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Letter From Stafford, Three

30th March 2023 Going Postal 2635 Comments

I don’t get out as much any more now that I’ve learned to do my work online. Slouching behind a steering wheel 200 miles a day has been replaced by slouching at a screen waiting [more…]

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Letter from Stafford, Two

25th January 2023 Going Postal 2599 Comments

Wayne stopped by last night to tell me his interwebs had been cut off for being in arrears, and he wanted to use mine to download some documents from his barrister regarding child custody. He’s [more…]

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Letter From Stafford

24th November 2022 Going Postal 3299 Comments

When people I meet ask where I’m from, I tell them Welsh and French by blood. English by schooling (failed Latin – no Greek), and Virginian by the Grace of God. Why not? Virginia was [more…]

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