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    <title><![CDATA[HAPPY ANNIVERSARY GOLFER]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2018 00:01:00 +0200</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[NEW BABY IN TOWN]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2018 10:57:50 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Hello and welcome to grandchild number seven! Really! Angèle Julia Rose was born at 8am on 12th July in Nouméa, New Caledonia, which equates to 10pm on 11th July for England and 11pm on 11th July for France, where she will be living come August. Phew,... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[STIRRING UP THE PAST]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2018 13:10:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[So, I had my first hypnotherapy session today and was not prepared for the emotions it stirred up. I'm not one for looking backwards, but as she wanted some background I started to tell her about my life...by the time I'd finished I'd lost the will to... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[NEVER A TRUER WORD SPOKEN]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2018 11:47:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Came across this on Facebook this morning: Introverts don't make friends, they're just adopted by extroverts... It got me thinking: do they mutually seek each other out, the extroverts in order to have a captive audience and no competition and the introverts... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[BOOK CLUB]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 24 Jun 2018 21:38:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[What a great film, I was it fits from beginning to end, not to mention that it touched a nerve as well. Diane (Diane Keaton) is recently widowed after 40 years of marriage. Vivian (Jane Fonda) enjoys her men with no strings attached but is terrified of... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[EVENING WITH NEIGHBOURS]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 24 Jun 2018 21:19:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[We had a nice evening yesterday sitting in the back garden taking in the last of the summer sun: dips and crisps, vodka, wine, fish 'n chips and a lovely summer fruit salad with cream. I have to admit that were it not for Golfer I wouldn't even know the... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[FAMILY]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2018 10:35:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Ever wonder how you can be so close to people for decades and then have them leave your life without a second glance for the most spurious of reasons? I was at my aunt Marjorie's funeral the other day and saw my family for the first time in years and... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[ACUPUNCTURE]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2018 19:38:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Yes, yes, I know what you're thinking: what a waste of money! And you're partially right; I've had five sessions so far for my osteoarthritis and can't say that it's any easier if I'm honest, but that may well be because nothing can be done to actually... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[FIRST EVER PILATES CLASS]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 13 Nov 2017 11:37:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Size twenty thighs squeezed into size 14 leggings, check. Trendy trainers, check. Loose fitting, very long top, check. Yoga mat, check. Courage firmly in my two hands, check. I'm ready for my first ever Pilates class and am hoping that as it's an over... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[REALLY!!]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 06 Nov 2017 10:57:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Fifteen months ago I applied for my pension from France...15 months! and I still have nothing. I call and call and call and write and write and email and email, but nothing. On Friday I got another number to call from the Normandy faction: the International... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 27 Oct 2017 10:02:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[From the same book by Kerry Wilkinson: "We sit on the sofa and there's a minute or two where neither of us speaks...Conversation isn't easy because there's only really one thing we can talk about - us. I can't imagine having the same types of breezy conversations... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[SOMETHING TO PONDER]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 27 Oct 2017 09:54:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[From The Girl Who Came Back , by Kerry Wilkinson: "What sort of person wants their own daughter to give away a grandchild? How is that a thing? It's easy to abdicate responsibility by saying it's a generational thing, that isn't an excuse, not when other... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[REAL LOVE]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 24 Oct 2017 10:27:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[In our freezer Sid has put half a loaf of white sliced bread. We don't eat white sliced bread, but Sid's son does, for his breakfast; the bread is 'in case he comes to visit unexpectedly'. That's not going to happen, but the bread will always be there... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[LOSING TRACK OF TIME]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 24 Oct 2017 10:25:23 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Hang on, I need to count on my fingers...seventh day of retirement, except that I went in yesterday to help with the payroll, but that's it. This morning, 9:21 and I've done nothing, still in my dressing gown and sitting here writing. This will definately... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[OTHERS OF MY KIND BY JAMES SALLIS]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 21 Oct 2017 11:22:12 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[I'm reading the above book at the moment, it's written by a man but from the perspective of a girl that was abducted aged eight and kept in a box under her captor's bed for two years before escaping and living in a mall for two years; she was then taken... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[THIRD DAY OF RETIREMENT]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 20 Oct 2017 09:54:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[...my feet haven't really touched the ground yet, I haven't had time to think about what has happened. I slept like a log last night and today I'm ready to try and start my new life; the biggest challenge that I'm going to face is lugging this body around,... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[FIRST DAY OF RETIREMENT]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 18 Oct 2017 10:16:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Wednesday morning 9am and I'm still in my PJs having had breakfast in bed and spent an hour practicing my singing and leaning how to edit Recorder + on my phone - I did it in the end so my brain hasn't turned to mush in the hours since I retired. Right... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[SUNDAY MORNING...]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[https://langlaise.canalblog.com/archives/2015/06/14/32213876.html]]></link>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2015 12:33:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Heart pounding, muscles straining, breath coming in short, sharp bursts, body writhing; will they? won't they? Yes! They're on! The only pair of jeans I've got left that will go anywhere near me... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[OMG]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2015 15:34:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Yesterday, feeling very anxious, I went to a well know supermarket and wandered around looking at everything trying to calm down. Not finding anything I wanted, I decided to go into the cafeteria for a skinny decaf latte and while I was sitting there... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[GETTING IT OFF MY CHEST]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2015 10:45:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Yes, another rant alert I'm afraid; this time I'm alone here at home with Golfer in hospital after a fall that broke his hip. After mum's stroke and subsequent three years of slow decline; after having to make the decision to stop her meds and watch her... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[SICK TO DEATH]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2015 12:19:45 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[I am sooo sick of trying. I try so hard, I restrict my food when I want to eat, I walk and exercise when I don't want to, I spend a fortune on the dentist and the hairdresser and beuaty products and skin treatments... For years and years and years and... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[ISN'T IT STRANGE]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[https://langlaise.canalblog.com/archives/2014/04/11/29645404.html]]></link>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2014 18:34:34 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[It's funny how feeling bad can actually be comforting. When everything is going well and you're near to realising all the goals you've set yourself; when you're happy and relaxed and safe and nothing is wrong in your life it's somehow scary! You need... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[WHO KNEW!]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 07 Sep 2013 16:36:02 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[I'm living next door to an artist! By day he's a builder, but by night he paints and exhibits his work. Golfer and I attended one of his exhibitions last night and he is FANTASTIC; so talented I almost persuaded myself it would be reasonable to part with... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[THIS EXPLAINS A LOT]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 07 Sep 2013 16:15:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[From my mother’s diary on 24th November 1953. I would have been 4 years old. “Julia sat on the chair for three solid hours last night. Just before 10 o’clock Phil told her that we were ready to go to bed and if she didn’t go up now she could sit there... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[IT'S PROVEN]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 25 Aug 2013 12:15:23 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Last week I went to the gym and worked out for an hour; I did two half hour runs and a six mile walk. Results? I put on half a kilo. Conclusion? Exercise doesn't help you lose weight, only restricting your food intake does. ]]></description>
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