Paul and Karen invited us round for one of their legendary feasts, so as soon as we got back from the film, we headed straight there. We’d estimated we wouldn’t be there until 9, but the film finished earlier than we thought and we were soon chatting and drinking with Paul, Karen, Tom and Julie. …
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Day:22 August 2009
Film: The Time Traveler’s Wife
We drove to the local Odeon to see the just-released film: The Time Traveler’s Wife from Audrey Niffenegger’s book of the same name. I hadn’t read it, but I do recall it being at the top of the best seller’s list back in 2004. I’m not normally attracted to romantic movies, but I was intrigued …
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Biscuit and Bon-Bon get a ‘wash and brush-up’
The cats went in for their six-weekly ‘service’ today by Patsy. It’s always a challenge to get them in the basket to take them there – all claws, teeth and blind panic – they know you know! This time, strangely, they were pretty well-behaved and we got them both in without any personal wounds. They …
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