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The Librain
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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!
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Anne, Delighted to see you are back and smiling ! Congratulations on the sale of your home. Bittersweet isn't it.…
[…] D’Orphée and the purchase code is H894358S 03. I am currently in the process of updating the Scarf of…
Thank you for your comment. I have looked through my records and found that I bought the shawl from eBay…
I adore scarves, one can never have too many. I noticed you have Liberty Ianthe varuna wool scarf, pictured on…
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Category Archives: Blogging
Update 19/06/18: Blog housekeeping
After a very bad night, fighting the dreaded cough, I have had to rest a lot today. Well, when I say rest…. erm, maybe not. As Elder Son is at home feeling unwell, it hasn’t been much of a rest. … Continue reading
Update 13/04/18
Sorry that this post is so late this evening. I am just feeling very tired after a fairly OK kind of day. This is similar to what I intended to wear today, but I ended up simply slinging a jumper … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Lifestyle
Tagged Accessorize, aqua, cream, earrings, Halcyon Days, jumpers, Lands' End
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Update 16/03/18
First of all, I must apologise for my rather short and unexciting posts this week. It is difficult to write well when recovering from extra illness on top of already existing conditions. I am hoping that I feel stronger next … Continue reading
Update 15/03/18
There is not much for me to write about today as, yet again, I have been too ill to do very much. I am also thinking hard about an issue I am having and whether I want to talk about … Continue reading
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Outfit of the day 12/01/18
Most days, even if I don’t manage to get out of bed for long, I try to wear something nice and also add a scarf and earrings. I now have quite a coordinated wardrobe with lovely matching accessories, so I … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Clothes, Lifestyle, Outfit of the day, Scarves, Wardrobe
Tagged aqua, Cotton Traders, cream, earrings, eBay, joggers, jumpers, Laws of the Game of Cricket, Liberty, Marks and Spencer, navy, necklaces, style, turquoise, white
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Happy New Year!
I wish all my family, friends and visitors to this blog a very Happy New Year! Here’s hoping that 2018 is a lot better than 2017, although that year did have its moments. I am also very pleased that this … Continue reading
Update 18/12/17
I am going to ease up a little from posting on this blog for a couple of weeks over the holiday period. Instead of trying to post every week day, I will cut it down to probably three times a … Continue reading
Blog updates 12/05/17
Before I retired in 2014, I was a school librarian for many years, with seven years “off” bringing up our two lads. My old Librain blog was all about the wonderful profession of school librarianship, but ill-health, both physical and … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Libraries, Politics
Tagged blogs, illness, information management, librarians, librarianship, mental health, organisation, school libraries
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Dear Lauren, thank you so much for your kind comment. I must admit that I feel a bit strange about…