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Happy New Year from me and James Bond!
I had a lovely Christmas, thank you. Well, I had a lovely Christmas Day. I ate, I drank, I gazed lovingly at the pile of books I had bought my partner…
Christina Patterson
Dec 31, 2021
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The art of being a slob
On instant gratification and shower screens
Christina Patterson
Apr 26
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On love, death and a red dress
Will there be war in Europe? Will I catch Covid just before my book launch? And why didn’t I bother to lose my pandemic pounds? These are some of the…
Christina Patterson
Feb 16
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Happy Christmas from me, Joan Didion and the people of North Shropshire
“We tell ourselves stories in order to live.” That’s the title of a book by Joan Didion and also, perhaps, the nearest she got to a world view. Today…
Christina Patterson
Dec 24, 2021
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Can you sleep? Nor can I
Outside, the sky is not blue
Christina Patterson
Mar 11
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Managing mood in a pandemic
When my partner was released from his Covid cage, after two clear lateral flow tests and nine days of isolation, we both sighed with relief. I cooked…
Christina Patterson
Jan 12
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On stress, Sancerre and being Sue Gray
Last week, after eighteen days of Dry January, I cracked. I marched to the fridge, found a bottle of Sancerre with that lovely mist that shows it’s…
Christina Patterson
Jan 26
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On grief, beauty and a lovely literary lunch
Speaking truth, sipping wine and finding joy
Christina Patterson
Apr 4
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The tweet that made cry
I was on my way to the hospital for a cancer check when I saw something on Twitter that made me cry. I don’t often cry about Twitter. I do sometimes get…
Christina Patterson
Nov 24, 2021
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