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No business like snow business by Carol M Tetlow 3/12/2023 10:31:13 AM
A week of meetings, tennis and otherwise. I finally got an evening in on Friday, much needed. Monday and Tuesday evenings were occupied with meetings. The Monday one was an AGM (about the district tennis league) at which I stood down as chairman and ... more
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It's a cliffhanger by Carol M Tetlow 3/5/2023 5:32:35 AM
Seventy three intrepid women attended the Ladies' Luncheon group I spoke to on Wednesday. After pork stroganoff, served with rice and green beans, then apple tart and cream, I managed to stay upright on my high heels long enough to entertain them. Th... more
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Is it a sign? by Carol M Tetlow 2/26/2023 1:32:35 AM
Another talk saw the week off to a good start. The audience were receptive and laughed a lot. Except that is for one lady - in the front row, of course - whose facial expression barely changed throughout the forty five minutes I spoke. That sort of r... more
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My new hobby by Carol M Tetlow 2/19/2023 7:15:40 AM
It will come as no surprise that if you sell your house then you have to find somewhere else to go and immediately you do this a whole new world opens up before you. Being not quite sure of what I want to live in, or indeed where, I have decided that... more
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Sold to the best bidder! by Carol M Tetlow 2/12/2023 6:22:51 AM
In the end it came down to something akin to pistols at dawn. Two people wanting my house, then one dropping out and me exhibiting a skill I had no idea that I possessed - that of tough negotiator, which resulted in the price that pleased me. Not onl... more
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Could this be the next novel? by Carol M Tetlow 2/5/2023 3:14:34 AM
If I thought last week was crazy then this week has trumped it, with bells on. Looking back in my diary, every day is full of scribbled appointments and as I sit here, it's hard to believe that only one week has passed since I wrote. It feels like a ... more
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Perpetual motion by Carol M Tetlow 1/29/2023 6:03:44 AM
I feel as though I've hardly sat down or had time to think this wee. It's been one thing after another in a relentless fashion. It started with a visit to the dentist, who at one point was laughing so much that I was fearful of the instruments headin... more
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Why we have diaries by Carol M Tetlow 1/22/2023 2:36:24 AM
Greetings from a Winter Wonderland. There's no snow but enough frost and ice to make the trees look ethereal and the ground white as though it has snowed. The freezing fog of last night has gone, thankfully but it's still blitheringly cold and I can ... more
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It's all in the detail by Carol M Tetlow 1/15/2023 5:29:29 AM
Feeling bizarrely nervous, I went to give my first talk of the year. They were a group of retired NHS workers in the town where I used to work and a lot of familiar faces beamed at me from the audience. It was probably a good group to start with and ... more
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On the move by Carol M Tetlow 1/8/2023 5:30:19 AM
Shall we start with the health update? Why not and I am pleased to report that the shingles have cleared up and I can now wear my tennis leggings quite comfortably and walk normally. This morning, I've had my first foray back to the gym and sat comfo... more
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Good resolutions by Carol M Tetlow 1/1/2023 9:14:03 AM
There are many reasons to be cheerful and positive. Firstly, I am not longer uttering the word 'ouch' at the beginning and end (and sometimes the middle) of every sentence. I can wear all my normal clothes, comfortably and inspections, with the aid o... more
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An unusual present by Carol M Tetlow 12/25/2022 3:24:20 AM
Happy Christmas everyone. I write to you from the sofa, half lying, half sitting, in a loose, floaty dress, every few seconds uttering the word 'ouch'. It was my birthday three days ago and the only reason that I mention this, was because it will be ... more
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Chilling out for once by Carol M Tetlow 12/18/2022 6:15:26 AM
Momentary excitement as I saw snowflakes falling but after a few minutes of them floating aimlessly about, now it seems more like rain, which is hard to imagine as it's still so very cold. Apparently, the cold snap is over and we will be flinging jum... more
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Getting Bit by Chris Grey 12/12/2022 3:22:58 PM
An altercation and mutilation.
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Seize the day! by Carol M Tetlow 12/11/2022 6:10:33 AM
We have been transported into a Winter Wonderland as the temperatures have dropped and each morning when the curtains are pulled open heavy frost is decorating everything as far as the eye can see. The nearby lake is frozen and the ducks are disgrunt... more
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I can see clearly now - some of the time by Carol M Tetlow 12/4/2022 8:39:03 AM
The rain is pouring down outside, so the curtains are closed, the fire is on and I'm snuggled up on the sofa. Oh, it is teatime by the way, just in case you were wondering if it was mid-morning. I haven't sunk to that level as yet, though the time mi... more
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Next question please by Carol M Tetlow 11/27/2022 5:12:09 AM
This time last week I was feverishly preparing for a quiz night for charity. Having set up the room as far as I could first thing in the morning, I returned late afternoon to put out centrepieces on each table (plates full of crisps!) and set up the ... more
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Last talk of the year by Carol M Tetlow 11/20/2022 3:12:42 AM
Last talk of the year - it's been and gone and was memorable for several reasons. The hotel I spoke at is, apparently the one used by Royal visitors to the town, who land by helicopter on a nearby grassy sward and then pop in to the hotel to change i... more
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Fog, talking and bad elbows by Carol M Tetlow 11/13/2022 12:00:54 AM
Up before the lark this morning, not that I'd be able to see any larks as there's thick fog hugging the local fields. It's been an extraordinarily mild week, not a bit as November should be but finally there's a chill in the air, which funnily enough... more
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Bouncing again by Carol M Tetlow 11/6/2022 6:37:10 AM
Bursting with good health and immunity now that I've had a flu vaccination and my covid booster. Fortunately no side effects after either apart from a minimally sore arm. It seemed quite weird to go back to the centre where I had been a vaccinator an... more
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