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Well, it’s been a pretty good day, all things considered.

I awoke around 7:30 to find a steady rain falling. By the time I had washed and eaten, it was pretty clear that there wasn’t going to be much pruning done today.

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Of all the naff annual events on a typical western-civilisation calendar, Valentine’s day has gotta be top of the list of all but the most stupid and gullible.

It’s a day when men (and women but mostly men) all over the world are compelled out of some kind of misguided sense of obligation to make largely empty gestures and spend a small fortune on overpriced crappy flowers, sickly chocolates and naffly sentimental cards.

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Thing to do this year:-

  1. Have more fun (and do less work)
  2. Laugh more (and grumble less)
  3. Relax more (and worry less)
  4. Be more happy (and less angry)
  5. Be more patient (and less critical)
  6. Strive for new goals
  7. Accept limitations
  8. Learn more
  9. Love deeper
  10. Be happy
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