View from the Potting Shed

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This is it. By the morning our Telewest Blueyonder broadband internet connection will have been disconnected, and a nice man will be chapping at the door asking kindly for their equipment to be returned.
On the whole, it’s been a good three years living here in Edinburgh. We’ve had our share of fun, we’ve […]

It really feels like we’re moving now. My shelves are now bereft of cassettes, compact discs and most of my books.

I have 17 boxes of books so far. I’m just glad we don’t live in the National Library of Scotland, otherwise I’d be up all night (at the very least) filling banana boxes.

All […]

The scene in our guest bedroom this afternoon, having cleared out all the packing boxes from the room-space cupboard:

The wardrobe of adventure, part 1

Hey Smudge (that’s the cat!)! What’s this … an ordinary wardrobe? Haven’t you seen Narnia?! Through the back of special wardrobes there is always excitement and adventure …
The wardrobe […]

I can’t believe I’ve not blogged about Freecycle yet. Freecycle is great.
What is Freecycle?
The Freecycle Network was started nearly three years ago in the USA to promote waste reduction and save things being needlessly sent to landfills. It has since spread across the globe. There are now groups in countries from Argentina […]

The last few days have seen quite a few moments of saying goodbye, and a few tears too.
Thursday
I had my last regular meeting with my spiritual director on Thursday. He has accompanied me through a great deal in the last nine years or so (can it really be that long?) The meeting went […]

Cellardyke on a warmer, happier day, late Summer 2004.
I’ve hardly had time to blog these last couple of days, so what have I been up to that’s kept me from entertaining you? I’ve just got in from a visit to the public house (my first since the smoking ban) and have been catching up […]