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- From tiles to files
- Palindromes at Posh Town
- The prime of Miss Cash jr
- Lunch in the church hall
- “Lloyd George knew my father”?
- The real thing
- Snow here and there
- Lights on Twelfth Night
- Unexpected scooting, unexpected saving
- Nearly the last gasp?
- Winter ritual
- Addressee unknown
- Family and fraudsters
- This week? Last week?
- Homecoming
- Still with us?
- Legal exploitation
- Seven seven six six six
- Shocking blue, then blonde in black and pink
- Parent and child
- Tam
- Benjy
- Privileges of the prosperous
- At variance
- Cultural difference
- So much to do
- Unsettling changes
- People of Posh Town
- Fading into history
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Tag Archives: 2016
How the other 99% live
Sunday 6 November 2016 Three pews ahead of me is a slightly swarthy man, holding in his arms a little girl dressed all in red who is probably approaching her second birthday. She is upright and alert, looking back in … Continue reading
Lunch for nine at Posh Town
Thursday 3 November 2016 I set off for Posh Town in good time, and there are no delays on the journey. In recent years I have always parked in the same place just up the road from the house of … Continue reading
No Wayback
Thursday 8 September 2016 It occurs to me that Mrs Wayback is another of the school-run mothers whom I didn’t see on Monday or Tuesday.
Mr AV
Monday 16 May 2016 Mr AV is a man who throughout his life can rarely have lacked for anything. Buffered from many of the harsh realities that most people have to grapple with, and understanding little about science or technology, … Continue reading
Preliminary to peering at the Peppercorn?
Friday 29 April 2016 Belle and Mrs Fern ascend from where the lower part of the school-house garden abuts the school precinct. They are accompanied by another woman, whom I have seen previously without ever assigning a name to her; … Continue reading
End of the nine days wondering
Sunday 21 February 2016 As I’m finishing packing the car, I see Mr OS descending the far pavement of Acacia Grove. I wave to him, and he waves to me and calls: “Good morning.” [sic — the time is a … Continue reading
Echo-chamber of social media
Many parenting bloggers have expressed their dismay and incredulity at the result of the EU referendum. “How can Brexit have won? Nobody I know voted for Brexit.” Pro-Brexit parenting bloggers seem to be very thin on the ground. In the … Continue reading
Options for change
Parenting bloggers seem to have been steering clear of an important subject: the EU referendum which will take place on 23 June. I wasn’t intending to say anything about that subject on this blog, but then a parenting blogger did … Continue reading
Non-captive audience
In the mid-1960s, the Deceased Lady used to visit her cousin Mrs Lee on Tuesday afternoons. I was never present, but the Deceased Lady told me some of the things they talked about. It seemed that Mrs Lee kept coming … Continue reading
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