Author Archives: John Sanders

About John Sanders

Ex-teacher and Grecophile. Born 6/4/1951. B.A. Eng. Lit & M.A. History of Ideas. Taught English & ICT.

Week 111

30th January, 2011 Inspite of Sunday papers, I spent the day moaning and groaning and being a typical man who is ill. This stomach bug still has a grip. I have been trying to work on updating my Blog and … Continue reading

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Week 110

23rd January, 2011 Fresh coffee and the Sunday papers. Say no more. 24th January, 2011 This week starts with three themes: producing a timetable/plan for the next two months. completing arrangements for the following six months dispatching legal documents & … Continue reading

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Week 109

16th January, 2011 After Sunday papers, we had to give ourselves over to the apartment Legal Pack again. It is a massive 200 pages of legal jargon. This is nothing like buying a house. An apartment is so complicated. We … Continue reading

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Week 108

9th January, 2011 A freezing cold day with thick ice everywhere. It was a nice day in with Sunday papers and a win for Man. Utd.. Poor old Gerrard but he had to go. 10th January, 2011 Up early this … Continue reading

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Week 107

2nd January, 2011 Sunday – New Year’s Resolution – we walked to the paper shop. Haven’t done 200 metres unassisted for a long time. Got back to the shoebox but was too tired to read the papers. We have been … Continue reading

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Week 106

26th December, 2010  Up in time to have tea & toast for breakfast and then watch the Test Match highlights at 10.00 am. What joy! I loved every minute of it. A good score now will clinch the Ashes. Ruth … Continue reading

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Week 105

19th December, 2010 This is the start of Year 3 of the Blog. All life is here with its ups and downs, deaths and celebrations. I had hoped it might bring me back to my brothers and sisters and link … Continue reading

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Week 104

12th December, 2010 This week draws the second year of the Blog to a close. I have never, in my life, kept a journal so consistently and for so long. So many things have happened in these two years. Pauline … Continue reading

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Week 103

5th December, 2010 Had a lovely conversation with Ruth & Kev today. It took place after she texted me with quite flabbergasting news. She and Kevan were putting the bungalow home of 35 years on the market with the intention … Continue reading

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Week 102

28th November, 2010  We went back to a development that we had been monitoring for over a year. The Pinnacles, ironically built in the grounds of the former St Peters Convent, Maybury Hill, Woking. It quite appeals to me – … Continue reading

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