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About The Librain

Retired School Librarian

Friday post 21/04/23: catching up!

What a time we have had! It all began a week last Wednesday when Lovely Husband began to feel a horrible pain in his right leg. He has suffered from severe back problems and sciatica for years and has learned … Continue reading

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Reading roundup 19/04/23

Well, I have a confession to make this week: I haven’t been able to finish a book! Lovely Husband is ill, so we are sharing the bed and I am dragging myself up and down the stairs to fetch the … Continue reading

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Scarf of the moment: Tulipomanie

Introduction This is an unusual Scarf of the Moment post in that it includes two amazing formats of one design. I have done this before, with the 90cm and twilly versions of Dans un Jardin Anglais and also with the … Continue reading

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Friday post 14/04/23: with some cheap and cheerful scarves

Welcome to my blog! Today, I have been sorting out my massive load of photos and images on the iPad and came across these two random snaps that I took quite recently. I have a drawer of fairly cheap and … Continue reading

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Reading roundup 12/04/23

I do hope that you are all enjoying your own reading. Over the last week or so, I have been struggling to concentrate, but I have managed to finish one book… The book was Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Dragonfly Falling (#02 Shadows … Continue reading

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Monday post 10/04/23: hanging in there!

Welcome to a new week on my blog. It was Bank Holiday today, so I hope that those of you who had a day off enjoyed the break. Well, that was not a great weekend for me and my chaps! … Continue reading

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Friday post 07/04/23: with a new hairdo!

Hi, and welcome to Friday’s post. At last, I was able to go to my lovely hairdresser yesterday ! I hadn’t had a haircut since December, which seems such a long time ago. Anyway, Lovely Husband drove me there and … Continue reading

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Reading roundup 05/04/23

Welcome to this week’s Reading Roundup! I do hope that you have all enjoyed your reading recently and have discovered loads of great books, whatever your taste may be. Over the last week I have not been feeling very well … Continue reading

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Monday post 03/04/23: struggling

Welcome to my blog at the beginning of a new week. I try to post on Mondays with anything that takes my fancy, on Wednesdays with a roundup of the books I have finished reading, and on Fridays with any … Continue reading

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Friday post 31/03/23: sorting out Spring scarves

Hello and welcome to Friday’s post. Back in September, I wrote about sorting out my scarves into two piles: Autumn/Winter and Spring/Summer. I did just that and put a heap of boxes together so that I could easily choose a … Continue reading

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