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Old Bag
Notes From The Valley is a reader-supported publication. Please consider becoming a paid subscriber. I had the loveliest birthday this week, though it…
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Years in the past, and also somehow just 5 minutes ago.
Thank you so much for the big wonderful birthday love, beautiful people. I’m taking the day off to do…well, stuff, but thought I’d send this out in the…
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Why Mermaids don't have feet.
Years and years ago when dinosaurs roamed the earth, and I was at Drama school, we were doing a Brechtian chorus as part of our end-of-year show. (Don’t…
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The arrival of the great detectives
So this week we took delivery of 5 new baby chickens. Yes, we could have hatched our own, but then we might have roosters. And it's the hardest thing in…
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Current Qualified Professional Asshole
It's been a weird old week this week. I've found myself unreasonably impatient and annoyed by the actions of other people. Not people who are close to…
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Pinchers can get punched.
Today is St Patrick's Day in the US. It is, of course, St Patrick's Day all over the world, and most importantly in Ireland, but I’m pretty certain even…
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The dangers of recovering patio furniture
So, it all started fairly innocently. We have outdoor furniture that we inherited when we arrived in the Valley in 2008. It's really good quality, but…
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Genghis Can
We have patio doors leading to the backyard, and of a morning when I walk into the kitchen, I know I’m being watched. Not by a creepy neighbor or an axe…
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What's cooking?
Supposedly, in any couple, there is one who packs the dishwasher with the precision of a Scandinavian architect, and the other like a monkey on crack…
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When The Road Takes An Unexpected Turn
You know how some people say, “Don’t just weather the storm, learn how to dance in the rain.”? Personally, I feel it should be OK to punch them in the…
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On the matter of Boomerangs.
If you enjoy these Notes From The Valley, please consider becoming a paid subscriber. There's a joke that goes: What do you call a boomerang that never…
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Two wrongs
Don't make a right
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Upcycling Perspective
There are some stories that feel like they’re too painful to tell – that if you were to open your mouth and give them life, they would cut you in two. I…
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Notes From The Valley
Notes and ramblings from professional show off, Lynn Ferguson, direct from the San Fernando Valley California, via Cumbernauld.
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