Easter part 2

Well back to work tomorrow, after what has been a lovely break. Yesterday I spent a solid 2 hours in the garden in the morning and got the garden by the front fence tidy as well as some parts by the house. In the afternoon I started on my essay again – but had some [...]

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New book by Alain de Botton

New book The pleasures and sorrows of work is out early next month. Here’s the publicity from Alain’s website: We spend much of our lives at work – but surprisingly little gets written about what makes work both one of the most exciting and most painful of all our activities. The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work is [...]

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The week that was …

Well it’s back to work for me tomorrow after a week off at home. I just really wanted a week off to recharge my batteries and get a few things out of the way before study starts again – the semester starts on 23rd Feb, so two weeks of freedom left! It’s funny how the [...]

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How are we to live part 2

We watched a documentary (on DVD) about Michael King during the week called “History Man” – it came out in 2004, the year he died.  It’s well worth a watch, and is visually quite stunning – especially the shots of the Chathams. And it makes me think I really should read some of his books [...]

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Elinor who?

Take the Quiz here! Apparently…. You are Elinor Dashwood of Sense & Sensibility! You are practical, circumspect, and discreet. Though you are tremendously sensible and allow your head to rule, you have a deep, emotional side that few people often see. Maybe I should add “Read some Jane Austen” to my to do list this [...]

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How are we to live?

As I still haven’t been able to get my hands on the Blood Detective, I have started reading How are we to live : ethics in an age of self-interest by Peter Singer. It’s a very readable book – at the moment he’s exploring how we have come to become such a consumer society. Given that [...]

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The year so far ….

Its been a fairly quiet start to the year for me – have been concentrating on things around the house over the last few days. We have got one of the double windows at the front of the house repainted so that was a good thing to get ticked off the list. We also painted [...]

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