I was browsing through a folder of one tiny section of my family tree research (which I haven’t touched in months if not years) and re-read letters sent to my mother on the death of her mother in England in 1953. My birth was years afterwards so I never met my grandmother and judging from [...]
Archive for November, 2007
The death of handwritten letters
Posted in home, interests, tagged family history, genealogy, handwriting on 25 November, 2007 | 1 Comment »
One word meme
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged meme on 24 November, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
You. Can. Only. Type. One. Word. No. Explanations.
1. Yourself: alone
2. Your spouse: none
3. Your hair: long
4. Your mother: gone
5. Your father: gone
6. Your dream last night: forgotten
7. Your favorite drink: beer
8. Your dream car: new
9. Your bedroom: untidy
10. Your fear: failure
11. What you want to be in 10 years: happy
12. Who you hung out with [...]
Current…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged meme on 17 November, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Mood: indistinct
Listening to: The Pogues
Found this meme on aww diddums’ blog, so thought I’d give it a go. I’m not feeling depressed exactly, but somewhat reflective.
Current clothes: Blue jeans, plum-coloured Converse t-shirt
Current mood: No idea really. A little subdued.
Current music: The Pogues
Current annoyance: People’s general apathy and selfishness
Current thing: Hmm. [...]
A nice quote
Posted in melancholy, tagged optimism, pessimism on 12 November, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I read a nice quote today:
“The pessimist might end up being right but the optimist has a nicer time along the way.”
It must be wonderful to be an optimist. I try to be but invariably end up being disappointed.
