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Month: December 2016

An exceedingly busy day, ending with chocolate

31 December, 2016 James ForemanNothing Much In Particular

It’s been a busy day. At six, La Serpiente awoke and so we gave her lots of snacks and then she and I went down to the West Coast Park for our run. My friend[…]

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Cold days

30 December, 2016 James ForemanResolutions

This morning, still feeling tired, I forced myself to go for a run; one that turned out to be quite tough. I then made life harder for myself by going to work in shorts –[…]

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A watery evening

30 December, 2016 James ForemanNothing Much In Particular

This evening my wife brought the kids over to the office and we tried to have dinner (La Serpiente went gonzo, Destroyer picked up a bottle of water and poured it down herself and then[…]

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A visit to the Consulate

28 December, 2016 James ForemanNothing Much In Particular

Today we went to renew Destroyer’s passport, an easier process than in the past because I’d actually read the small print on the application and realised that if I applied for my daughter’s passport, my[…]

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New shoes: Brooks Launch 3

27 December, 2016 James ForemanRunning

After five months of them languishing in a cupboard, I’m finally putting these beauties on tomorrow and taking them for a run. I was seduced by their blinged up colours while I was at a[…]

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Assassin’s Creed

26 December, 2016 James ForemanFilm

I got a good haul of presents this year: socks and pants, which make me inordinately happy, lots of sweets, a recipe book, a nice shirt and a t-shirt, and two tickets to the Gold[…]

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The first week isn’t the hardest

25 December, 2016 James ForemanRunning

This week I did all but one of my scheduled runs; the last one today, an easy recovery jog, I figured I’d skip after spending all of Christmas Day drinking prosecco. If you look at[…]

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Double Trouble In Walla Walla

24 December, 2016 James ForemanBooks

Double Trouble In Walla Walla was first published in 1997, so it’s taken me almost 19 years to get around to it. I must admit that my selection of it was entirely opportune, borne out[…]

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Owls called Jane

23 December, 2016 James ForemanNothing Much In Particular

Today my daughters got given identical purple owls for Christmas, both called Jane. I suppose that’s less confusing, somehow. Destroyer is slightly taller than Jane, but only just, and Jane is rotund enough that La[…]

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Made By Raffi

23 December, 2016 James ForemanBooks

One of La Serpiente’s current favourite books is Made By Raffi, the story of a slight, quiet, longhaired boy who doesn’t like the rowdy activities of his classmates, and finds salvation in knitting scarves and[…]

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