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The death of coolness
It’s been dawning on me a while. It started with finding Radio Four interesting to listen to and learn from, rather than being boring due to lack of music. And finding listening to it, coupled with a spot of crochet, … Continue reading
Posted in Bumpkinsville, Pog Life
Tagged coolness, death of coolness, gardening, middle age, yoga
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Not selfless but smiley
Is there a truly selfless act? One that you gain absolutely no benefit from? Sister 2 and I discussed this in depth a while back and we went through all sorts of scenarios. In the end we realised that ultimately … Continue reading
Posted in Pog Life
Tagged acts of kindness, eggs, humph, secret baker, selfless act, Sister 2, smiles, thank you
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The Dress of Daftness
Last Friday I took half a day’s leave. I spent it sitting in my parent’s cellar with my Mum. I was sewing a dress and Mum was helping me (there were pleats, darts and bias binding involved. There was no … Continue reading
Posted in Pog Life, sewing, Trichotillomania, Uncategorized
Tagged daftness, mum, sewing, sewing a dress, work
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Salesmen and guard cats – a bit of a warning
Last Thursday evening my door bell rung. Two men from a big UK window company stood there and informed me that they could see I had decent double glazed windows, but had I thought about a conservatory? I said I … Continue reading
Happy blog day to The Pog Blog!
Tomorrow it is three years since my first blog post on here! This week at work we were shown a new presentation tool. I don’t think it’s actually that new – bright young things are apparently using it to write … Continue reading
Bank Holiday Lessons Learned
As I said in my last post, I went to visit the Lovely Nut in her lovely house in a field on Friday. I came back on Sunday which meant that the long weekend somehow felt longer. It was certainly … Continue reading
Posted in Bumpkinsville, Pog Life
Tagged bank holiday weekend, bumpkinsville, house in the field, lessons of the week, The Lovely Nut
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A few years ago I went on a training course through work. It wasn’t one of those awful ones that you can’t wait to get out of – it was the sort you’d happily do again the next week. The … Continue reading
I’ve got a brand new combine harvester…
…and I’ll give you the key! (It’s a song, just in case that doesn’t translate outside of Bumpkinsville.) OK, it’s not a combine harvester and you won’t be getting any key, but I do have brand new car! It all … Continue reading
Four legged frolics
I wrote a long start to this post, but I just deleted it. Instead, my introduction is that I have been feeling the need to be needed more and more lately. I realise that’s pretty much selfish, but there you … Continue reading
Posted in animals, Pog Life
Tagged cat, dog, introducing my cat to a dog, Lola, Norman, Sister 1
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A remedy for….something
Yesterday I coughed into the ear of a colleague almost consistently for half an hour. To set the scene a little more accurately, the colleague in question was in America and we were on a teleconference, so it wasn’t quite … Continue reading
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