The Third Tuesday of the month is a busy day for me. In the mornings, I am the Group Leader for the Creative Writing Group. This week, we had 8 attendees including myself. The topic for todays session was Characterisation – writing characters. There are a few ways to do this; a straight forward (orContinue reading “2091 – u3a & Camera Club”
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2090 – Astronomy Week 5
I am very aware that the picture isn’t really connected to the subject. I’ve used my best star picture a couple of times recently and thought you get bored with it. I hope to have mmore pictures before long. Mondays sees me traveling to the Hampshire Astronomy Group (HAG). We are on Week 5 ofContinue reading “2090 – Astronomy Week 5”
2089 – Letter to Steve XXXI – Ants, Bees & Star Trek
Dear Steve, I really haven’t paid as much attention to letter XXXI this week as I should have done. I can’t give you a good reason. Having just reread the letter and reviewed the discussions I have had with my assistant, I think the view that I am taking with regard to XXXI is thatContinue reading “2089 – Letter to Steve XXXI – Ants, Bees & Star Trek”
2127 The Amateur Natursalist
I found another book, The Amatuer Naturalist, by Gerald Durrell. I’m rather pleased with it, although initially I thought it may take me away from Gilbert White. But I am learning that it has big potential to be a crucial supporter. I am going to try and read a few pagers a week. In theoryContinue reading “2127 The Amateur Natursalist”
2126 – Friday
It was a bit of a culture shock to have to get up early, and get out of the house. Well, early is debatable I suppose, in this case it was 8AM, isn’t really that early (I can imagine my readers moaning – “what is he on about”?) Anyway, I was heading up to ThorngateContinue reading “2126 – Friday”
2125 – Microscopes & Photography
Even though the magnification of this microscope is nowhere near enough to be able to see things like bacteria, it serves really well, for having a closer and yet wider view of the subject. Which is all well and good. But if I’m writing about it, it would be really nice to be able toContinue reading “2125 – Microscopes & Photography”
2124 – Office tidying
Several years ago, I purchased and read – to a point, the book Getting Things Done by David Allen. I can only remember bits of it (I can’t find my copy, I’d be surprised if I’d sent it to the charity shop). The main thing is to have an inbox, which everything goes into. ThatContinue reading “2124 – Office tidying”
2123 – Camera Club Night
Tonights Camera Club gave members an opportunity to show other members a few pieces of their work as projected images. The header picture was one of mine. It was an attempt to explore the macro capabilities of the iPhone. 17. It’s not perfect, but it isn’t bad, even Jon (one of the top A group)Continue reading “2123 – Camera Club Night”
2122 – Astronomy Course Week 4 – The Sun & Moon
I’m fairly confident that this was close to “peak eclipse” (93%-ish) for us here, in Gosport on the 12th of August. So it seems entirely appropriate as a picture for tonights blog. Tonights session was split in to two parts. The first half was about the sun, which I can’t deny is fascinating. But It’sContinue reading “2122 – Astronomy Course Week 4 – The Sun & Moon”
2121 – Letter to Steve XXX – The fruit of the tree (or possibly bush).
Dear Steve, I read Gilbert’s Letter XXX with a little bit of bemusement. It was, to put it simply, a bit all over the place. In reality, there is no way I could produce a letter that was in line with his. This week, then, we will talk about the passion fruit bush thatContinue reading “2121 – Letter to Steve XXX – The fruit of the tree (or possibly bush).”
