<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734</id><updated>2012-02-01T14:45:50.790Z</updated><category term='the eulogy'/><category term='spot the difference'/><title type='text'>Delilah's Palaver</title><subtitle type='html'>My my my.....</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>417</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-3638267877235552444</id><published>2012-01-13T08:26:00.002Z</published><updated>2012-01-13T08:26:57.810Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>and there is other news

not only a new day.. a new job


but also a new love.....

and its a gorgeous supportive happy love

it feels good and right and... well lovely!

to neil xxxx</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/3638267877235552444/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=3638267877235552444' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/3638267877235552444'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/3638267877235552444'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2012/01/and-there-is-other-news-not-only-new.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-1373101672060266528</id><published>2012-01-13T08:17:00.000Z</published><updated>2012-01-13T08:17:38.715Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>it's a new year! a new day! a new ... job

have been in taunton for a couple of days engaged in a big search for a job... and i got offered an 11 month contract... and i am struggling to be happy with it and not to feel sorry for myself... i applied for a permanent position and have built up lots of issues about not getting offered a permanent job..... and once again.... pah!

otherwise it would </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/1373101672060266528/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=1373101672060266528' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/1373101672060266528'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/1373101672060266528'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2012/01/its-new-year-new-day-new.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-644189973293677165</id><published>2011-11-02T07:27:00.003Z</published><updated>2011-11-02T07:34:15.032Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>ha and as usual... all a bit of a disaster... but I  now have a possible climbing partner....  and since then.... have had an afternoon peruse of the Tate modern.... not so impressed by the tacita dean film... but tarryn (?)Simon were quite remarkable.. or maybe some of the non photographs.... lots of austere faces... and tehn ah ha i almost said 'home' i was back in the south east, the flatlands</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/644189973293677165/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=644189973293677165' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/644189973293677165'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/644189973293677165'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2011/11/ha-and-as-usual.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-3343099004880414776</id><published>2011-09-12T06:24:00.002Z</published><updated>2011-09-12T06:30:36.153Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>and so the process of coming to terms with the death of a difficult person and yet a close family member gets more measured.... i decided i wanted to do the eulogy because it has always seemed strange that an unknown person stands up and sums up the life... how can they do that? but how to say something positive? and so I mulled this over quite deeply and came up with the idea of our inheritance.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/3343099004880414776/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=3343099004880414776' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/3343099004880414776'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/3343099004880414776'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2011/09/and-so-process-of-coming-to-terms-with.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-8104309283771277179</id><published>2011-09-12T06:21:00.001Z</published><updated>2011-09-12T06:23:30.999Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the eulogy'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>06.09.2011ThanksThanks for making the journey here, it is lovely to see people although sadly unfortunate too.Also I on behalf of mum and the rest of the family would like to thank the Rector and the church...initially it was a surprise that dad had requested a burial in a church and here in Newton......  and so Anna and I came exploring ..... the day after dad died.... to actually try to find </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/8104309283771277179/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=8104309283771277179' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/8104309283771277179'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/8104309283771277179'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2011/09/06.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-5393147471846625064</id><published>2011-09-01T10:07:00.006Z</published><updated>2011-09-01T10:50:34.795Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>hmmmm what do you say about a life? My dad is dead and words will need to be said at his funeral... a eulogy no less, a summing up of a whole lifetime into maybe 5 minutes of talking by a stranger in a church. Which is odd to start with as he was an atheist for most of his life, apparently only recently taking on the role of believer??Weird.. there goes the line about integrity.... and then</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/5393147471846625064/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=5393147471846625064' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/5393147471846625064'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/5393147471846625064'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2011/09/hmmmm-what-do-you-say-about-life-my-dad.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-6259401054358890302</id><published>2011-08-11T11:04:00.002Z</published><updated>2011-08-11T11:14:15.150Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>years and years ago I wrote my undergraduate dissertation entitled 'stepping into nature' it was an exploration of how people had become disassociated from the environment or nature.... and putting it very simply i concluded that for anything to change there would have to be a radical shift within our value system. As the value system puts greed and selfishness in such high esteem that they </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/6259401054358890302/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=6259401054358890302' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/6259401054358890302'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/6259401054358890302'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2011/08/years-and-years-ago-i-wrote-my.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-6734502187727477533</id><published>2011-05-04T18:59:00.002Z</published><updated>2011-05-04T19:14:47.969Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>there's much in the news about the death of Osama bin laden.... too much braggadocio and crowing really.. and i wonder... what happened to justice? I feel that the event has made a smaller man of Barak Obama... and the world is becoming a scarier place because of the loss of a lack of justice afforded bin laden. It is too easy to say  that he didn't treat his victims with any sense of dignity or </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/6734502187727477533/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=6734502187727477533' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/6734502187727477533'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/6734502187727477533'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2011/05/theres-much-in-news-about-death-of.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-8261737471728861924</id><published>2011-05-01T06:39:00.002Z</published><updated>2011-05-01T06:52:18.850Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>went climbing again yesterdayand really rediscovered the excitement... recently I have been climbing low gades, v diffs or even a diff and have felt mixed about it as I am learning to overcome vertigo so although the climbs were easy and straightforward I had to come to terms with getting weirdly scared.... particularly at the top of a climb. I can no longer peer over the top of a cliff without a</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/8261737471728861924/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=8261737471728861924' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/8261737471728861924'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/8261737471728861924'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2011/05/went-climbing-again-yesterday-and.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-5501157298383757305</id><published>2011-04-19T05:48:00.003Z</published><updated>2011-04-19T05:55:14.589Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>April!how is it time moves so quickly!moving again.. some stuff hasn't worked.. hours have been restricted to 37 and i needed to earn a bit more, and I am still temping so earning crap... and therefore i cant really afford it... plus.. its still like a building site and has been hard work.. and I have been ill.... hmmmmmm glad it's spring and very happy to put winter behind meand so i look for </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/5501157298383757305/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=5501157298383757305' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/5501157298383757305'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/5501157298383757305'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2011/04/april-how-is-it-tme-moves-so-quickly.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-1164169180482648975</id><published>2010-12-19T20:18:00.001Z</published><updated>2010-12-19T20:20:05.435Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>and now it's nearly christmasstill working digitising mapshave been illshingleshorrible wordalonetiredcoldand a little bored</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/1164169180482648975/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=1164169180482648975' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/1164169180482648975'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/1164169180482648975'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2010/12/and-now-its-nearly-christmas-still.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-2029584312686500785</id><published>2010-12-01T09:03:00.002Z</published><updated>2010-12-01T09:09:29.083Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Snowandcoldand iceIt's very cold in the pod, very cold indeed!It was good to get out this morning and walk to work. By the time I was at work I had warmed through and now I sit almost on top of a radiator, luxuriating in its warmth! and so.... what is happeningadjusting to living alonetrying to get over JB but not succeedingthinking, as always, of offloading solomonstarted knittingstill </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/2029584312686500785/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=2029584312686500785' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/2029584312686500785'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/2029584312686500785'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2010/12/snow-and-cold-and-ice-its-very-cold-in.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-3849209324768473755</id><published>2010-09-15T16:29:00.001Z</published><updated>2010-09-15T16:32:29.635Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>moved inand it is a lovely placerather unfinished though</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/3849209324768473755/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=3849209324768473755' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/3849209324768473755'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/3849209324768473755'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2010/09/moved-in-and-it-is-lovely-place-rather.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-1314750056347858206</id><published>2010-08-27T09:21:00.002Z</published><updated>2010-08-27T09:26:15.028Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>another time of waitinghave now moved out of the beach house a place i lived for two years... and am heading for living in a sheltered urban eco-home in Truro but it's not ready yet and so I feel everyday now is a day of waiting...living in limbo when I want stability and security makes life interestingbut I have been fortunate in that I have been able to store my furniture/belongings in a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/1314750056347858206/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=1314750056347858206' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/1314750056347858206'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/1314750056347858206'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2010/08/another-time-of-waiting-have-now-moved.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-5426950103217049523</id><published>2010-07-13T10:40:00.003Z</published><updated>2010-07-13T10:50:44.983Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>at work and suddenly remembered I saw a deer on my way home yesterday. This is such a rare occurence that I feel it needs remarking on. A small female roe deer in the early evening just simply crossing the road within the valley that leads down into Porthtowan. A swift glance but one that fills the heart with delight! and just as I am about to leave the village to return to slightly more urban </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/5426950103217049523/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=5426950103217049523' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/5426950103217049523'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/5426950103217049523'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2010/07/at-work-and-suddenly-remembered-i-saw.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-516879486573056417</id><published>2010-05-05T14:18:00.003Z</published><updated>2010-05-05T14:21:12.776Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>and so it is now May.. the election is tomorrow and I'm scared the world will be a blacker (or should I say bluer??) place afterwards... I am voting libdem... but that's mainly to keep the tories out.... crossing fingers that enough people will do likewise.... a conservative majority would be a disaster</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/516879486573056417/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=516879486573056417' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/516879486573056417'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/516879486573056417'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2010/05/and-so-it-is-now-may.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-7228106739679358840</id><published>2010-04-28T10:56:00.002Z</published><updated>2010-04-28T11:04:14.988Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>its warm and sunny, the beach looks inviting. Went to gylly beach in Falmouth yesterday and sat drawing people and reading about the Lost Gardens of Heligan a very lovely way to spend my time.. but not particularly productive I supposeapplied for a number of odd jobs yesterday, have an interview with an agency for some temping work so I guess I'll be doing something soon. Jon has mentioned doing </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/7228106739679358840/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=7228106739679358840' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/7228106739679358840'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/7228106739679358840'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2010/04/its-warm-and-sunny-beach-looks-inviting.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-5035304911805242189</id><published>2010-04-26T12:47:00.002Z</published><updated>2010-04-26T12:50:19.826Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>am tired of describing the difficulties of getting anywhere with the phd.... need to move on in some way/somehow... maybe can push it to keep going until i find a job... and in the meantime try to play balland climb, kayak, swim and play.... whilst i am here</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/5035304911805242189/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=5035304911805242189' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' 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consult with supervisor 2 who basically takes the role of supervisor 1 and has apparently tossed me to one side and cannot see any merits in anything i offer.... and i cannot receive an email from her without going into a 2 day rage... and so Sup 1 </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/8352087325268422023/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=8352087325268422023' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/8352087325268422023'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/8352087325268422023'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2010/04/well.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-1136497945306821457</id><published>2010-04-19T10:27:00.003Z</published><updated>2010-04-19T10:33:07.747Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>RightI have a meeting with my supervisor today... it could go either way... scenario 1 -i show him new ideas for phd.. he smiles says fine, love it, get on with the work right away... scenario 2 - i show him new ideas for phd... he sniffs, looks away, says 'what the hell!!!......'obviously hoping for the formerideas consist of writing the phd about an image, a sound and an object... all 3 found </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-3195240682150227117</id><published>2010-04-08T11:55:00.003Z</published><updated>2010-04-08T12:01:29.349Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>having to get into action as everything around me is changing againneed to find a jobinterrupt the phd (officially)find various ways of making money... ebay to divest myself of clutter, selling artwork, write, consult??? will have to see.... as i didn't imagine i would need to be doing this for now.... accept that maybe I wont ever be a Dr and come to terms with thatdecide where to livefind the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/3195240682150227117/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=3195240682150227117' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/3195240682150227117'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/3195240682150227117'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2010/04/having-to-get-into-action-as-everything.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-2354291105006755751</id><published>2010-04-05T12:42:00.002Z</published><updated>2010-04-05T12:52:03.954Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>woo hoo.. i thought this had been consigned to the internet ether!!! but its back.. delilah is still here!! woo hoo! it means i have not lost details of the last 8 years... my memory is so indistinct nowadays that I cant remember anythingsooooo an updateam dithering again;whether to continue phd .....although the topic and the supervisor are driving me bonkersto write... have got a novel underway</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/2354291105006755751/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=2354291105006755751' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/2354291105006755751'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/2354291105006755751'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2010/04/woo-hoo.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-5307226382472053973</id><published>2009-08-31T09:25:00.002Z</published><updated>2009-08-31T09:30:44.385Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>and now it is september... and I have spent the last few weeks hobbling around with a broken ankle.... did it mid july just as summer was really getting underway... and I am struggling with everything.... at first I was in denial and tried walking on it which only made it worse so since mid aug I have been wearing a cast and using crutches... and am now at the point of crying and feeling very </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-8350856970853869176</id><published>2009-05-15T15:08:00.004Z</published><updated>2009-05-15T20:01:22.819Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Just sent an email this morning and haven't had a reply.... have wanted one but nothing has turned up in my inbox... maybe I have blown it again.... hmmmmm</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/8350856970853869176/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=8350856970853869176' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/8350856970853869176'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/8350856970853869176'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2009/05/just-sent-email-this-morning-and-havent.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-979107448700476964</id><published>2009-04-22T07:59:00.003Z</published><updated>2009-04-22T08:07:53.022Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>and now J has got a job and has moved out! well part-time at least... so he's now working in a beautiful National Trust House just outside Newquay... bought him a bike... a very sweet looking 1980's early mountain bike, steel frame but lightweight... hmmm I was quite jealous of it.. and the man that ran the bike shop was ummmmm very interesting!!! ha ha hah like buses.... all quiet for ages then </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/979107448700476964/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=979107448700476964' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/979107448700476964'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/979107448700476964'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2009/04/and-now-j-has-got-job-and-has-moved-out.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-3250330176144226668</id><published>2009-04-16T10:46:00.004Z</published><updated>2009-04-16T10:54:01.738Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>ahhhhh the joys of spring!!will be spending my first night this year in my tent tonight... really excited by it... have been running, bodyboarding, cycling and surfing in the last couple of weeks ... feeling sooo much fitter! Living in Cornwall is like living in a giant playground! it's truely wonderfuland and and the love life is running full steam ahead... we have talked, argued, been just </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/3250330176144226668/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=3250330176144226668' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/3250330176144226668'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/3250330176144226668'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2009/04/ahhhhh-joys-of-spring-will-be-spending.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-1333993717595722179</id><published>2009-02-27T15:52:00.002Z</published><updated>2009-02-27T16:01:53.904Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>somethings just keep repeating... again I find myself, after enjoying a short time of living alone, living with my eldest... circumstances are not ideal and I am hoping it is for a short period until he finds work.... now I just have to stop myself from returning to the naggy woman of his teenage years and remind myself he is no longer that messy teenager ..... that things are different..... and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/1333993717595722179/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=1333993717595722179' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/1333993717595722179'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/1333993717595722179'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2009/02/somethings-just-keep-repeating.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-249576921792261494</id><published>2009-02-25T14:32:00.003Z</published><updated>2009-02-25T14:38:56.727Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>there was snow, quite a lot of it in fact. All over the country and it stayed put for a while so made everything white and pure, pristine.... then there were floods... had one night of fighting torrents of water pouring from the cliff into my backdoor... drains were blocked and guttering collapsed so had to fix guttering and unblock drains and then sweep water from one blocked drain towards one </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/249576921792261494/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=249576921792261494' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/249576921792261494'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/249576921792261494'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2009/02/there-was-snow-quite-lot-of-it-in-fact.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-4409039401472529828</id><published>2009-02-02T09:44:00.001Z</published><updated>2009-02-02T09:51:48.136Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>ha! god how subliminal!! just noticed at the bottom of the doodle is a heart, dripping and broken!!! completely unintentional!! bloody pathetic will have to fill in that bit... if you click on image you can see it in original size I do believe xxoff today to try out jamie oliver's 15!! they are doing lunchtime specials on offer  I am presuming there is no snow here in cornwall as there's none on </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/4409039401472529828/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=4409039401472529828' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/4409039401472529828'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/4409039401472529828'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2009/02/ha-god-how-subliminal-just-noticed-at.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-1043478818964420040</id><published>2009-02-01T17:27:00.004Z</published><updated>2009-02-01T17:41:33.702Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>you might have guessed from thursdays post that I got dumped and yes you would be right... bit of a bugger really as I was really enjoying it all and thought he was too... although was mightily aware that the timing was a bit difficult for him... he is a post doc and his contract runs out in feb... so he has been applying all over the world for suitable funding... on butterfly research!! plus and</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/1043478818964420040/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=1043478818964420040' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/1043478818964420040'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/1043478818964420040'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2009/02/you-might-have-guessed-from-thursdays.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mGlO3US_DIk/SYXemxf4rjI/AAAAAAAAAYA/Kk2Nf4EpUis/s72-c/porthtowan+doodle+001.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-4861980256214316530</id><published>2009-01-29T14:23:00.002Z</published><updated>2009-01-30T10:51:05.244Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Alone is defaultWave perfect momentbecame fleeting ephemeraonce embedded once embodiedfeelings deniedDesires that to the other mean nothing suddenly emergeto whiz and flit and flyunaided unabashedYet having finally to settlein the dust of fugged relationshipsthe mire of the once lovedand the ashes of the blown away Alone is defaultAlways alone</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/4861980256214316530/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=4861980256214316530' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/4861980256214316530'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/4861980256214316530'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2009/01/alone-is-default-descriptive-passages.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-2471740703047562193</id><published>2009-01-06T16:06:00.009Z</published><updated>2009-01-06T16:56:17.014Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>god it's been ages!!! but I feel the need to write... so much going on I don't think I can keep it all in my head at the same time...and so ... I am no longer in Exeter working on a masters... I have moved on, or time has moved on  and I am now in Cornwall (the place of dreams) and working on a Phd wooo hooo indeed....it gets better... I have found a little place to live that is all wooden floors</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/2471740703047562193/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=2471740703047562193' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/2471740703047562193'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/2471740703047562193'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2009/01/god-its-been-ages-but-i-feel-need-to.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-1233666089384708520</id><published>2008-05-03T08:24:00.002Z</published><updated>2008-05-03T08:41:52.610Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>feeling unsettled.... with itchy feet.. like it's time to do..... what? something is stirring in the bones and I cant put my finger on just what it is... generally life is going ok.... it is pressured and living in the small post grad mostly female community is a bit like the boiling house of a girls boarding school.... and yes I have my enemies!!! (though find it weird but there's one or maybe </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/1233666089384708520/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=1233666089384708520' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/1233666089384708520'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/1233666089384708520'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2008/05/feeling-unsettled.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-3836719218562240603</id><published>2008-03-01T12:55:00.004Z</published><updated>2008-03-01T12:59:13.173Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>have just set up a new blog... it's sort of for my masters dissertation but will have to see if anything happens on it... comments would be helpful if only to give the impression that its a vibrant and dynamic blog that is perused by the masses!! the link to it is below journey to glastonbury festival</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/3836719218562240603/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=3836719218562240603' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/3836719218562240603'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/3836719218562240603'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2008/03/have-just-set-up-new-blog.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-7254193615538139282</id><published>2008-02-28T11:19:00.002Z</published><updated>2008-02-28T11:23:06.025Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>faced the demons and did my talk yesterday... and actually enjoyed it, found I had lots to say, could answer questions and, even if I say so myself, it went well... spent yesterday evening on cloud nine and think I'm still there..... all is good with the world (in the academic sense anyway) now feeling so positive about stuff that I'm ready to write a phd proposal!!!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/7254193615538139282/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=7254193615538139282' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/7254193615538139282'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/7254193615538139282'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2008/02/faced-demons-and-did-my-talk-yesterday.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-6280131415875203000</id><published>2008-02-26T10:31:00.002Z</published><updated>2008-02-26T10:38:14.995Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>a strange thing is happening to my 50 years of very healthy body.. my liver is complaining!!! hmmmm this is not good tho' perhaps not surprising... and so it's a month of detox for the liver!!! Started this morning with some alarmingly coloured dandelion tea... yes it looked like pee!!!! and no alcohol for a month!!! shouldn't be a problem I thought and then realised it is 'Fair Trade week' and a</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/6280131415875203000/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=6280131415875203000' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/6280131415875203000'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/6280131415875203000'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2008/02/strange-thing-is-happening-to-my-50.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-8929436595313515750</id><published>2008-02-21T10:07:00.002Z</published><updated>2008-02-21T10:15:14.087Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>it's getting rather intense!! am trying to read a paper but my head is off all over the  place.... yesterday one of our group (the youngest a 21 yr old who has just finished her degree) presented a paper ... the module is entitled 'contemporary debates in human geography' and this term each masters student has to select a paper and present it to the rest of the group... K was the first to do this</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/8929436595313515750/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=8929436595313515750' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/8929436595313515750'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/8929436595313515750'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2008/02/its-getting-rather-intense-am-trying-to.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-6941547284407319809</id><published>2008-02-18T10:51:00.002Z</published><updated>2008-02-18T11:01:37.529Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>It's monday, it's february, it's cold.... yesterday I learnt how to deal with getting arrested, how to conduct a 'no comment' interview and how to go all floppy when police people try to move me... very effective indeed!!! and no its not part of my masters in human geography but another course entirely.... and slightly secretive!!!and last week I bought a very small mountain bike, I need a very </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/6941547284407319809/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=6941547284407319809' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/6941547284407319809'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/6941547284407319809'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2008/02/its-monday-its-february-its-cold.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-611379888534317419</id><published>2008-02-16T12:02:00.002Z</published><updated>2008-02-16T12:04:40.707Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>bloody hell... it's been ages.. and this is a mere note of a post! the sun is shining and I'm heading off to the north coast again... W has bought a house in Barnstaple and so I'm heading over to say hello!! getting essays back with marks and comments! and it's not too bad.... and getting better... the first essay that I knew was crap got a crap mark, yesterday an essay I thought was better got a</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/611379888534317419/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=611379888534317419' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/611379888534317419'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/611379888534317419'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2008/02/bloody-hell.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-6203572376224559794</id><published>2007-12-12T10:11:00.000Z</published><updated>2007-12-12T10:18:22.397Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>it's that time of year again... think I've had loads of rants about it before now.... but this year will be different.. I'll be able to go for a walk along a beach... maybe a surf if I am foolhardy enough..thought it would be chilled... I thought wrong.... now i have essay deadlines, sons who need a lift, one with a young cat who is also visiting!!?? food to collect/gather store/plus accompanying</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/6203572376224559794/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=6203572376224559794' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/6203572376224559794'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/6203572376224559794'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2007/12/its-that-time-of-year-again.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-4015160075266680399</id><published>2007-12-10T22:53:00.000Z</published><updated>2007-12-10T23:14:05.660Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>week ten has been and gone... it's now the holiday and still i sit and read... read as if my life depended on it... but sadly by now i should be writing!! last week I set myself a word target of 300 per day... no problem I thought... so....   how's it gone? well up to this evening i have the total of ... ummmm 273.... out of 4000.... but hey the deadline is ages away, absolutely ages! I am </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/4015160075266680399/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=4015160075266680399' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/4015160075266680399'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/4015160075266680399'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2007/12/week-ten-has-been-and-gone.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-6636305932188382454</id><published>2007-11-11T14:20:00.000Z</published><updated>2008-11-13T07:41:33.838Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>visited London last weekend and it was quite lovely to be back on familiar streets, walking down known pathways and exploring the already explored.... went to see S &amp; R and their lovely new baby Z... what struck me about the visit was the happiness of the household, it was truely delicious to hear two new parents singing to their cherished offspring and just being so obviously overjoyed by it all</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/6636305932188382454/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=6636305932188382454' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/6636305932188382454'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/6636305932188382454'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2007/11/visited-london-last-weekend-and-it-was.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mGlO3US_DIk/RzcRG5cukdI/AAAAAAAAALs/lKT30LBE3EI/s72-c/nov+2007+014.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-1755095900815354111</id><published>2007-10-21T09:40:00.000Z</published><updated>2007-10-21T09:58:11.297Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>it's now heading to the end of october and i have been in Exeter almost a month...Thank you R for your comment, lovely to hear from you.... particularly as you share those memories of The Mermaid in the 70's!!Tho' today, instead of heading to the north coast to surf, I am hiding away in my flat nursing a sore throat... The exploration of society/geography seems to be now looking under the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/1755095900815354111/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=1755095900815354111' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/1755095900815354111'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/1755095900815354111'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2007/10/its-now-heading-to-end-of-october-and-i.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-6581755428610891382</id><published>2007-10-18T10:08:00.000Z</published><updated>2007-10-18T10:21:27.242Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>i have been reading derrida this morning and I feel like I am running through an early morning woodland trying to grasp the mist that floats freely around me.... I can see it, I can feel it but cant quite get it!!!!also remembered my 15 year old self sitting in The Mermaid listening to the conversation of the worldly, wordy Irish Trinity College undergraduates (oh they were so grown up!!)... I </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/6581755428610891382/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=6581755428610891382' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/6581755428610891382'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/6581755428610891382'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2007/10/i-have-been-reading-derrida-this.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-1200553043157067102</id><published>2007-10-11T10:08:00.000Z</published><updated>2007-10-11T10:15:57.559Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>the second week is almost done and I have been reading, oh have I been reading! Sort of realise that I have spent a fortune, moved myself to the other side of the country away from all that I know in order to .... read.and is it all starting to make sense....are the hybrids coming out of the woodwork and starting to be familiar? Is the Other really there and am I enchanted or dis-illusioned by </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/1200553043157067102/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=1200553043157067102' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/1200553043157067102'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/1200553043157067102'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2007/10/second-week-is-almost-done-and-i-have.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-260935361887450093</id><published>2007-10-04T13:00:00.000Z</published><updated>2007-10-04T13:19:35.264Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>ahhhhh it's been soooooo long! But once again I feel the need to communicate via Delilah...so here i am sitting in the lounge of my new flat in central exeter. I have a seminar to attend later this afternoon but for most of today I have been enjoying the luxury of broadband at home. So I am about to book a cottage on the north coast for xmas week and am looking around for a decent yoga class... </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/260935361887450093/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=260935361887450093' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/260935361887450093'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/260935361887450093'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2007/10/ahhhhh-its-been-soooooo-long-but-once.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-7641771547082126349</id><published>2007-03-14T12:13:00.000Z</published><updated>2007-03-14T12:17:20.203Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>scary scary scary.... just got my name put on the door of my office!!! That's a first! do I belong??Suddenly  I realise I have a social life here in Cambridge too... and what am I going to do? Yes- leave it all behind and move to a place where I know no-one!! But at least the countryside will be gorgeous so I can wander in it lonely as a cloud..... for about 2 years when I will suddenly realise </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/7641771547082126349/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=7641771547082126349' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/7641771547082126349'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/7641771547082126349'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2007/03/scary-scary-scary.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-4506856233882453999</id><published>2007-03-13T15:50:00.000Z</published><updated>2007-03-13T15:52:57.771Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Big moves ahead!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Went to Exeter University for a chat about doing a Masters/PhD and it's all happening! Well it will if I complete the online application which is almost done..... just transcripts from my degree required and then sell up and move to Devon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Am i dreaming .....? Can this be real????</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/4506856233882453999/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=4506856233882453999' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/4506856233882453999'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/4506856233882453999'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2007/03/big-moves-ahead-went-to-exeter.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-5893516561098909523</id><published>2007-03-05T16:12:00.000Z</published><updated>2007-03-05T16:22:34.099Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>sooooooooooooooo no more Camden...........  all has gone quiet on the TT front... so I thought I'd add Robert Newman to my boyfriend list as he is the only bloke I have met recently who I've actually thought 'now I would love him to be "my boyfriend this week"!!! sadly I'm not sure  one week would be enough tho'.... have you seen History of Oil it's required viewing indeed... and he is going to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/5893516561098909523/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=5893516561098909523' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/5893516561098909523'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/5893516561098909523'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2007/03/sooooooooooooooo-no-more-camden.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-1724102519604154267</id><published>2007-03-05T09:21:00.000Z</published><updated>2007-05-11T16:17:46.244Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Back to blogging again... my receptacle for inner chatter has receded into the background... in fact I haven't heard from him for days ... and so I blog again... it's odd how I tend to stop blogging when i am seeing someone ... so when I start writing again it means I have no other place for the inner chatter.. and it must be deposited somewhere.... so if there's no-one within my personal sphere </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/1724102519604154267/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=1724102519604154267' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/1724102519604154267'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/1724102519604154267'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2007/03/back-to-blogging-again.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-7591966279854999569</id><published>2007-03-02T15:01:00.000Z</published><updated>2007-03-06T11:48:15.692Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Is it because the name of the month has changed???? But I am feeling a whole lot better about life, work and just about everything else. Yesterday morning was the lowest point when on the phone to TT.... felt totally cold and alone... then went for lunch here at work... it's £2 so seemed worth trying. Trundled over the courtyard to the oak pannelled dining room in the company of fellow workers. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/7591966279854999569/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=7591966279854999569' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/7591966279854999569'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/7591966279854999569'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2007/03/is-it-because-name-of-month-has-changed.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-3452446462281505118</id><published>2007-02-19T13:19:00.000Z</published><updated>2007-02-20T09:02:00.639Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Headed into work this morning, which was a pleasant change but as I had to drive I remembered my ipod... it started up as I was pulling out of my street with Razorlight's 'Who needs Love' which made me laugh but then came Beth Orton's 'Feel to Believe' followed by Graham's 'A place for Grief' it was too much, my ipod knows more about what's going on in my life than I do!!!The weekend was marked </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/3452446462281505118/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=3452446462281505118' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/3452446462281505118'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/3452446462281505118'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2007/02/headed-into-work-this-morning-which-was.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-7013514942619480198</id><published>2007-01-22T21:46:00.000Z</published><updated>2007-01-22T22:10:51.685Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Went to see Babel friday night... same director as 21 grams and oddly I found myself in the same cinema The Soho Curzon to watch his new film. 21g prepared me a little! It was quite an emotional jouney, the film was powerful in many many ways. It was about language and our inability to understand difference, it was about choices and assumptions that we make daily that initially seem insignificant</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/7013514942619480198/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=7013514942619480198' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/7013514942619480198'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/7013514942619480198'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2007/01/went-to-see-babel-friday-night.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-4976738860221872834</id><published>2007-01-18T15:19:00.000Z</published><updated>2008-11-13T07:41:34.093Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>hmmmmm as the job thing becomes problematic I start looking further afield, have already applied for a job in Cornwall this week, then after receiving an email from Maui I was reminded about the eco-village that Dreaming Bear lived in ... there's work and accommodation available... just have to find a suitable tree to live in ... What am I doing here???? </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/4976738860221872834/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=4976738860221872834' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/4976738860221872834'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/4976738860221872834'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2007/01/hmmmmm-as-job-thing-becomes-problematic.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mGlO3US_DIk/Ra-RDk82uvI/AAAAAAAAAAk/PiW8Pl5CvG0/s72-c/first..hawaii+plus+030.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-387939862666950394</id><published>2007-01-17T17:52:00.000Z</published><updated>2008-11-13T07:41:34.319Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>here's another one... and a close up too...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/387939862666950394/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=387939862666950394' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/387939862666950394'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/387939862666950394'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2007/01/heres-another-one.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mGlO3US_DIk/RbC1B082uxI/AAAAAAAAAA4/YRgY-GgNSh8/s72-c/07+january+022.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-2802916855950997164</id><published>2007-01-17T13:34:00.000Z</published><updated>2007-01-17T14:16:57.633Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>ok must admit to enjoying one or two of the Big Brother's of the past... John Mc Thingy was brilliantly awful, George Galloway scary scary scary and even way back Vanessa's breakdown unmissable but this one! Cant watch it... as soon as the Goody family entered it became "Shameless' for real without the humour.... I have watched a couple of times since and seen a group of females picking on </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/2802916855950997164/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=2802916855950997164' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/2802916855950997164'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/2802916855950997164'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2007/01/ok-must-admit-to-enjoying-one-or-two-of.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-4655100938347782578</id><published>2007-01-16T21:58:00.000Z</published><updated>2008-11-13T07:41:34.446Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>just got the Skype thing sorted out so if you fancy a conversation just let me know... it's taken a bit of getting used to, having an odd little square in the corner of the screen with my face in it, but if I keep the lighting down and jiggle around a lot I'm quite fuzzy and that's the way I like it!ahh another thing, if anyone want to commission a piece of my artwork... or knows someone who </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/4655100938347782578/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=4655100938347782578' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/4655100938347782578'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/4655100938347782578'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2007/01/just-got-skype-thing-sorted-out-soif.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mGlO3US_DIk/Ra1L1082utI/AAAAAAAAAAM/nlGEFfZogSE/s72-c/real+world+crop+1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-560875384211823365</id><published>2007-01-15T12:06:00.000Z</published><updated>2007-01-15T12:13:24.494Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>hmmmmm getting a little confusing with my posts i thinkstill talking to TT so that's good.... who knows what will happen there but as it is, it is very pleasant for the moment....but work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! just don't know what to do other than god forbid actually go and sign on !!! shudder at the thought of it... but i have no more money coming inso if anyone out there knows of any projects </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/560875384211823365/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=560875384211823365' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/560875384211823365'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/560875384211823365'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2007/01/hmmmmm-getting-little-confusing-wyj-my.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-4400450310206222745</id><published>2007-01-14T11:11:00.000Z</published><updated>2007-01-14T11:15:22.912Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>odd very odd... just when i think something interesting is starting... it finishes... trying to avoid the almost overwhelming disappointment.... by not thinking about it....still no work either.... was it something i said? should I be taking this personally I wonder, it must have been something i did????and so I am trying to be creative, to produce artwork that I have no interest in as someone </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/4400450310206222745/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=4400450310206222745' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/4400450310206222745'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/4400450310206222745'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2007/01/odd-very-odd.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-8340159708998279272</id><published>2007-01-02T12:24:00.000Z</published><updated>2007-01-02T12:46:31.504Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>So it's all over! The week has been interesting! Life could get very interesting indeed! Went to meet TT again and it was rather lovely!.... now tho' back at home, and trying to find work, it all seems a bit unreal... parties in Camden, good conversation, healthy organic food, sleeping late...There was one lovely moment amongst the many that made me laugh... the party was full of media types and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/8340159708998279272/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=8340159708998279272' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/8340159708998279272'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/8340159708998279272'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2007/01/so-its-all-over-week-has-been.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-2082731487087257419</id><published>2006-12-29T11:29:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-12-29T11:56:43.424Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Christmas has been survivied! In fact it all went quite pleasantly! Got the turkey in by 9.00am suitably basted and adorned with spices and peppers... haven't done this turkey cooking thing too often and do remember one year actually cooking the giblets, in their plastic bag, so had a good look in the vast cavity to ensure that there was no sign of plastic. All that was in there was what was </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/2082731487087257419/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=2082731487087257419' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/2082731487087257419'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/2082731487087257419'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2006/12/christmas-has-been-survivied-in-fact-it.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-7922368495830483231</id><published>2006-12-20T15:40:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-12-20T15:45:34.411Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spot the difference'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>I have just updated my blogger stuff and now will see just what the differences are, if any????  Don't forget tomorrow night!!!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/7922368495830483231/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=7922368495830483231' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/7922368495830483231'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/7922368495830483231'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2006/12/i-have-just-updated-my-blogger-stuff.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-116645416781118720</id><published>2006-12-18T14:58:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-12-18T15:02:47.840Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>just came across the most wonderfully titled 'Society to Assist Ladies in Reduced Circumstances' Wow isn't it amazing that such a society could exist in this day and age... how wonderful! What a lovely little safety net! must remember it when times get tough! Though I do wonder what defines a 'lady' is it how you make the tea, or whether you can sit cross-legged for hours without your foot </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/116645416781118720/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=116645416781118720' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/116645416781118720'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/116645416781118720'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2006/12/just-came-across-most-wonderfully.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-116643786564197246</id><published>2006-12-18T10:30:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-12-18T10:31:05.670Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>oh what a difference a weekend makes!!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/116643786564197246/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=116643786564197246' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/116643786564197246'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/116643786564197246'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2006/12/oh-what-difference-weekend-makes.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-116592082776368471</id><published>2006-12-12T10:43:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-12-13T11:32:04.003Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Money is always an issue, particularly at this time of year. I always have this idea that I'm going to concentrate on non-material stuff but you just cant get away from buying presents for people you care about, and how lovely it is to do just that. It is nice to have a tree-full of decorations with packages wrapped in gorgeous paper, ribbons and bows, nestling in sparkly glory underneath.  And </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/116592082776368471/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=116592082776368471' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/116592082776368471'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/116592082776368471'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2006/12/money-is-always-issue-particularly-at.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-116550663439323206</id><published>2006-12-07T15:10:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-12-07T15:59:16.703Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>sometimes I wonder about certain events... did they really happen???yesterday was the work Christmas lunch/away day event.... a simple idea.. take the team off get someone in, have lunch, do more stuff together as a team in the afternoon and then head home...Christmas parties often turn in to rowdy drunken affairs ... that would have been so vastly preferable.... it was a spectacle tho'I nearly </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/116550663439323206/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=116550663439323206' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/116550663439323206'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/116550663439323206'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2006/12/sometimes-i-wonder-about-certain.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-116549076239644559</id><published>2006-12-07T11:25:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-12-07T11:33:22.026Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>         What Is Your Daemon?  CAT - your daemon may be a cat if you are independent and comfort loving. You follow your heart and do what you want to do - no matter what others think. You have a strong sense of your own worth, and an inner dignity. You may be loving and generous in one moment, and then lash out at someone in the next. You have as many moods as there are colours in a rainbow, and</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/116549076239644559/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=116549076239644559' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/116549076239644559'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/116549076239644559'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2006/12/what-is-your-daemon-cat-your-daemon.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-116524276338975301</id><published>2006-12-04T14:31:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-12-05T15:46:43.436Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>It isn't really getting any better... so I have started looking at useless stuff whilst at work... here's one purloined from RoseYour Birthdate: December 29You have the mind of an artist, even if you haven't developed the talent yet.Expressive and aware, you enjoy finding new ways to share your feelings.You often feel like you don't fit in - especially in traditional environments.You have big </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/116524276338975301/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=116524276338975301' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/116524276338975301'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/116524276338975301'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2006/12/it-isnt-really-getting-any-better.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-116358489586831949</id><published>2006-11-15T09:54:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-11-15T10:03:08.003Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>the day got worse... almost didn't go to London as I was feeling rather negative but thought it would cheer me up a bit, and it did. Had a very pleasant drink in the Barleymow on Curtain Road and an excellent meal in Brick Lane, maybe I was a little too relaxed as I ambled to Liverpool St as I missed the last train but undaunted I jumped on the tube to get to King's Cross thinking I had loads of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/116358489586831949/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=116358489586831949' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/116358489586831949'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/116358489586831949'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2006/11/day-got-worse.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-116343104544457916</id><published>2006-11-13T15:05:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-11-13T15:17:25.460Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Everything seemed to go wrong this morning! woke ridiculously early as Josh's alarm starts sounding at 5.30... it wakes me not him, it continues until I get up to remind him it is morning ... I usually offer to give him a lift to work, he has to be there at 7.30 so at 7.15 he emerges complaining that he is  tired, and yet he has been sleeping for the previous two hours!!!!!!!!!! (you can tell </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/116343104544457916/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=116343104544457916' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/116343104544457916'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/116343104544457916'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2006/11/everything-seemed-to-go-wrong-this.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-116307263474537808</id><published>2006-11-09T11:32:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-11-09T11:43:54.763Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>had another ridiculous guardian soulmates date on Saturday.... oh and yes by now I should have learned... I should know better!!!the chappie involved lives in Exeter and despite his absolute adoration of jazz (I utterly hate it) for some reason I thought I might be able to put such massive differences aside .... and so I thought Avebury would be a good half way point to meet... haven't been there</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/116307263474537808/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=116307263474537808' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/116307263474537808'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/116307263474537808'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2006/11/had-another-ridiculous-guardian.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-116134260887838088</id><published>2006-10-20T10:52:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-10-20T11:11:51.390Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>rushed out of work yesterday to catch a bus to London, it seemed a better (cheaper) thing to do than catch th etrain but as soon as I got on the bus I became aware of a distinctly unpleasant odour emitting from the loo at the back of the bus.... 2 hours of breathing in the foul fetid air... and the bus was running late... not a good start to the evening at all... but as soon as I had escaped the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/116134260887838088/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=116134260887838088' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/116134260887838088'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/116134260887838088'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2006/10/rushed-out-of-work-yesterday-to-catch.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-116030338816730286</id><published>2006-10-08T09:41:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-10-08T10:39:04.820Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Sometimes I think I am making this up!!! Tell me if you agree...Friday, after having a Thursday night which involved far too many beers for a woman of my age!, I arrived at work to find my main task of the morning was to go to the bus station, meet a bus arriving from Bedford and help a blind Imam get to the railway station and on his train to Norwich!!! So off I went having been advised I would </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/116030338816730286/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=116030338816730286' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/116030338816730286'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/116030338816730286'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2006/10/sometimes-i-think-i-am-making-this-up.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-115997400259231050</id><published>2006-10-04T14:44:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-10-04T15:15:16.443Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>it's not often that any asks me if I am a Mathematics student but today it happened... new job took me to the Fresher's Fair here in Cambridge and I was amazed as I walked around as I was not the oldest person in the room and many of today's undergraduates were happy to ask me to join their societies. I was there actually to offer them money which was a pleasant little role to have!!!Nice job, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/115997400259231050/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=115997400259231050' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/115997400259231050'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/115997400259231050'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2006/10/its-not-often-that-any-asks-me-if-i-am.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-115936313418582915</id><published>2006-09-27T12:57:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-09-27T13:43:51.950Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Another day, another new job... at least it's sort of how life feels at the moment! Actually got headhunted, or should I say temp hunted last week. Had an email from someone I worked with in the press office last year. They are now working for a different but connected dept and she wondered if I wanted to help out for the next four weeks. There was no reason no to jump at the chance. I had become</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/115936313418582915/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=115936313418582915' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/115936313418582915'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/115936313418582915'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2006/09/another-day-another-new-job.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-115847951542637809</id><published>2006-09-17T07:26:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-09-17T08:48:47.033Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Went surfing in Newquay last week... well I say surfing but............. it just didn't quite happen. Arrived wednesday all excited, the waves looked enormous and fairly choppy but standing at the top of Fistral beach they never look too big until.... got up thursday morning donned the rash vest wetsuit outfit that I had not needed in Hawaii and selecting a different board to try out ( a mini mal</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/115847951542637809/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=115847951542637809' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/115847951542637809'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/115847951542637809'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2006/09/went-surfing-in-newquay-last-week.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-115718968480103509</id><published>2006-09-02T09:19:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-09-02T13:54:10.206Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>it's saturday and I'm in Cambridge, the computer is connected and I have a new job...so once again a new start a new beginning... I wonder if I should be getting tired of it but so far I'm finding it new and excitingthe oddest realisation is that by doing this I am really putting myself first as when working at Mepal I have been pretty tired in the evenings and although I have a climbing wall at </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/115718968480103509/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=115718968480103509' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/115718968480103509'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/115718968480103509'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2006/09/its-saturday-and-im-in-cambridge.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-115631779256797013</id><published>2006-08-23T07:11:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-08-23T07:44:58.896Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>it's my last day here at Mepal.... odd in that I found a job I love and I am leaving it early in the season??????????? trouble is I can see myself getting less and less enthusiastic.... it's the repetetive nature of the role really.... I feel in need of some sort of progression and however good an instuctor I am that's it.... and I want to change things, to try out my own ideas and see if other </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/115631779256797013/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=115631779256797013' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/115631779256797013'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/115631779256797013'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2006/08/its-my-last-day-here-at-mepal.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-115352199763342978</id><published>2006-07-21T22:36:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-07-22T07:12:25.233Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Went to see A Scanner Darkly last weekend... eminently watchable film, Linklater has filmed so many different films... from A school of Rock(sucky) to Before Sunset/ Before Sunrise (excellent) to Waking Life (utterly mesmerising)... that I was keen to see how this one would work out as it was using the same animating techniques of Waking life.... it worked really well, mostly, Robert Downey jr </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/115352199763342978/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=115352199763342978' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/115352199763342978'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/115352199763342978'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2006/07/went-to-see-scanner-darkly-last.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-115346254555333881</id><published>2006-07-21T06:03:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-07-21T06:17:39.040Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Love the weather at the moment! Spent the morning yesterday with four 11 year olds snorkeling! Actually had two solid hours in the water without getting cold, although my lips did turn blue! The lake here has miraculously clear water as the ground is mainly sand and gravel so the water is continuously filtered. It means that you can actually see whatever is swimming around... and we have some </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/115346254555333881/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=115346254555333881' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/115346254555333881'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/115346254555333881'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2006/07/love-weather-at-moment-spent-morning.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-115147894756500055</id><published>2006-06-28T07:00:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-06-28T07:34:51.816Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>I am a woman in love. and I am happy!No it's not another 'dancing partner' think I've given up there......... the object of my happiness is quite simply my new ipod! I bought it in hawaii and have been ploddingly downloading all my music on to it's itunes since and adding gradually to it's memory over the last few weeks....and now it travels everywhere with me and the shuffle selection brings me </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/115147894756500055/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=115147894756500055' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/115147894756500055'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/115147894756500055'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2006/06/i-am-woman-in-love.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-115031627635640171</id><published>2006-06-14T19:50:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-06-14T20:17:56.416Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Spent the weekend in the sun on the Isle of Wight at what was a little festival but has pretensions for something much bigger.... and it was good!!! The weather was utterly incredible, for the first time ever at a festival there was no rain, not only no rain but not a threat of rain, nor even barely a cloud in the sky... for the whole four days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Soooooooooooo new discoveries were '</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/115031627635640171/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=115031627635640171' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/115031627635640171'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/115031627635640171'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2006/06/spent-weekend-in-sun-on-isle-of-wight.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-114794813455659481</id><published>2006-05-18T10:25:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-05-18T10:30:06.986Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Ok so here it is a picture of me riding a wave, hmmmmm yes it is small and I am studying my feet but ...............!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/114794813455659481/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=114794813455659481' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/114794813455659481'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/114794813455659481'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2006/05/ok-so-here-it-is-picture-of-me-riding.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-114752002634281170</id><published>2006-05-13T11:17:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-05-13T11:33:46.433Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>My role was pretty easy.. I had to drive the girls to the beach, unload the surfboards and then join in withthe surf lessons!! Tough heh! Must admit to not actually getting started with the yoga as I found I had gopher type things to do and it was better to get them done during the yoga than miss a surf lesson... we had other things of the agenda too... one afernoon a lady came to do a psychic </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/114752002634281170/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=114752002634281170' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/114752002634281170'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/114752002634281170'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2006/05/my-role-was-pretty-easy.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-114751896446677162</id><published>2006-05-13T11:01:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-05-13T11:16:04.900Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>The retreat was held on the east side of the island which was considerably warmer that the west and isn't so windy. The sun was shining most days and it had that balmy air of the tropics. Plant life was incredibly flamboyant ad I was walking round in a state of blissful amazement most of the time. In fact I don't think I have smiled so much ever before. The women on the yoga/surf retreat were an </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/114751896446677162/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=114751896446677162' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/114751896446677162'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/114751896446677162'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2006/05/retreat-was-held-on-east-side-of.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-114751757278232138</id><published>2006-05-13T10:41:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-05-13T10:52:53.356Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>So spent a couple of days in Pa'ia wandering around, sitting on the beach at Baldwin, going to Mana foods which was a rather large and very friendly health food shop where all of Pa'ia seemed to come to socialise. Very soon I was starting to recognise people and everyone greeted one another with cheery Aloha's and big enveloping hugs... it was a very very warm atmosphere to be in after the chill </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/114751757278232138/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=114751757278232138' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/114751757278232138'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/114751757278232138'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2006/05/so-spent-couple-of-days-in-paia.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-114751675239039769</id><published>2006-05-13T10:25:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-07-21T12:56:50.290Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Need to write before the trip to Maui becomes such a distant memory that the details get forgotten. This after all was one of the reasons for starting the blog way back when! I have fearful images of forgetting everything and sitting in an old and battered upright armchair in a home, dribble slowly escaping the corner of my mouth and my head empty of all the stuff of life. But stored away </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/114751675239039769/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=114751675239039769' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/114751675239039769'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/114751675239039769'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2006/05/need-to-write-before-trip-to-maui.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-114639241760749023</id><published>2006-04-30T10:19:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-04-30T10:20:17.606Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Back home, smiling</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/114639241760749023/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=114639241760749023' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/114639241760749023'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/114639241760749023'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2006/04/back-home-smiling.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-114599153360978670</id><published>2006-04-25T18:56:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-04-25T18:58:53.610Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>and there I sooooo many pictures... will have to find a suitable site to load them on.... hopefully the turtles will look as serene... the bamboo as stark ...and the flowers as flamboyant as they are here in this little place of unreality</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/114599153360978670/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=114599153360978670' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/114599153360978670'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/114599153360978670'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2006/04/and-there-i-sooooo-many-pictures.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-114599130092665452</id><published>2006-04-25T18:48:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-04-25T18:55:00.936Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>oh my oh my so in love with the place and today is my last day.... so the agenda: having my ears done with the candle thingy stuff... you know what it's like ... you are walking around the local health food store and someone you met at a reading of Gibran's The Prophet offers to do your ears for you... how can you say no!!!!! After that I have to return my trusty surfboard, kiss it farewell and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/114599130092665452/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=114599130092665452' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/114599130092665452'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/114599130092665452'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2006/04/oh-my-oh-my-so-in-love-with-place-and.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-114547227649457300</id><published>2006-04-19T18:36:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-04-19T21:28:07.340Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Another quick posting from MauiAll has been wonderful here I am so loving it! At the moment I am staying with a very lovely couple called Heather and Rob who have a room. The house is in Haiku which is in Upcountry Maui, an area in the mountains and forest, it has a beautiful view of the sea and bamboo growing in the garden, which is all quite amazing! Have rented a car and yesterday I drove to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/114547227649457300/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=114547227649457300' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/114547227649457300'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/114547227649457300'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2006/04/another-quick-posting-from-maui-all.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-114445166077055187</id><published>2006-04-07T23:12:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-04-07T23:14:20.780Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Amazingly writing this in an internet cafe in Maui! Have time running out on me so will be utterly succinctMagic!Awesome!Incredible!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/114445166077055187/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=114445166077055187' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/114445166077055187'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/114445166077055187'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2006/04/amazingly-writing-this-in-internet.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-114319064907121310</id><published>2006-03-24T08:46:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-03-24T09:04:08.190Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Every morning I travel through Jesus Green in Cambridge and there's a flock(?) of gulls idling around, picking worms, squwarking a bit, generally just milling about. Over the last couple of weeks these birds have changed from their winter plumage to their summer one! At first I noticed just one black head amongst them, then a couple, and this week it's all of them!! Does this mean it's now summer</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/114319064907121310/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=114319064907121310' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/114319064907121310'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/114319064907121310'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2006/03/every-morning-i-travel-through-jesus.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-114301558332533330</id><published>2006-03-22T08:19:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-03-22T08:19:43.346Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Hawaii is on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! oh I am a happy woman xx</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/114301558332533330/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=114301558332533330' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/114301558332533330'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/114301558332533330'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2006/03/hawaii-is-on-oh-i-am-happy-woman-xx.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-114284622808399504</id><published>2006-03-20T09:02:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-03-20T09:19:35.786Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>ha ha !!! so I made some phone calls, told people what was required and.... I'm still waiting! The original mortgage company deny that the new solicitors requested the deeds, the new solicitors insist they did... so who pays for this?? me.. I have longer to wait, another month's astronomical mortgage to pay and still an unknown completion date gets further and further in to the distance... on a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/114284622808399504/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=114284622808399504' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/114284622808399504'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/114284622808399504'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2006/03/ha-ha-so-i-made-some-phone-calls-told.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-114249964430274387</id><published>2006-03-16T08:51:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-03-16T09:00:44.313Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Got to get to grips with this!! Instead of sitting waiting must do! have phone calls to make people to talk to to make it happen... no sitting trembling, waiting....</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/114249964430274387/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=114249964430274387' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/114249964430274387'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/114249964430274387'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2006/03/got-to-get-to-grips-with-this-instead.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-114233728811197026</id><published>2006-03-14T11:43:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-03-14T12:05:13.296Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>It's all happening and it's not happening... a weird little waiting time.... and I'm sitting in a public library with streaming cold ....there's snow outside....waiting for some sort of decision about what is happening in Mexico/San Fransisco? still no flights booked, no decision made, no idea what is happeningremortgage is supposedly happening but I'm in limbo at the moment, scared to imagine it</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/114233728811197026/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=114233728811197026' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/114233728811197026'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/114233728811197026'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2006/03/its-all-happening-and-its-not.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-114165127636495120</id><published>2006-03-06T12:43:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-03-06T13:32:33.906Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Amazing weekend!Went into town after work on friday and met up with S &amp; R in Villandry where we had beer and good conversation.. headed into camden to the Barfly to see the morning after girls. Nice to be back in a crowded venue spilling my beer when squeezing my way to the front, I'm too short to see anything unless I'm in the front row, but my beer doesn't often survive the trip... musically </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/114165127636495120/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=114165127636495120' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/114165127636495120'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/114165127636495120'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2006/03/amazing-weekend-went-into-town-after.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-114121044194856090</id><published>2006-03-01T10:35:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-03-01T10:54:01.960Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>all up in the air!! god knows where I'm going or when, though Mexico looks less likely and California seems to be the most likely ???? So this company (D2E)is having ummmm teething problems to say the least... I have remortgaged my flat, a move i wouldn't ever have got round to if Mexico hadn't been a possibility... and so now it looks like Mexico is off and I want to go somewhere!!! it looks </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/114121044194856090/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=114121044194856090' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/114121044194856090'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/114121044194856090'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2006/03/all-up-in-air-god-knows-where-im-going.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825734.post-114043996402174506</id><published>2006-02-20T12:48:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-02-20T12:52:44.033Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Had an interesting week at Mepal! Went there to climb and do some field archery as well as work there with a group for the week. So I arrived in a ball of smoke as my car had broken down and died and then still on the same day managed to so badly injure my hand that I needed stitches! So wasn't able to climb a thing or shoot one arrow!!!! But still loved the place and the job and am really </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/feeds/114043996402174506/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3825734&amp;postID=114043996402174506' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/114043996402174506'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3825734/posts/default/114043996402174506'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delilahspalaver.blogspot.com/2006/02/had-interesting-week-at-mepal-went.html' title=''/><author><name>hsd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16524141476633251563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
