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.. and the weekend after

Posted on May 8, 2011 by celiawriting

Come Saturday it became apparent that I am one of a national trend, hundreds of LibDem councillors not having been re-elected.  It’s something of a pity that public spirited individuals working for local communities should be ‘thrown out’ on account … Continue reading →

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..the morning after

Posted on May 6, 2011 by celiawriting

Last night, or rather this morning, to bed around 4 a.m. and heard the first bird – a cuckoo.  No euphoric haze of re-election because all three of the LibDem councillors standing for re-election were wiped out – as were … Continue reading →

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The Elections!

Posted on May 5, 2011 by celiawriting

Well, it’s all been rather quiet here on the blogsite lately, what with Easter, The Wedding and now the Elections!   It has not been at all quiet out here in the shires, where we have four ballots tomorrow:  Voting Reform, … Continue reading →

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Who could envy Jamie Perks? [Philip Larkin got it right]

Posted on April 5, 2011 by celiawriting

Who could envy Jamie Perks?   Or:  Philip Larkin* got it right The Archers editorial team really have got it in for troubled teenager Jamie Perks.  As if they had not devised enough for this lad to handle already, the latest … Continue reading →

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Where were you when they killed Nigel Pargetter? [part 2]

Posted on April 1, 2011 by celiawriting

/continued…    dum-di-dum-di-dum… ‘They’ve killed Nigel!’ I shrieked in outrage as we disembarked.   “How could they do that!”   It was all quite unsettling and, as others have observed, a bizarre way for The Archers to celebrate the Big Anniversary   And what … Continue reading →

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Where were you when they killed Nigel Pargetter?

Posted on April 1, 2011 by celiawriting

Suspension of disbelief – suspension of belief? I was reminded of dear old Nigel only today [1st April and this not an April Fool] on hearing Graham Seed’s dulcet tones on Radio 4.  You may recall that Graham played the … Continue reading →

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Victory?

Posted on March 27, 2011 by celiawriting

Without wishing to tempt Fate, or the Furies, or whoever, it’s possible the gremlins in the website have taken a holiday.  If this posts successfully and in the right place, three cheers for the triumph of mind over technology!  Here … Continue reading →

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Budget Day

Posted on March 23, 2011 by celiawriting

What a beautiful sunny warm spring day for a Budget!   I’m not being too serious about this budget as the implications have yet to be analysed, and no doubt they will be dissected inside out by the pundits.  But the … Continue reading →

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Japan

Posted on March 16, 2011 by celiawriting

With the news from Japan heavy upon us at this moment there is nothing that can be said today that is not going to seem irrelevant, facile or trite.  Let us simply think of and – depending on people’s individual … Continue reading →

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The nettle in the sentence

Posted on March 9, 2011 by celiawriting

Last month we returned home after a few weeks away.  While catching up with the backlog of ‘normal’ life I paid little attention to the pot plants on the windowsill, except for a slurp of water every so often.  Then … Continue reading →

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Daylight Robbery?

Posted on March 9, 2011 by celiawriting

It seems the great British public is being robbed annually of that fundamental and free commodity: daylight.  How many have cottoned on to this?  We have never been consulted as far as I know [have we?] yet we accept the … Continue reading →

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On World Book Night: Libraries!

Posted on March 4, 2011 by celiawriting

Three Cheers, it’s World Book Night!  No cheers for the councils cutting libraries.  They may say it’s a question of “use or or lose it”, so are we book-lovers making good use of our local libraries? Parents may be reading … Continue reading →

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Let’s start with a joke

Posted on March 2, 2011 by celiawriting

Wordplay has been a mainstay of the British sense of humour from Shakespeare onward. Double meanings lead to misunderstandings, chaos and hilarity.  The style has been adopted and adapted enthusiastically in the US.  This joke, which could have been invented … Continue reading →

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Savage by name but not by nature..

Posted on February 16, 2011 by celiawriting

I am developing my writing via the Professional Writing MA at University College Falmouth.   Writing online is a new challenge which I’m enjoying – maybe not surprising as I tend to be a compulsive communicator (and I’m a Gemini). In … Continue reading →

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