Graham here. A cold but clear day today, I'm taking a break from outdoor tasks. Leaves, twigs and small branches that fall on lawn or flower-beds can, when...
Thursday, and having just been rude to an impertnent young oaf from the DSS, I am feeling ready to take on the world. However, it would probably be wiser if I...
An industrious day here at CFZ Mansions. Corinna is being an administratrix, Oll is visiting the doctor, Graham is lighting the fire, any minute now a bevyt of...
Graham here. We've now firmly settled into Rainy December, which rather resembles Rainy November except that there's less daylight! So, not much outdoor...
Why am I up in the middle of the night? Dunno really, I just am, but for once it means that the bloggo is up early: CFZ: Jon muses on death and dying in the...
A quiet day. A day of reflection. Everyone is doing their own thing peacefully and quietly. I don't know what I am going to do yet, but it won't be much.. CFZ:...
My heart is very heavy today because after months of unbelievable suffering, Marjoriw Braund - the lady who for many years has been like a second mother to me...
Cold, grey and damp. That is North Devon in the winter. After the torrential rain last week we brought Jerry the Jackdaw indoors until the spring. I know that...
Well, we are back, albeit a bit shakily. Our telephone and email access is patchy, but better than yesterday. However, I have several days backlog to deal with...
The Lord alone only knows whe you will actually get this email because both my ISP and BT are playing silly buggers this morning. But there are indeed blogs: ...
Although the trees are bare, and the blue tits are coming more frequently than ever to the feeder outside my office window, it is beguilingly sunny, and it is...
In just over three more weeks the evenings slowly begin to get longer. Thank God for that. Winter is not my favourite time of year, and I am counting the days...
Not a nice day. Bad weather and power cuts. Fuel bills and roadworks. On the plus side, both stepdaughters with their splendid young men are here, and Corinna...
Last night was the worst thunderstorm I have knownn, and it seemed to be immediately above the house. There were several powercuts, but luckily none of the...
Cold, wet and windy. Thursday seems to be following the pattern of the winter so far. The wind is almost unrelenting and can be so noisy as to keep you awake...
It is cold, grey and windy. However it is not as windy as it has been, and we do not seem to have sustained any structural damage. And in three or four weeks...
Another day of cold grey yuckiness, and I prepare to do battle with the forces of the Disability Services on behalf of Noela. She is, by the way, supposed to...
A jolly and fun-packed day of hospitals and doctor's surgeries lies before me. I would rather not talk about it, so read the bloggo instead: CFZ PEOPLE: A tale...
Sunday presents a cheerfully domestic scene. Jon, Liz and Corinna are all hard at work over red hot keyboards, Oll is feeding the animals and Jon has just...
Saturday lunchtime and all's well. The weather is atrocious but I am going out later to see Marjorie Braund who is back at home with her family. Graham is...
It is actually quite a jolly day here at the CFZ. The post was nice and undemanding, and the sun is shining. Scotch eggs for breakfast, and the chance to annoy...
I seriously dislike the winter gales here in Woolsery. It's not even the end of November and every night the wind rampages through the countryside like Graham...
This week sees all change at the CFZ. Tomorrow, Graham goes to the Isle of Man for a week (to visit his mother), and Lizzy C comes down to Devon to visit us....
The CFZ Machine turns you on. Well, it rumbles on at least. Oll and I are both off the sick list (though feeling a little wobbly), and Lizzy opp t'north is...
Everyone has gone out except for Corinna and Biggles and me. It is gloriously peaceful. However it won't last I am certain. Here are some blogs: CRYPTOZOOLOGY:...
I feel an afternoon of doughnuts, tea and `The Word` magazine coming on. The backlog will be addressed sooner rather than later. However, in the meantime, here...
Graham here, while Jon recovers from the difficulties of yesterday. See 'Anarchist Social Workers' (below) for more. Meantime, I've done a patrol around, to...
Friday the 13th: not a day I am fond of, and today seems like it ain't gonna break the pattern. Graham and I are looking after Noela this morning, and will try...
Blustery winds outside, but it is still dry enough for Graham to finish painting the window frames, and for me to have a steak sandwich. Wait a muinute, the...
The 91st anniversary of the end of WW1 dawns greyly at the CFZ. It is a day that matters to me because both my grandfathers fought in the conflict. My paternal...
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