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Off on holiday 23 Aug 2013 | 07:34 pm
Well, that's it. All the kids' summer jobs are over, I have a clear week, and we are off to some remote cottage Mrs T has found, with no electricity, wi-fi or anything else. Apparently the idea is th...
A Lifestyle Choice 22 Aug 2013 | 03:49 pm
I don't often read Peter Hitchens (or indeed anything in the Mail or Mail on Sunday, you will be shocked to learn) but somebody pointed me at this column and it set me thinking. I am not sure precise...
An Enjoyable Day Out 21 Aug 2013 | 05:12 pm
On Saturday, we made our way up the A6 to Brougham and Clifton. The A6 is a very small major road, as it goes from Kendal over the fells to Shap, then up over the tiny Eamont Bridge to Penrith. It is...
Memorare 20 Aug 2013 | 03:02 pm
In honour of St Bernard of Clairvaux, whose feast is celebrated today, here is the Memorare, which is often attributed to him. Memorare, O piissima Virgo Maria, non esse auditum a saeculo, quemquam a...
Happy Feast Day 15 Aug 2013 | 12:29 pm
Today is the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. At the end of her mortal life, by the grace of the merits of her Divine Son and her own unfailing cooperation with the will of the Fa....
A Great Day Out 15 Aug 2013 | 01:33 am
Anna and I (and Goldie) had a wonderful day at Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal. There is not much to add to what I wrote about the site on the occasion of our last visit, last year. However, it wa...
It's all happening... 14 Aug 2013 | 01:06 am
So tonight, for the first time for ages, we will have everyone under one roof. Ant is just back from a road trip in the USA with some university friends; Bernie has been down in London and parts sout...
In which Ben's genius lets him down... 13 Aug 2013 | 07:37 pm
Yesterday, Anna, the redoubtable Mrs T, initiated her plan to re-paint our bedroom. So I heaved (or possibly hove) furniture about, got dustsheets in from the shed and so on, and left her to it, as sh...
Prayers for Baby Eddie 11 Aug 2013 | 11:12 pm
I have been asked by @londonistar to write a post about Baby Eddie, and am delighted to do so. To be honest, until I was asked, I hadn't followed the story at all. I had seen the occasional tweet fro...
A short course in logic 10 Aug 2013 | 07:06 pm
As a service to my delightful and discerning readership (one of whom recently commented that he read one of my posts with all due contempt, which I have to say is precisely the correct amount of conte...
