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All About Chris


Facing the future
For the past few weeks, I'd been increasingly certain that my oncology checkup this past week was going to bring bad news. In my head,...
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Feb 11, 20242 min read
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Knitwits
As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, I'm currently in the process of knitting a beautiful lace shawl for the Chaos Gremlin (formerly...
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Feb 2, 20243 min read
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Reading log: January
Through this month I've continued (and finished) my re-read of the Anne of Green Gables series, as well as a variety of other books. I...
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Feb 1, 20246 min read
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Mad about kayaking - or just mad?
Those who know me – or have met me, or have read my blog – know that I love kayaking. It came as a total surprise to me when I first...
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Jan 26, 20243 min read
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Sock it to me!
Having knitted most of a sock in early December while on a long weekend in France, I managed to finish knitting it a week later - and...
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Jan 19, 20243 min read
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That was the week that was
This has been one of those weeks that simultaneously feels as though it's flown past, while at the same time each day has lasted about 72...
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Jan 12, 20243 min read
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New year, same old me
I don't make new year's resolutions - I'm not sure I ever have, really, but over the past decade or two it's become more and more of a...
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Jan 5, 20243 min read
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Reading log: December - revisiting old friends
December really wasn't being a good month for reading - or at least not for finishing books - until I got Covid the week before...
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Jan 2, 20244 min read
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The joy of book nooks
I've seen the little book nooks for the last few years - you know the ones, the little tiny house, street, bookshop or cafe scenes which...
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Dec 31, 20232 min read
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Not quite the Christmas we planned
As indicated by the fact this post is three days late, and wasn't drafted in advance, this Christmas is absolutely not conforming to the...
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Dec 25, 20232 min read
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Yes, I ca(e)n!
Following last week's post, this week I'm feeling satisfied that my GCSE French from 30-mumble years ago is still vaguely helpful....
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Dec 15, 20233 min read
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Caen I speak French??
This weekend my mum and I are off on our own little adventure to France. Actually we're going to visit Elder Daughter and bring back as...
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Dec 8, 20232 min read
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Reading Log: November
It's been a draining and exhausted kind of month, and I've started a new and rather complicated knitting project, so my reading time has...
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Dec 5, 20235 min read
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5 things not to say to a cancer patient
Or at least not to this cancer patient... I know that people mean well, and generally just don't know what to say, but there are a few...
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Dec 1, 20233 min read
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Analysing ‘The Cry’
This is going to include spoilers, as I can’t see how to write this up properly without them. If you haven’t yet watched this but want...
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Nov 28, 20234 min read
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Feeling crafty...
I'd assumed that this would be one of the first badges I completed, as I've enjoyed doing various crafts for about as long as I can...
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Nov 24, 20233 min read
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The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco - review
Teen stumbled across this on Netflix a while back, when scrolling in search of something to watch, so we decided to give it a try...
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Nov 21, 20232 min read
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Not quite a runaway success...
It must be something over ten years now since I first started running. I'd thought about it on and off for a while, ever since I came...
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Nov 17, 20232 min read
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Film Review: End Game
This Netflix short film follows a few terminally ill patients in a San Francisco hospital facing end-of-life treatments and conditions....
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Nov 14, 20232 min read
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Happy Flapjack Day to me…!
Four years to the day that I got my life-shattering diagnosis, I logged in to work and was greeted by a message from my manager saying...
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Nov 10, 20234 min read
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