Author Archives: John Sanders

Beautiful day today – sunny, blue skies but freezing. The garden looked nice before the snow. March 10th, 2009 I don’t like Mondays. ……… March 11th, 2009 Tuesdays are not qualitively different although this one was. Pauline is preparing a … Continue reading →

Lovely day today. The sun was streaming in; the whole house was permeated by that new carpet smell. Time to read the papers, enjoy the carpet of multi-coloured heathers on the rocks sloping up towards the quarry wall and watch … Continue reading →

Got an email from Bob today. Not desperately friendly but never mind. His daughter is appearing in a ballet performance in Inverness next Saturday. It is Ballet West’s peformance of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker. If you want to book a seat, from what … Continue reading →

Early off because we have a very busy Half Term week ahead. Toast for breakfast and then off to buy newspapers and give Phyllis one more help on the internet before setting off back up the motorway to Huddersfield. The … Continue reading →

May have to do a few hours at work this week although heavy snow is forecast to fall over the Pennines on Monday night so I may have to find things to occupy myself on Tuesday. Only eight weeks until … Continue reading →

Heavy snow is forecast. Light flurries during the day but tonight it is coming down hard and covering the road. Tomorrow is supposed to be worse. We will see. On Sifnos the forecast is for clear skies, warm sun in … Continue reading →

Just watched a  harrowing play on assisted suicide with Julie Walters in the main role. I cried for an hour and a half. If only I could have got there a couple of hours earlier and said goodbye to Mum. … Continue reading →

In these dark, dog days of January, it is hard to raise the spirits. My retirement counter says 544 days to go. And yet we will be flying off to Greece in just less than 11 weeks. We are already … Continue reading →

I have only one observation today: Man. United 3 – Chelsea 0. January 12th, 2009 It has been wet, windy and dark all day. I long for my house on Sifnos. January 13, 2009 The founder and chief of Superfast … Continue reading →

The week has started well. I woke up to find an email from Jonathan Kelly in Boston, Massachusetts. He lives there with his wife, Kathy who he met in Repton nearly 40 years ago and his two dogs. He also … Continue reading →