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Winter Wine? . . . Or Whine?

Maggie — Thu, 02 Jul 2015 10:41:06 +0000

Here’s the thing: I do enjoy a cheeky red. Or a grunty red. I especially like a winter wine – you know, when you’re all rugged up with a book/kindle in hand and a smoooooth glass of red within easy reach? It almost makes winter bearable. So it’s one of life’s injustices that all winter, every winter,...

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House Shifts and Other Sucky Stuff

Maggie — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 03:40:38 +0000

Sometimes I have the strongest feeling someone upstairs is laughing at me. They’re hanging about, devising crisis after crisis to throw at me, just for kicks. Then they watch me doing my headless chicken routine. Their latest idea: let’s make her shift house with only a week’s notice. What, she’s coping? Hmm. Let’s throw in...

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Want To Know Why I’ve Been AWOL?

Maggie — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 08:26:08 +0000

You’d think God would be kinder to me. I mean, s/he’s thrown half a dozen significant earthquakes at me in the past nine months (hell, by comparison even pregnancy’s fun), and we’re being put through thousands of aftershocks, not to mention the loss of job security. Our city’s broken. Isn’t that enough? I took on...

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My Lifeline With Sanity

Maggie — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:39:56 +0000

On the odd occasion – you know, like 90% of the time – when things seem as if they’re going from bad to worse, or from worse to desperate, it’s good to know I’ve got friends who’ll help get me through. Take this week, for example. It wasn’t enough that my Beloved was working out...

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