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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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Friday post 14/02/25: Moving house #02 – I 💕💗💖💗💕 this house!
See what I did there? Welcome to my Valentine’s Day post! As I wrote last week, I am using these Friday posts to document the stages of England’s house purchase and moving processes. Let’s hope that it all goes smoothly. … Continue reading
Friday post 07/02/25: Moving house #01 – beginning the adventure!
Hello and welcome to my blog. In the last couple of weeks I have been rambling along a bit without much focus. My brain has been exhausted by so very many topics, issues and thoughts and it has spilled over … Continue reading
Monday post 29/01/24: taking a break
This is just a short post to say that I am taking a week’s break from the blog. I am going through some really difficult health and family issues at the moment and am struggling badly. So, I think that … Continue reading
Friday post 13/01/23: with a range of scarves!
I almost didn’t post today! We have had a difficult couple of days and I am now exhausted and in pain from pulling a muscle in my side. I won’t go into the background story very much, but will simply … Continue reading
Monday post 05/12/22: under too much stress!
Welcome to Monday’s post. I had decided to skip today’s post because I am feeling so stressed and ill, but I will try to write something. Unfortunately, Lovely Husband and I have been struggling to manage Elder Son’s difficulties all … Continue reading
Update 07/02/22 with a break
Apologies, but I am going to take a short break from the blog this week. My health is very poor and my stress levels are pretty awful. I just don’t feel up to writing and I don’t want to moan … Continue reading
Update 24/01/22 with light sources!
Welcome to a new week on my blog. I do hope that you had a great weekend. Ours was rather up and down. The stress of these current times is really getting to Elder Son. In addition to his usual … Continue reading
Update 20/08/21
Apologies, but this will be a short post today. We are struggling at the moment with Elder Son’s moods and I am sitting in bed, shaking with stress and exhaustion. I’m sure that it will all blow over soon. A … Continue reading
Update 09/03/20
I am sorry, but I just cannot write a full post today. We are really struggling in our household with a number of issues and my body has reacted very badly. To put it truthfully and bluntly: I am a … Continue reading
Update 25/11/19: with some painful thoughts
I didn’t really know how to title this post as I decided to write out some truthful and painful thoughts today. I started this blog, back in January 2017, as a way of getting myself back into writing again and, … Continue reading
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