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A Fond Farewell to Wine

Twelve Months Dry, Still Unimpressed by Humanity
A Fond Farewell to Wine
Normally when I write a blog post it's because I'm triggered about a topic. Something either angers me, amuses me or otherwise appeals to my sense of being a messenger to convey an important idea, as though I'm a frustrated cub reporter for a local newspaper. The opposite is true today. I'm writing about a simple milestone - I've just completed one year without drinking alcohol. Although I've had it in mind to blog about this for several months as the anniversary approached, I feel... read more
 
Posted by Steve Gould Monday, June 2, 2025 5:40:00 AM Categories: Alcohol Blogging Family Lifeskills Wine
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Crappy Christmas

Is this the worst one ever?
Well thanks to Covid it looks like a crappy Christmas for all with most countries having some sort of restrictions against seasonal revelling. No office Christmas parties, no wassailing and no door to door carolling (every cloud on that last one I suppose)! I do miss office Christmas parties. One that sticks in the mind was back in the late 80's when a few dozen of us civil servants booked a Christmas dinner in the Novotel in Hammersmith, West London. Being the Civil Service, we'd... read more
 
Posted by Steve Gould Sunday, December 20, 2020 12:36:00 AM Categories: Christmas Covid-19 Family
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A brief sketch of my dad

A tribute to my late father on his birthday
My late father would have been celebrating his 112 birthday today were he alive, which is a good excuse for me to relate a few stories about him. When I was a youngster there were no end of people who would take me aside and tell me what a good man my father was. His work colleagues, neighbours, seemingly anyone who knew him, deemed it necessary to point out to me I had a good dad. We moved house when he retired and within months our new neighbours were taking me aside telling me ... read more
 
Posted by Steve Gould Sunday, August 23, 2020 9:03:00 AM Categories: Family history Lifeskills Plumbing
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