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Magpie and Badger: October 2012
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Thursday, 25 October 2012. Happy to be here, and more to come. Yes, I'm back! With my degree finished and a very nice job in the starting gate with a fine charitable organisation. What I've mostly been doing is playing the ukulele, which everyone should do, really. More on this later, but for now here is a treat, The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). I'm on Twitter too! Chris goes to Tanzania 2012. Knitting With a "Y": The Accounts of a Male Knitter. View my complete profile.
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Magpie and Badger: Tending the family tree...
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Saturday, 29 June 2013. Tending the family tree. I wanted to find out more. I also knew very little about my grandparents and no knowledge of any of my family beyond my parents parents. On New Year’s Day 2009, still in our pyjamas, we sat on the sofa, fired up the laptop and discovered the joys of Ancestry.com’s free two week subscription. Eve visited the UK in 2010, but without her full band. We met her in a little village hall in Tingewick. Does an interest or ability come from nature or nurture? Diana...
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Magpie and Badger: "Wouldn't it be dreadful to live in a country where they didn't have tea?" - Noël Coward
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Sunday, 9 June 2013. Wouldn't it be dreadful to live in a country where they didn't have tea? There is a running joke in my world that whenever someone mentions a place my usual comment is “There’s a really nice tearoom there…”. It’s a joke that contains a grain of truth. I’ve been lots of places (not all, obviously! Oh my goodness, I remember them from my tiny-hood at my mother’s favourite after-shopping lunch place, Kelly’s in Philadelphia. Is this still a big thing? Pat’s King of Steaks. About 10 year...
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Magpie and Badger: April 2011
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Sunday, 17 April 2011. Spring has sprung (again), dear step-son's 12 hour piano marathon is over (fantastic day! And there are no lectures until the beginning of May (yea! But a 3000 word paper to write.). There are baby vegetable plants in peat pots and propagators all over the house. Creativity has been nibbling at the corners of my mind and it's time to turf out the studio and do something creative. So I am.tomorrow. (Goldstraws and the Census are taking up all of today.). Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Magpie and Badger: We go to Cheltenham and many musical things happen...
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Sunday, 7 July 2013. We go to Cheltenham and many musical things happen. While I was doing my degree I learned to play the autoharp and the ukulele and one of my schemes was this – if there were still no therapist jobs by the time I graduated (check), I would learn to play well enough to be a fully-fledged busker. A licenced speech therapist/busker! How cool would that be? I played my first gig with the group on a lovely day in September at a Ukulele Day in Presto Classical. On the 25th and 27th of July.
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Magpie and Badger: September 2013
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Tuesday, 17 September 2013. Down to the sea. A volunteer was unable to be there in the morning, so, not wanting to disappoint, I stepped in. I’m so glad I did! I got to march in the parade behind a 40 piece military band, meet the Lord and Lady Mayor and the local MP, snarf as many sandwiches, pieces of Victoria sponge, scones and strawberries as I could manage, and talk to a really interesting group of women veterans as you are ever likely to meet (average age about 82). Built slightly too late to be in...
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Magpie and Badger: November 2013
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Sunday, 24 November 2013. While I was sleeping. Not really. More like. While I was dashing back and forth from Leamington Spa to York in the process of becoming a Master (of something or other). The Guardian published my account of my mother's classic Spaghetti and Eggs. You can read all about it here. I've been thinking a lot lately about travel and my grandmothers. More on this soon. It looks like dog food but tastes divine. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). I'm on Twitter too! Chris goes to Tanzania 2012.
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Magpie and Badger: While I was sleeping...
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Sunday, 24 November 2013. While I was sleeping. Not really. More like. While I was dashing back and forth from Leamington Spa to York in the process of becoming a Master (of something or other). The Guardian published my account of my mother's classic Spaghetti and Eggs. You can read all about it here. I've been thinking a lot lately about travel and my grandmothers. More on this soon. It looks like dog food but tastes divine. This comment has been removed by a blog administrator. I'm on Twitter too!
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Magpie and Badger: We go to a festival and have a very nice time, really...
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Monday, 27 May 2013. We go to a festival and have a very nice time, really. I am terrible at documenting my life. Really terrible. I’ve always been. When I see people’s beautifully designed photo albums, their collages, their scrapbook diaries, their intricate blogs (oh dear! I’m appreciative and envious. At the same time. There is a great band you probably never heard of and probably should – Police Dog Hogan. Weather fine, we’re off! First a stop in Moreton-in-Marsh for coffee and cake at Cacao Bean.
