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Former professional school librarian, now retired through chronic illness. Trying to keep cheerful by reading, drinking lots of tea, blogging my new life, and my love of bling!Pages
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Reading roundup 09/12/20
It’s time for the Reading Roundup post again! The weeks seem to rush by so quickly these days. The first book of the week was Platform Seven by Louise Doughty. This is the blurb: Platform Seven at 4am: Peterborough Railway … Continue reading
Posted in Lifestyle, Reading
Tagged book reviews, books, ebooks, ghosts, Goodreads, supernatural fiction
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Update 07/12/20
This will only be a short post today as I am feeling very unwell and haven’t been able to get out of bed. I have been wearing pyjamas so much that some of them have become very tatty indeed. So, … Continue reading
Outfits of the week 04/12/20
OK, I have finally given in! I cannot really write Outfit of the Day any more. Yes, I wore both of these this week, for a few hours, in between lying in bed: Outfit items: Dark grey long-sleeved t-shirt – … Continue reading
Posted in Clothes, Lifestyle, Outfit of the day, Scarves, Wardrobe
Tagged blue, cobalt, Cotton Traders, green, grey, Hera, Hermès, John Lewis, Lands' End, Liberty, orange, Plumes en Fete, purple
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Reading roundup 02/12/20
This week’s post is about two books which I have enjoyed reading. I am also half-way through a third. All this is thanks to our County Library Service – they are really expanding their ebook catalogue. The first book was … Continue reading
Update 30/11/20
Sorry, there will not be a proper post today as I am feeling very ill. I hope to be able to write later in the week. Love and best wishes, Anne 💕💗💖💗💕
Update 27/11/20 – hassles all round!
I had planned to wear a colourful outfit with a lovely Hermès scarf today – I had been building myself up! But, events have got in the way. Things tend to come in threes, don’t they? First event: lasted all … Continue reading
Reading roundup 25/11/20
I have been rushing to finish a book so that I could write about in this week’s Reading Roundup, but realised that I was spoiling the ending for myself. So, this post will be about one book this week and … Continue reading
Update 23/11/20 with some grammatical humour
A friend posted this on Facebook this morning and I just had to share it on here: David Needle • An Oxford comma walks into a bar where it spends the evening watching the television, getting drunk, and smoking cigars. … Continue reading
Outfit of the day 20/11/20
Regular readers of this blog will be aware that I have been struggling with ill-health for many years. My situation has not improved this year as I am spending even more time in bed and have only been able to … Continue reading
Posted in Clothes, Health, Lifestyle, Outfit of the day, Scarves, Wardrobe
Tagged accessories, grey, John Lewis, Lands' End, navy, red, Seasalt, silver, Warren James
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Reading roundup 18/11/20
First of all, I must apologise for the lateness of this post. I had almost finished the book, but not quite, so I decided to read to the end so that I could write a post this week. Yes, I … Continue reading
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