Aug

30

Two dogs

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It’s the summer holidays and, for the last few days, the weather has been fine and Small has been playing outside with her friends.
A couple of days ago, as Small was tearing up and down the pavement on her pink bike, I saw a pair of dogs. They approached, wagging their tails and I soon […]

Aug

21

Now I understand.

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A few months ago, Steve posted about a television series which, at the time, appeared unusually to be receiving its first airing on the Sci-Fi channel.
By that time, the series was up to something like episode 6 and it didn’t seem like a good idea to start watching at that point. I now am sure […]

Aug

19

21st century camping

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We (Kate and I) last went camping abroad in 2002: light was provided by a pathetic battery lamp, pictures were taken on a thing called film and one of the lengthier decisions pre-trip was which minidiscs to pack.
We travelled, in a manner that we now find hard to believe, to Prague via Dresden in a […]