Anna’s Personal Stuff

Ms Raccoon regrets…

January 7, 2012

That in an act of callous disregard for your moral and ethical well being – she has fled the Raccoon coop for an entire week. Thoughtless of me, I know, but too late to let the dogs out, the scent is long gone. Since the early hours of this morning, Ms Raccoon has been poking [...]

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A Slice of Pond Life.

December 1, 2011
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I heard news of my (thankfully, very thankfully) ex-brother in law this afternoon. The youngest of the clan. He was 19 when I first knew him. 4 years younger than me. A gilded youth with long flowing blonde locks, and an arrogant stride. You might have thought he was an aspiring rock star if you [...]

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Past Lives and the NHS.

October 11, 2011
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I posted yesterday on the different attitude between France and the UK to families being present in a hospital and helping nurse their relatives. I hadn’t appreciated until the comments started coming in – and a couple of e-mails overnight from the continent, that the UK attitude seems to be exclusive to – the UK! [...]

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Big Ern and the beneficial properties of HP sauce

September 28, 2011

Do you ever have days when it all goes wrong? I was all ready to go home last Friday; scrubbed, showered, dressed, packed, taxi arrived, waved off into lift on the second floor. By the time the lift arrived on the ground floor I was unconscious. Don’t ask me – I was out of it! [...]

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French With Tears

August 29, 2011
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I wrote this last night. It was intended as an e-mail to a good friend, but dork that I am, I don’t have my e-mail password with me…. I have my computer, but no wi-fi connection. Today I have discovered a computer I can have access to for a few minutes, so whether you like [...]

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Anna Raccoon latest news (Updated)

August 7, 2011
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We’ve heard from the Boss again. Anna has been back in hospital for a couple of days for a follow-up, and should be back home early next week. Anna’s tumour taken out a couple of weeks ago has been analysed in Paris, and they are as sure as they can be that they extracted all [...]

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“The best of times, the worst of times…”

July 25, 2011
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“Breaking speculation” interrupted the, er, “breaking speculation” as to who or what might be responsible for the tragic deaths in Norway. The media had moved on.  No longer were they lovingly arranging pictures of 92 clean living but dead Norwegians, they had more exciting pictures to broadcast. “Amy Winehouse found dead!” Gosh, now there’s a [...]

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