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My three year old granddaughter after a three week interval
January 10th, 2014 by Roger Darlington
My granddaughter Catrin will be three years old next week. Ever since she was born, I’ve tried to see her each week because I love being with her and sharing her physical and intellectual development. I had a wonderful day with her before Christmas but I didn’t see her at all over Christmas and the […]
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Has the weather gone mad?
January 7th, 2014 by Roger Darlington
Here in the UK, the last month has seen truly miserable weather. We have had storm after storm with strong winds and lashing rain, often accompanied by high tides. The result has been some serious flooding. According to this blog posting by the Met Office: “December 2013 is the stormiest December in records dating back to […]
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Hi, ho! Hi, ho!! It’s off to work we go!!!
January 6th, 2014 by Roger Darlington
Remember the old Walt Disney animated tim “Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs”? And that cheery song that the dwarfs sang as they went to work? Today most people return to work with a vengeance after the prolonged Christmas/New Year break. Even though – as a portfolio worker – I don’t work in one place […]
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My latest short story – number 31
January 3rd, 2014 by Roger Darlington
It’s six months since I’ve written a short story, but I’ve used the Christmas/New Year break to craft a festive tale. It’s called “Dying For A Pint” and it’s my 31st short story. You can access it here. You can access all the others here. Comments welcome.
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Annual visits to my web site pass 3 million mark
January 1st, 2014 by Roger Darlington
OK, I’ve done the sums. In 2013, the number of visits to my web site – which includes my two blogs NightHawk and CommsWatch – was 3,020,367. I know that not all these visits are human beings but it’s worth being visited by search engines indexing my pages. Besides which, as long as one is […]
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Story time with my friend Daniel
December 29th, 2013 by Roger Darlington
Regular vistors to NightHawk will know how much I love to spend time with my granddaughter Catrin who is one month short of her third birthday and currently away with her parents in San Antonio. But I love all children and especially enjoy reading with them. I recently attended a family reunion in Leicester where […]
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My best Christmas present
December 25th, 2013 by Roger Darlington
For years, I have fancied having a remote controlled helicopter but thought that, at the grand old age of 65, this was too much of a boyish wish. Then, a few weeks ago, I was in a gadget shop and saw this helicopter priced at £30 but reduced to £20. I decide that this was […]
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Another lovely day with my wonderful granddaughter Catrin
December 20th, 2013 by Roger Darlington
Yesterday I spent all day with my granddaughter Catrin (now just one month short of her third birthday) who was allowed to miss nursery to go out with the me. The starting point was a stage show at the Leicester Square Theatre to see “Stick Man”. Catrin has already seen two stage productions with other […]
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My performance as Father Christmas at Catrin’s nursery
December 14th, 2013 by Roger Darlington
Today it was the Christmas Bazaar at my granddaughter’s nursery and guess who they persuaded to be Father Christmas. Most of the children were two or three years old and several found the old man so scary that they burst into tears. But most of the children found Father Christmas a magical figure and loved […]
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Once more: the Darlington Christmas letter
December 14th, 2013 by Roger Darlington
Vee and I are spending evenings writing Christmas cards to friends at home and abroad. We like to pass on some news but can’t write too much in each card, so as usual we are uing the format of a Christmas letter which seems to go down well. You can read the letter for 2013 […]
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