Plans versus reality, How Hallowe’en turned out. Trying to make sense of now. Embracing vicarity.
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From Paris to Penguins
Recently I had a most enjoyable weekend celebrating my birthday. Strangely, after many years when birthdays seemed largely irrelevant, and even slightly embarrassing, it now seems good to have made it through another year. Because I planned the weekend instead of waiting for someone else to suggest doing something, I spent it with people IContinue reading “From Paris to Penguins”
Guilty Pleasures
As a post-war baby, I was brought up in a home where nothing was wasted and frugality was a virtue. Sweets were still rationed and allowed only on Saturdays. I dreamed of having shop-bought clothes instead of dresses made by my mother. (I didn’t fully appreciate her skills until later, eventually following in her footstepsContinue reading “Guilty Pleasures”
