Author Archives: ianmacd
Another Year, Another Weihnachtsmarkt
I’m still in the land of the living, just about. It’s been a couple of months since my last entry. Tempus fugit, indeed. If there were more worth saying, perhaps I’d find a way to say it, but there is … Continue reading
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Not Dead, Just Undead
It’s been quite on the blogging front, to be sure, but I’m not dead, in spite of any notions to the contrary. Obama’s being awarded a Nobel Peace Prize yesterday forced me to break my silence, so, in the spirit … Continue reading
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Nobel Prize For What Exactly?
The news that Obama has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize travelled around the world today like wildfire. Obama said he was surprised that he had been chosen. I’ll go one better and say that I’m positively flabbergasted. It seems … Continue reading
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Birthday Surprise
We’re in Ireland for a few days, on a surprise visit to my father on his sixtieth birthday. He had literally no idea we were coming, especially seeing as I had called him on the phone just a few minutes … Continue reading
Praatdansen
Eloïse has completed her first full week at primary school and enjoyed every minute of it. She has greeted the start of each new day with enthusiasm and excitement, which has proved quite contagious. We’re all slowly getting used to … Continue reading
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