Dear Steve, The first thing that I noticed about Letter XXIX was its date. May. Given that it is now October, there’s a bit of difference in the context. The beginning and the end of the summer (kind of). I don’t think that is too much of a problem. When I first started looking atContinue reading “2114 – Letter to Steve XXIX – Conkers & Beech nuts”
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2113 – Crossing the Atlantic
I asked my assistant what would be the next major geological feature that The Queen Mary 2 would sail over after the Georges Bank. Her response varied between the Sohm Abyssal Plain which is 4 – 5. KM beneath the ship, and The New England Seamounts, apparently extinct volcanoes that are 2,500mm above the plain.Continue reading “2113 – Crossing the Atlantic”
2112 – Friday
As it was Friday, this afternoon I would be working in the Charity shop where I volunteer. It’s only the afternoon, 1300-1630, 3.5 hours so it’s not overly onerous, indeed, I really enjoy interacting with the customers. The problem today was there weren’t many of them. Strangely though, it didn’t seem like that. Perhaps nextContinue reading “2112 – Friday”
2111 – Out for a Walk
On Monday and Tuesday this week, I managed to get out for some normal walks around the twon centre. I even managed to do Face Book entries for both the days. It’s good to keep in touch with family and friends. I couldn’t go out on Wednesday, well that’s not strictly accurate. I suppose IContinue reading “2111 – Out for a Walk”
2110 – The First point of Aries
Once again, the photo bears no relevance to the title of tonight’s post. I am convinced that around this cone in the cockle pond, thrown in a while ago by some scholar, there is a good picture. I haven’t found it yet. Hopefully, Streetscene will remove the cone before too long. The title of tonight’sContinue reading “2110 – The First point of Aries”
2109 – Creative Writing & Stargazing
I wrote briefly about the Stargazing Group at u3a a little bit yesterday. What I had to do today was produce just a couple of short paragraphs about the group for the monthly newsletter. It seems to me that I should write about what we are doing. So Creative Writing was about settings, and toContinue reading “2109 – Creative Writing & Stargazing”
2108 – 4th Monday at u3a
The 4th Monday of every month is a busy day for me at the moment. In the morning, I go to the Stargazing session. Now, we use a couple of books to look at what has been happening in the sky that can be seen with the naked eye. I had to confess that apartContinue reading “2108 – 4th Monday at u3a”
2107 – Letter to Steve XXVIII – The Big Holiday & an Elk.
Letter XXVIII Dear Steve, I hesitated before starting this week’s letter, only to work out which direction to go. By that, I mean do I at least acknowledge Gilbert’s letter XXVIII, or do I explain the 5-week absence? Not so much explain the absence, but talk about what I had wanted to do, but didn’tContinue reading “2107 – Letter to Steve XXVIII – The Big Holiday & an Elk.”
2106 – A day in the Garden
The picture was taken this evening at 2154. I had gone out to see if the moon is visible to me. Well, it would be if it weren’t for the clouds. whad have a really interesting formation; as soon as I saw it I thought about streaky bacon laid out on a tray. The moonContinue reading “2106 – A day in the Garden”
2105 – An almost normal Friday?
I confess that I took this picture earlier in the week, but it applies just as well now. It started with the end of the month Shed Breakfast in the Boistin Cafe. They do a very acceptable full English with three halves of toast and two cups of tea included in the deal. For aContinue reading “2105 – An almost normal Friday?”
