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For great justice

Twenty years ago, give or take a few days, one of the original memes spread across college computers. It was everywhere for a while, partly it was novelty as there were not so many other memes competing with it. Strange to think this was before even 9/11. In honour of the days when a meme […]

Flat visits

I had two visits to the flat today, once in the morning to have the kitchen measured for cabinets, and once for the contractor to make payments for our windows. It snowed a great deal in the morning, so on the morning visit it was very slippery and hard to walk straight, and there were […]

End of an age

An elderly relative of the GF died last night, the last of her generation. So they are all gone now, the ones who grew up on pre-war country estates in an imperial age. She was one of those who flourished in the war, going from those country estates and palace receptions to intelligence work wartime […]

White hair

It was very cold and bright this morning, though the flat was reasonably toasty. After a quiet start, the GF and I strolled out to see what is up with the flat, and found that the kitchen had been plastered and was looking very light and airy. It will be a shame to fill it […]

Virtues of broccoli

Overnight the weather changed, as forecast. Seemingly in the course of an hour, the temperature fell from 17 degrees to below zero, and when we woke up it was sleeting lightly. We woke up early, as we had to go to Tarabya as a friend had kindly volunteered to take us to a man who […]

Long overdue

This morning I went for a long overdue haircut. I don’t even have the lockdown excuse, really, just a dislike of going for haircuts which makes finding a hairdresser in new cities especially difficult. I became fed up yesterday, and spent about 20 minutes looking for a hairdresser who could cut short women’s hair. I […]

Ugh

More expenses have emerged around the flat, and the GF and I are feeling rather tender of wallet at the moment. Not, perhaps, the greatest surprise – it would have been quite remarkable to get through this whole business under budget, but still unpleasant. Oh well. May they not snowball. Aside from a very long […]