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Tales from the City- The Samosa Queen

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The Shame of the Samosa Queen… or do you love anyone enough to give them your last Rolo? Every Tuesday morning my neighbour starts cooking and I try to think of reasons to stay home. The smell drifts over the … Continue reading

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Tales from the city- Waiting for the bus

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Waiting for the bus There is a bus stop just outside my front door. Normally I walk to the train station, which is maybe on a bad day– a ten-minute walk.  Certainly not worth the £1.00 the bus costs to … Continue reading

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Tales From The City-Putney Bridge

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PUTNEY BRIDGE -RIDING THE TUBE I had just spent a lovely afternoon in Fulham, and it was time to get back home.  I had spent some time in the Fulham Palace Gardens, not too far from my tube stop. The … Continue reading

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Good Morning Seattle!

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Just a glimpse of an early morning in Seattle as the ferry glides into port. Coffee warms the hands. Seagulls head for their posts at the fish and chip restaurants on the pier, eager for their sunday morning feast–  french … Continue reading

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Time waits for no man, actually, make that- time waits for no dog!

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My life has always been ruled by time and rarely my own. Growing up I had to get up at six to get ready for school. Breakfast was a bowl of porridge on good days, and on bad days, an … Continue reading

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Save the red ones for me! Smarties that is!

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The first thing I ever did with my new box of Smarties was tip it out and count out how many red ones I had! The red ones were precious gems. All you needed to do, was to slightly wet … Continue reading

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We were young gods flying through alleyways!

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If anyone needs any proof  that I am an incurable romantic, they needn’t look any further than my Dutch City Bike, Omafiets, which just means Grandma bike. So naturally I named mine Oma. Oma is just that, a bike that … Continue reading

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Terrier Owner Falls Victim To Love.

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                             As we progress as humans, more discoveries are being made about the emotional life of animals. Chimps are using Ipads to communicate with each other. Elephants weep. We no … Continue reading

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Walk like the Dickens, Charles that is!

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It snowed the other day. Ted, my trusty wire fox terrier, decided that my hours at the desk were done, and it was now his time for his walk. We set off into the city woods, an acre or two … Continue reading

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Tales from the City-The Little Bookshop somewhere on Charing Cross Road.

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Sometimes going back in time is a colossal mistake. I remember traipsing after my father along Charing Cross Road to various little bookshops with lead fronted windows and solid wood doors. I didn’t pay too much attention to the shop’s … Continue reading

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