Coffee Helps

I think, maybe, blogging is on hold for a while. I have no desire to try to be funny or entertaining at the moment, but then that only leaves mournful posts about lost love that would make a country song sound upbeat. A plane flew overhead the other day when I was lying on my [...]

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You feel a bit silly when you’re lying in your childhood bed, unable to get to sleep because you’ve got yourself into a state of nerves and panic. As I lay awake for most of last night, I remembered one night when I was about 10 years old. I lay in that same bed, in [...]

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You know, if all goes according to plan I will be out of here by the end of next week. It’s amazing how quickly a summer can go past when you’re moping and buying self help books about Getting Over It. And now I’m tempted to panic about the amount of work I still have [...]

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The previous post left a bit of a bad odour around here, so I’m counteracting it with a much nicer list… Freshly brewed coffee – Nothing smells nicer, nothing. Words do not do it justice, so I won’t try. Roast chicken – I think I’ve roasted a chicken once in my entire life, and it [...]

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K8‘s other half has been complaining about the smell of the magnificent White Lily. I have to agree with him, despite her objections – white lilies seriously upset me. They’re very pretty, I suppose, but I’d choose a less attractive flower with a less pungent odour any time. I have been known to leave a [...]

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Bah. Today was a complete waste of time, mainly because I am not, as it turns out, a gifted genealogist. Mum and I took the train to Belfast, clutching our notes of names and dates, to visit the PRONI. While it was certainly quite fun to get our photos taken and be issued important-looking visitor [...]

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