Category Archives: Personal Journal

February Belatedly March-ed

Posted on March 1, 2020 by colonialist

So Feb, from clinging on, has moved on. MBH came out of hospital yesterday, rather rickety but improved quickly. Unfortunately, more procedures are indicated. Can’t find a suitable picture for this one – I don’t think a gore and guts … Continue reading →

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Never Rains . . .

Posted on February 28, 2020 by colonialist

It has rained all day. Even when I ventured out to get this photo of the success of my Rain Catcher it suddenly poured on me gleefully, catching me out in the open. Another pouring thing is that Much Better … Continue reading →

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Unwelcome Hospitality

Posted on February 21, 2020 by colonialist

Here we went again: another day, another hospital.                 This may seem welcoming enough, but the reality was that it was a rack of torture. Successive blood transfusions and no sleep for about … Continue reading →

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Times Increasingly Interesting

Posted on February 17, 2020 by colonialist

The wrongly-sourced curse of ‘interesting times’ (it is not Chinese but probably American) has certainly come upon us. Most the past week has been spent in hospitals, clinics, doctors’ waiting rooms, or travelling from one to the other. One Specialist … Continue reading →

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TOBOGGAN RIDE THAT COST +- ONE MILLION POUNDS

Posted on February 5, 2020 by colonialist

I am a dangerous person to be around, in that I am given to violins. The one I play most often is a run-of-the mill Suzuki: My other one, that Rhiannon has been picking up the rudiments on, is something … Continue reading →

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Race Against Time

Posted on February 3, 2020 by colonialist

One again loadshed time approaches at speed, and the internet is going at all the rate of a lame slug.  ‘Highlights’ of the day have been going fifty miles across Death Valley to fetch our new garden labour force (Mondays … Continue reading →

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Four Cases Solved by Sherlock Colonialist

Posted on January 30, 2020 by colonialist

Apart from a brief spell in the middle of the month I have been without internet and email for the entire time; reasons being too complex and numerous to list. The latest loss took place about a week ago when … Continue reading →

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A Striking Day with Hit Tunes

Posted on December 30, 2019 by colonialist

My Christmas Day main gift with the one it replaces. Constructed on 26th. The old one’s adjustments packed in years ago. The new one is thrillingly adaptable!  As Rhiannon discovered, by pulling out the adjustment lever it becomes a rocker. … Continue reading →

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Christmas 2019 Worth Thousands of Words

Posted on December 27, 2019 by colonialist

© December 2019 Colonialis

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Shelved and a Totally Week-ed Week to Leave One Weak

Posted on December 23, 2019 by colonialist

Let us hope that this time, I am able to post this. What a week! On Monday, I was preparing to stay in bed and assemble shelves there when a call came from a friend down the road who wanted … Continue reading →

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