New Year New Book and same old me

Nearly two weeks has elapsed since Battleaxe’s last post – have been a bit busy. Mostly with the new book. ‘Death is a Desirable Property’ is now ready to go on Amazon, for release on…

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Busy Battleaxe realises Christmas is coming…

Spent a good few hours today sorting Christmas decorations and starting to put them up. Readers will know we make a big thing of having a decorated house – not insanely so with 20 foot…

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Battleaxe revisits her past and appreciates the present

Last weekend Battleaxe and Philosopher went to Buckinghamshire, primarily to attend the funeral of my cousin Nigel (John) Heywood. We stayed the night in High Wycombe, at a Premier Inn, and went to the funeral,…

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Hastings Battleaxe goes to Glyndebourne, and other things.

Went to Glyndebourne with old friends Sean and Janet Sayers, and saw La Boheme. Not one of my favourite operas, but it was engaging – and of course it is short! Had an excellent picnic…

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Battleaxe looks forward to autumn

No, really I do. Have had enough of this summer now. So much dry weather… The garden needs weeks and weeks of rain. Not torrential downpours, the prolonged, soft, wetting sort of rain. Fed up…

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