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^^43/2020^^ catching up

Monica Dunkley

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March 31, 2020

One good thing about this enforced home stay is that even the mending pile, suddenly offers some welcome relief from the monotony of the daily routine. We’re doing ok, we have room to disperse and not be in each other’s pockets unless we want to but even so the ‘openendness’ of the whole affair can …

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^^28/2020^^ Normal People (Sally Rooney)

Monica Dunkley

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February 25, 2020

Marmite. I always approach with a little caution a book that has been hyped a lot by the media, in part because ‘hello? can anything really be that good?’ but also because I like to make my own mind about things and hate to be follow the herd, especially when it comes to books Marmite. …

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^^12/2020^^ randomly on a Wednesday

Monica Dunkley

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January 22, 2020

It’s foggy out there and I like it. I grew up in the middle of Italy in an area famous for fog so thick that sometimes you can only see a few metres in front your car and the gentle grey fuzziness of this morning is making me nostalgic. I bought a pair of clogs. …

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^^8/2020^^ postcards from Oman

Monica Dunkley

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January 8, 2020

The day started with a beautiful, peaceful sunrise on the beach And then we got an email from British Airways saying that, for security reasons, our flight was delayed till further notice and, please, it would have been better if we didn’t even go to the airport yet. We then found out that our flight, …

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^^7/2020^^ postcards from Oman

Monica Dunkley

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January 7, 2020

Today I went flying. And it was amazing. And a little terrifying. But mainly amazing. I blame it on the boys that jumped off a mountain… Silly boys. BUT… I did feel like I was missing out on something so after a short deliberation I came to the conclusion that while there was no way …

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^^4/2020^^ postcards from Oman

Monica Dunkley

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January 5, 2020

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^^3/2020^^ postcards from Oman

Monica Dunkley

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January 3, 2020

That was about it today. More of the same tomorrow, I suspect.

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*146* Music Friday

Monica Dunkley

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November 29, 2019

… one of my fave…

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*136* Novacene (James Lovelock)

Monica Dunkley

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November 8, 2019

I am not really sure of what made me buy this book. The cover is beautiful, yes, but I’m not that shallow. It just ‘called me’ and I simply answered. I was intrigued by the byline ‘the coming of age of hyperintelligence’, I’ve been struggling how to make sense of getting older, of the meaning …

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*134* Hughenden Manor

Monica Dunkley

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October 27, 2019

Today was a gorgeous day. Yesterday was not… but we had decided on a day out at a National Trust property and a little weather warning wasn’t going to deter us… Hughenden Manor, was from 1848 to 188, the house of Benjamin D’Israeli, who was twice Prime Minister at the time of Queen Victoria. During …

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