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The Front-Loading Washing Machine

Posted on October 1, 2010 by authorjanegrieve

Here’s how it feels to look fondly into the happily-sloshing contents of the industrial-sized front-loading washing machine, as it slurps away at the dirt and unspeakables ingrained in the motel bedspread from Room 4 ……. and spy to your horror … Continue reading →

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The Breakfast Debacle

Posted on September 30, 2010 by authorjanegrieve

Day 2 of sole charge, and 6.30am finds me in the reception office doing battle with the computer. insert USB hit ‘today’s date’ wait keep waiting Fully engrossed with the unfamiliar concept of waiting (perhaps this is why computers and … Continue reading →

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The Start-Up Motelier

Posted on September 29, 2010 by authorjanegrieve

Here’s what it is like to be a start-up Motelier of 3 days’ duration. You waken at 3.00am when your partner Bas (as in Fawlty) wakens loudly (yes, it is possible, believe me) and proclaims the alarm to be unset … Continue reading →

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From Backwater to Mainstream

Posted on September 27, 2010 by authorjanegrieve

For 21 years, during what is fondly known as Stage 3 of my life, I lived close to the teeming backwater of Warwick. The backwater part I didn’t realise at the time, because the teeming part was so engrossing and … Continue reading →

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Travelling Light – The Plan

Posted on September 20, 2010 by authorjanegrieve

And of course I am realising that my 2 ½ stolid readers, all of them me re-reading what I have written and finding mistakes that have to be corrected, are wondering what the hell a tiny cottage 22km south-west of … Continue reading →

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