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Transitions

LarryWinger
January 8, 2022
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It seems to have been seamless, the transition of these Allendale Diary pages from a fee-based web hosting service to an independent platform within the family, as it were. The serving of individual pages and everything associated with the online…

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Access and Inclusion Communications In-Between Times

Proofs accepted; printing in process

LarryWinger
January 10, 2020
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Well, let’s see . . . a fair bit of work has gone into the compiling of all the components for the big ‘book of the blog,’ but it’s all finished now, and the proof came back by 1st Class…

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In-Between Times Transitions

New projects for the coming year . . .

LarryWinger
January 1, 2020
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There’s a variety of new ideas floating around these valleys, some of which may come to fruition in the new year ahead. If they do, then the work begun this year will have laid the foundation for those projects of…

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Environment Healthy Living In-Between Times Infrastructure

Old Man Bottom

LarryWinger
December 27, 2019
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I suppose in every language, there are idiosyncrasies that will trip just about everyone up. Things like that verse in the carol ‘Ding-dong merrily on high’ where the line ‘And i-o, i-o, i-o, by priests and people sungen’, and you’re…

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Anecdote Business In-Between Times

Last-minute shopping

LarryWinger
December 23, 2019
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Today somehow feels like the last convenient opportunity to get out to the local shops and snap up the critical stocking stuffers that you know will be especially appreciated by your beloved on Christmas morning. At least, that’s what I’ve…

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Anecdote Education In-Between Times

Poetry: Practice of Life

LarryWinger
October 15, 2019
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It’s often said that, like acting, you have to live in order to be able to write. I loved poetry in my youth, but then decided I needed a lot more living to be able to appreciate it. In fact,…

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Environment In-Between Times

The season turns . . .

LarryWinger
October 2, 2019
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I dropped into the Post Office yesterday morning to buy a stamp and post a letter, and Elsie and Jane had the fire blazing. How warm and cosy it felt. When I got back home from my errand, we sat…

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Community Event In-Between Times Transitions

The August Bank Holiday Weekend

LarryWinger
August 25, 2019
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It’s the last holiday weekend before school, isn’t it? So what’s everybody doing, I wonder? I went to Allendale area notices on Facebook a week ago and asked! Not overwhelmed with responses, but a few came in. Someone is going…

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Business Community In-Between Times Politics

The butcher is closed . . . but WMH Meats steps up

LarryWinger
August 9, 2019
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It must have been the end of July the butcher shop closed, since that’s the first notice from WMH Meats in Allendale area notices, that the Haydon Bridge firm would be delighted to take orders from, and deliver to, Allendale…

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Environment In-Between Times Transitions Weather

Wildflower joys . . .

LarryWinger
July 17, 2019
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As I write, Earnest the neighbour’s pea cock is stretched out indolently between the white elder and the pink one in the sunshine, between the wild roses and the rampant honeysuckle, as if he owns the place. Maybe he does,…

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