Category Archives: Doha – Qatar – 2014

Cyprus in summer

Posted on August 3, 2014 by gaelharrison

We are just back from a week in Cyprus, and now the apartment here in Doha is sadly bereft. So much is packed or has been taken away already and there is a hollow echoing feel to it. I have … Continue reading →

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Tidying up

Posted on July 22, 2014 by gaelharrison

I am at a loss. All my sewing projects are finished, I have packed up what material I want to keep and have thrown away all the scraps and now the room is empty, except for all the bobbins and … Continue reading →

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A little dental musing

Posted on June 24, 2014 by gaelharrison

‘I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows, Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine, With sweet musk-roses and with eglantine.’ (Oberon in Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare) I’ve been thinking a lot … Continue reading →

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Clever Ladies

Posted on June 13, 2014 by gaelharrison

John is getting quite cavalier, and his response to everything is ‘Who gives a monkeys?’ I was nagging him to clean up ‘his slum’ as we were having friends round for dinner last week, and the shelf by the door … Continue reading →

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To see a world in a grain of sand

Posted on May 27, 2014 by gaelharrison

What a week – dominated by ‘Dr Roberto from Spain’ who specialises in root canals. He kindly inflicted four on me, with one more looming ahead. He gouged out all the previous errors made over the years, even finding a … Continue reading →

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Borneo Adventure – Sabah (Part 2)

Posted on May 5, 2014 by gaelharrison

Sabah – The Land Below The Wind Sabah is the northern state of the island of Borneo, and ancient mariners sailing in the surrounding waters once described all the lands south of the typhoon belt as the “land below the … Continue reading →

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Tales of the Macabre

Posted on January 23, 2014 by gaelharrison

Poor John, he’s had a week from hell. The wonderful crown that he had made in Kiev, came to a sad end when he pranged it with his fork. A second one was made here in Doha, but it was … Continue reading →

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