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TIMES THEY ARE A CHANGING

Dear Alice, Well Teacher Mum is out tonight having dinner with five men she met on the Internet, Tris is asleep in bed and Elliott is somewhere north of here, sleeping over. I guess I’m feeling a bit lonely really. So I thought I’d write to you, who’s, errr… away for a year! Ahh well, there’s always the dog. He’s not much company though. Upside down in the lounge, legs rudely...

NO CHANGE

Dear Alice… Life ticks along here still, pretty much as you’d remember it. Below are a few snapshots taken this week on my soon to be updated iPhone. Click on the thumbnail to see a larger version… assuming you want to that is. Captions below. 1.  2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 1. Rainy – It’s finally stopped raining at last, so I’ve cancelled the building of the ark and we’re going to...

MORNING HAS BROKEN

Dear Alice… This morning I went all English. I began with a McVities Digestive biscuit and a cup of PG Tips in bed. Later I had a poached egg on toast with Marmite, bacon and Worcester sauce before a final slice of toast topped with Frank Coopers marmalade. Thankfully all these products are readily available in Sydney; were they not, I’m not sure what I’d do. You’d probably be posting me food...

COOL FOR CATS

Dear Alice, Short of time at the moment due to a lot of work arriving on my desk in much the same way London buses have a habit of turning up – but I always have time for you… though I will need to be brief. Last week Teacher Mum and I went to the opening night of Cats at Sydney’s Lyric Theatre in Star City. It was much more acrobatic than the last version we saw, but equally enjoyable nonetheless. We...

PLAYING THE GAME

Salut ma fille belle. Comment êtes-vous? This week Tristan (Mr10) stepped up a notch in his quest for sporting supremacy. Firstly, on Monday as the last EPL highlights show of the season was about to begin, he confided in me that he now really likes watching football not just playing it. This weekend both his club and school sides won important games and he has since dragged me up to Melwood Oval twice now (in full...

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