I am not feeling well and consequently felt I should not post my morning diary today. But then, it should be a ‘warts and all’ affair and not all the good stuff.
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Walkable Towns?

This morning I am waiting for a much-needed grocery delivery, which triggered a train of thought about walkable towns – and how good they would be for our physical and mental health, sociability and economy. But its only a dream…
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Crashing Curtains!

Sometimes trivial things can get you down. Yesterday I went from being pleased with myself to tearful in seconds, just because a pair of curtains – and the pole and fixings – came crashing to the ground.
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Mortality & Home

I was born in Newton Abbot hospital and I was reminded this morning of a thought from some years ago about wanting to live there. Not the hospital, but a flat that my old maternity ward was converted into. Does that seem strange?
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