Tag Archives: housework

Flickr – ing.

Posted on April 22, 2012 by RosieL

I’ve been putting some (hundreds) of my trip photos on Flickr. Trawling through them, sorting, fiddling with, listing, uploading, tagging, labelling, admiring. It’s a big project I’ve taken on. I live my days around it. I don’t do it all … Continue reading →

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Ballad of the one arm.

Posted on February 6, 2012 by RosieL

This is a one-handed, five-fingered post. Why? Because I went to have a sleepover with my friends at the beach and after tea we said let’s take the dogs for a walk and at the gate they got into a … Continue reading →

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It’s that time again.

Posted on December 30, 2011 by RosieL

The reflections of the year that’s about to pass are all around. News, pictures, stories, tragedies, disasters, events. What was news makes news again. Lest we forget. I look at the year I’ve just lived and see, easily in my … Continue reading →

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Reading in the day time.

Posted on December 2, 2011 by RosieL

One day, long ago and in my youth, I went to collect a bed that had been stored with the daughter of a woman I worked with. We arrived at the appointed time in the morning and the woman, young, … Continue reading →

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Saved by nanna naps and twitter.

Posted on September 14, 2011 by RosieL

I begin an alarming and new relationship with housework. Cleaning a cupboard out, a smudgy window or the fridge gives a sense of achievement to my days. I have done something constructive. I have justified my day. I develop the … Continue reading →

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