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Why I broke up with umbrellas

I am maladroit with an awful inevitability. I will catch something, bump something, rip it, stain it with chocolate, trip over it, put a heel through it, get stuck in it. I stopped using an umbrella when I had my son James and I had to push his pram in
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We count

The culmination of weeks of campaigning as a Liberal Democrat Candidate.
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Back to the stove

How I broke up with mechanised coffee
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Tribal

Question everything but don't expect people to enjoy it.
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I have learned this week...

…that people who don’t care for the truth about you will debase themselves to any level to avoid hearing it. They will spread gossip; they will talk over you; they will shout you down; they will insult you; they will laugh at you; they will walk away, all without
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This year's tulips

Here’s a little post about the tulips in my garden. I am still getting to grips with the difference between posts and notes on here. Bear with me if I’ve got it wrong. Every autumn I have a conversation with my friend Kiran who does my garden, about
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Because they're family

Our return from Hong Kong
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Hiatus

I'm posting this link to the latest post from my blog to see if it will appear as a post if I do it like this. Direct postings have ended up in "Notes" Please bear with me. I'm just learning this.
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Hiatus

I'm posting this link to the latest post from my blog to see if it will appear as a post if I do it like this. Direct postings have ended up in "Notes" Please bear with me. I'm just learning this.
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