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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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Dear Christina, thank you for your lovely comment. Yes, it’s so hard when we lose loved ones. I don’t think…
Dear Lauren, thank you so very much for your kindness and encouragement. I really appreciate your support. Love and best…
Hi Anne, I am a reader of your blog and follow you for your scarf posts. I've been reading for…
Anne, I am sorry about the loss of your old BG from years ago. I agree we never forget young…
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Category Archives: Lifestyle
Friday post 20/02/26: Finding joy in small moments during tough times
So it’s Friday again and time to write a blog post. This has been an extremely difficult week for me. My depression has been deep and dark on many days and I have been struggling to cope with life. I … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Lifestyle, Scarves, Wardrobe
Tagged depression, exercise, Hermès, illness, La Promenade de Platon, purple, turquoise
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Friday post 06/02/26: With a monster scarf!
Friday is here, so it’s blogging day! This week has been a bit up and down. I had intended to go to the hairdresser today, as my hair looks awful, but my mental health has been quite dreadful. Perhaps it … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Health, Scarves, Wardrobe, Lifestyle, New home
Tagged Hermès, navy, blue, depression, mental health, Sweet Dreams, Jan Bajtlik
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Friday post 30/01/26: With some sad news
So, Friday has come around again and it’s time for a new post! Unfortunately I had some very sad news this week. I found out, via Facebook, that a former boyfriend had passed away very suddenly. This was a long … Continue reading
Posted in Friends, Lifestyle, Scarves, Wardrobe
Tagged bereavement, Fetolia, Hermès, Hermès Tea Time, Le Jaguar et le Colibri, Olympian Gods, sadness
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Friday post 16/01/26: Hooray! It’s all over!
Welcome to my blog, friends and visitors. Today we have had the excellent news that our house has finally been sold! It is just short of a year from when Elder Son and I first saw the bungalow where we … Continue reading
Friday post 09/01/26: With a returning Librain!
Well, strictly speaking I returned on Wednesday, but this is the first “proper” post of the year! I am attempting to pick up this blog again after quite a long break for mental health reasons. Everything became too much for … Continue reading
Posted in Clothes, House sale, Lifestyle, Scarves, Shopping, Special days, Wardrobe
Tagged Christmas, green, Hermès, house move, John Lewis, Le Jaguar et le Colibri, New Year, One Hundred Stars, orange, Sous Le Charme d’Orphee, teal, Tulipomanie
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Saturday post 15/11/25: With some pretty things!
So, it looks as if Fridays are out at the moment in terms of blog posts! A few things seem to be happening on that day. Nothing amazing, just stuff like health appointments and the like. I have decided to … Continue reading
Posted in Health, House sale, Lifestyle, Scarves, Wardrobe
Tagged amethyst, birthdays, depression, gifts, illness, mental health, presents, purple
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Saturday post 01/11/25: Selling our house #07
Well, here we are on the first day of a new month and it’s Saturday! Yes, yet again I was too tired to post yesterday because I managed to leave the house to run some errands. The first task was … Continue reading
Posted in House sale, Lifestyle, Outfit of the day, Scarves, Wardrobe
Tagged Blue Nile, blue topaz, Clarissa Hulse, Cloud Forest, Halcyon Days, navy, teal, turquoise
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Reading roundup 29/10/25
Welcome to this week’s reading post. To be quite honest, it has been a very strange week in my reading journey. Yesterday I gave up on yet another book and looked through my “Currently Reading” list on Goodreads and marked … Continue reading
Posted in Lifestyle
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Friday post 24/10/25: With apologies
Apologies. I can’t post today because I am struggling dreadfully with my mental health. I was supposed to go out today to get my new glasses and visit our old house, but I can’t get out of bed. I hope … Continue reading
Posted in Lifestyle
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Friday post 17/10/25: I have actually managed to go out!
Welcome to my blog. For most of this year I have been using Friday’s posts to log our house moving saga. Today I don’t have any news for you on that front, instead I am writing about my first trip … Continue reading
Posted in Handbags, Lifestyle, Outfit of the day, Scarves, Wardrobe
Tagged blue, Hermès, Ianthe, Liberty, Massaccesi, Mythiques Phoenix Coloriages, navy, pink, red
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