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A pat on the back for me

..I made it half way through a year of weekly blogging.
My new year's resolution was to publish a weekly blog post ever Sunday throughout 2020. Well this week we will pass the mid-point of the year and so far I've managed to stick to my goal. So this week I thought I would explain why I'm doing it and what I've learned so far. I'm not new to blogging but previously I'd only ever written articles as the mood took me, which has the downside that there are gaps where sometimes months would go by where I'd not got around to writing... read more
 
Posted by Steve Gould Sunday, July 5, 2020 6:05:00 PM Categories: Blogging Writing
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Remembering Lady Di

Personal memories including the day she nearly ran me over.
At the beginning of the 1980's Britain was in a fairly dark place. An economic, social and cultural transition was happening. The country was in need of a fairy tale and it got one in the shape of the much publicised romance between Prince Charles and Diana Frances Spencer, who was born on 1 July 1961. Since this is the week of Diana's birth I thought I jot down a few memories and observations. We never met face to face but our paths did cross a couple of times. By the time I... read more
 
Posted by Steve Gould Sunday, June 28, 2020 9:52:00 AM Categories: Celebrity
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Dead dog story

The tale of how I came to bury my canine friend
I mentioned in a previous post that I preferred cats to dogs. I have had several dogs in the past, one of whom, Leon, got a mention, so I thought I'd tell you a little about him here. Leon came with the Spanish country house my wife and I bought in Murcia in 2003. The sellers were elderly people downsizing into a townhouse and it was thought with Leon being an outdoor dog in the country that it would be unfair and frankly a bit of a gamble to expect him to adapt to life in the confines of... read more
 
Posted by Steve Gould Sunday, June 21, 2020 10:33:00 AM Categories: Pets Spain
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