Archive for December, 2011
Word of the day: persimmon
December 4th, 2011 by Roger Darlington
It looks like a cross between an apple and an orange and it tastes like a cross between a melon and a mango. It is a fruit which is very plentiful and popular in China but hardly known in the UK. Today Vee and I visited our Chinese ‘family’ in Abingdon and we finished out […]
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Will Obama win a second term?
December 4th, 2011 by Roger Darlington
I certainly hope so, but it’s far from a foregone conclusion. I was speaking earlier this week to a British guy who now lives in the USA and always votes Democrat and he was explaining to me how seriously Obama has disappointed his electoral base. The critical issue, of course, is the economy and the […]
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Want some Christmas gift ideas?
December 3rd, 2011 by Roger Darlington
We bought a load of Middle Eastern ceramic items at a Christmas market and you can do the same here.
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Is it Christmas already?
December 3rd, 2011 by Roger Darlington
This morning, I received my first Christmas card …
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Back 37 years to South Woodford
December 2nd, 2011 by Roger Darlington
This morning, I took the Central Line out all the way to South Woodford to see a colleague for a discussion. When I left the tube station, I realised that I had not been there for 37 years. I fought the two General Elections of 1974 as the Labour candidate for the then constituency of Wanstead […]
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