January 30th, 2010
What a brilliant day this has been - and will no doubt continue to be. The latter statement is (a) because we are having dinner with dear friends, and (b) because of something special which is happening tonight :
Voila.
Lizzie stayed over last night, and we sat on the roof under what I thought was a full moon, but clearly wasn’t, and we drank white wine and chatted. Then this morning, we sat on the verandah in the sun and had coffee and chatted some more, before heading off to Shahpurjat to meet Sonam. I know I [...]
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November 2nd, 2009
Monday morning has dawned clear and bright and rather lovely-looking, but I have to go to a funeral – my sister Jane’s mother-in-law – so must soon tackle a London Monday morning rush hour. I imagine it has to be less chaotic than doing the school run through Moti Bagh.
After the rain eased up around about lunchtime yesterday, London looked wonderful – piles of golden leaves everywhere, so the streets looked pretty and decorated. Just let’s hope the police don’t slip on them. I have the cutting, promise, just no scanner, so you may have to wait a [...]
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November 1st, 2009
Ah well, I didn’t for one moment imagine that the Indian summer could last for ever.
Had 2 days of good weather.
Mustn’t grumble. Musn’t complain. Must be British and stiff upper lip-pish and accept that the grey rainy weather I see outside is here to stay.
We are heading off to lunch soon with Gill and Alan – “we” being daughter dearest, Liz and your blogger-in-chief. Doubtless, we will talk about India, since that is where our hosts are heading in a week or two, to stay with us.
Have been reading the English papers with fascination, and [...]
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October 29th, 2009
Good morning from ridiculously sunny west London. I arrived last night, after flying Delhi-Dubai-London, on choc-a-bloc planes, to be met at the airport by Liz, bless her.
I had all the best intentions of blogging in-flight, but got distracted by the richness of the in-flight movie choice, so watched 3 chick-flick-y movies back to back, and they all blurred into one another, but the hours passed quite happily.
Had very chatty neighbours on both legs of the flight. Delhi-Dubai, it was an elderly lady in a sari, who casually got hold of my wrist and started playing with the [...]
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