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May The Wee Scruffy Dog of Indeterminate Heritage Be With You
Some Sundays when I used to phone my mum, we would have nothing much to talk about.
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Honey be good.
Considering I grew up in Scotland, I can’t believe I'm about to say this, but it's raining here in LA this morning and I'm loving it.
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Cast off
I've always liked Easter as a holiday.
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The card that doesn't come
It was my birthday this week.
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The Mystical Poodle
This week, Mark and I were in the parking lot of the grocery store, and the woman parked up next to us had a mystical poodle in a basket.
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Cast
Now, I do not wish to boast, but before too long, I will be back to full-on jazz hands capability.Not that I am an enormous fan of jazz hands - I feel…
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Buzzing
One of the only - or perhaps THE only -brilliant thing about having a broken wrist is that it completely legitimizes ‘cant be arsed-ness’ Because, you…
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Checks and Balances
There's an Opossum living in our backyard. We've named him, Gus.
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Pain in the Ar...ehm
So here’s a thing about me.I don’t do painkillers. This has less to do with virtue, and more to do with nosiness. If I have pain, I want to know why.
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Cracking Time
I am impatient.I am impatient. I learned that this week. Although considering how impatient I am, you’d think I'd have learned that ages ago.
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The explicit danger of light dusting
This may be the most random Note I've written, and if you've been reading these Notes for a while, you'll know that’s a bit of an achievement as my…
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Wee Windows
The first house I ever remember living in was tall and thin. On the ground floor, there was a kitchen, a bathroom, and the coal boiler.
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Hatching
It has been quiet here in Tweddley Manor this week. Unusually quiet.
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Notes From The Valley
Notes From The Valley
Weekly notes from professional show off, chicken keeper and part time grouch, Lynn Ferguson, direct from the San Fernando Valley California, via Cumbernauld . Scotland.
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