The ' new ' house

Moving to a new house involves getting rid of the old. All those things that you do not wish to carry with you into your new life. The first thing I'm going to get rid of will be all of Peter's extensive collection of Jack the ripper books, these have to go. There is no way that I'm taking that aggro to our new home. (for the exception of Stephen Powell's book) all the rest will be donated to Oxfam.

Ideally, I would like to put them in a bonfire on Guy's Day. Specially the Skinner, Lindler and Morris Hoax Diary. I think is bad luck to take whatever has caused you nothing but unpleasantness and getting rid of this collection will be for me a way to exorcise the demons out of my brand new life. The old clothes have now been neatly packed and are ready to go, then the rest is looking through drawers and ruthlessly throwing away whatever is no longer useful, taking as little as possible to our new home.

Work is advancing there and Peter and I have already chosen the new kitchen and bathroom and its so exciting to be finally able to see this project coming along after all the endless planning permissions from the council that involves having to go through in a listed and historical home as this one. Finally, the archeological excavations are also done and the house is shaping up nicely so by the spring we will be able to move to the prettiest market town I've ever seen. I can hardly wait.

Hygeia ( Health )

Hygeia is the daughter of the first doctor Aesculapius, considered the father of Medicine. She appears with a snake, the symbol of healing, still part of the emblem of the doctor today. She is also an aspect of the goddess Athena and therefore shares her ability to speak to animals and raise the heroic dead.

Reflections on Reading

There are books so alive that you are always afraid that while you weren't reading the book has changed, has shifted like a river, while you went on living, it went on living too, and like a river moved on and moved away. No one has stepped twice into the same river. But did anyone step twice into the same book ? Marina Tsvetaeva.

Our life is a pilgrims progress - that we are strangers in the earth, our life is a long walk or journey from earth to heaven. Vincent Van Gogh

Reading is one of the most rewarding endeavour, with a book our mind can travel to places you have never been to, or feel sentiments that you have never experienced before. At around October I reflect on the books that have given me joy during the year.