Monthly Archives: July 2009

Florida Scott-Maxwell

Posted on July 11, 2009 by freda

Life does not accommodate you, it shatters you. It is meant to, and it couldn’t do it better. Every seed destroys its container or else there would be no fruition. A quotation from an online friend….. It kind of says … Continue reading →

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Reading

Posted on July 10, 2009 by freda

Have just finished three books. One by Lesley Pearce – a bog-standard holiday read, but a good story nonetheless. A second book was worse than the worst of the Mills and Boon – not that I have ever read any … Continue reading →

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Weeding

Posted on July 9, 2009 by freda

Spent a pleasant afternoon doing a little light weeding in the garden. Guess what? I can hardly move.

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Wisdom

Posted on July 8, 2009 by freda

Muriel Rukeyser wrote that “the universe is made of stories not atoms.” I have been reading about wisdom being a gift passed on by elders through telling stories. I never really understood that until I started to get older. At … Continue reading →

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Falling apart

Posted on July 7, 2009 by freda

Took Misty for a walk this morning and stopped to say hello to an neighbour who used to have a cairn. Tripped up the kerb and landed sprawling on the grass beside the pavement, narrowly missing a post with my … Continue reading →

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Fresh strawberries

Posted on July 6, 2009 by freda

Ther is nothing like strawberries straight from the garden. Fortunately Misty hasn’t cottoned onto them ripening on the plants, otherwise she would be in competition with the birds.

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A prayer for peace

Posted on July 5, 2009 by freda

God of the nations, whose kingdom rules over all: have mercy on our broken and divided world. Shed abroad your peace in the hearts of all people, and banish from them the spirit that makes for war; that all races … Continue reading →

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Wimbledon

Posted on July 4, 2009 by freda

It was tortuous watching Andy Murray versus Andy Roddick in the semi-finals at Wimbledon yesterday. Only good thing – now that there is no Brit in the finals I can really enjoy it for the tennis.

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Nematodes update

Posted on July 3, 2009 by freda

By popular request – here is the latest on the nematodes experiment. It has been a success. The delphinium plant which had all the shoots eaten away by slugs has now recovered and is sending out new growth prodigously. It … Continue reading →

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Refunds

Posted on July 2, 2009 by freda

By the way – I got my refund back from the dodgy, clunky cash machine. Plus an apology from my bank. Mind you, I suppose it is a bit much to demand that a bank knows whether the machine counts … Continue reading →

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