Monthly Archives: June 2009

Out of the Loop…..

Posted on June 27, 2009 by Val

Needing some shopping today, we caught the bus into Dumfries. We had three hours in the town before catching the bus back – what we actually needed to do would have taken us under an hour. So we had a … Continue reading →

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Just Say No….

Posted on June 27, 2009 by Val

Didn’t have the TV on at all for most of yesterday. Got very bad-tempered at having my usual news programmes hijacked by the Global Jackothon (even Al-Jazeera was covering it). In consequence, I got quite a lot of reading done, … Continue reading →

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Wot I Did On The Solstice….

Posted on June 21, 2009 by Val

….not a lot. I’d had a really tiring couple of days. Friday I bussed into town to get some shopping, banking and bill-paying done, and managed to miss the bus back (I was sitting on the library wall some yards … Continue reading →

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Walking, walking, walking….

Posted on June 17, 2009 by Val

Still without a car, and likely to remain so for some time. So I’m getting in lots of walking. So long as I keep it to a sensible level, it’s not being too hard. Without a car, shopping is the … Continue reading →

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I can haz music….

Posted on June 16, 2009 by Val

My iPod arrived today – wo0t!! It took me a while to figure out the touchpad controls, and I’m still trying to find out how to turn the damm thing off to save the battery. But I can now have … Continue reading →

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I Am Reading….

Posted on June 10, 2009 by Val

…Sara Maitland’s The Book of Silence – an autobiographical essay on her search for, and meditations on, silence. I can agree with much of what she writes – of how silence should be regarded a presence, not an absence, for … Continue reading →

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So Farewell, Buttercup….

Posted on June 2, 2009 by Val

…and we hardly knew ye…. Despite Buttercup being a low-slung Fiat, B would drive it along the most incredibly rough, rocky forest trails. On almost every trip, rocks would bang against the underside. B always dismissed my worries – but … Continue reading →

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