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1991 -Sorry – I forgot to do the Title

I am very disappointed with myself. I was nearly 30 minutes late for today’s Local History session. I had somehow managed to translate a 1400 start into a 1430 start (and as a result of being late, triggered a review of other sessions. I would also have been late for Exploring Art next week. AsContinue reading “1991 -Sorry – I forgot to do the Title”

No Post Tonight

I hope you don’t mind. I attended my father-in-law’s funeral today.

1990 – Letter to Steve XII

Dear Steve, If I were in a position to be able to photograph the nest of a harvest mouse, I’d eagerly grab it, obviously without disturbing the occupants. The nests are quite a feat of engineering. I certainly wouldn’t do what Gilbert did, take one indoors and roll it around on the table, apparently withContinue reading “1990 – Letter to Steve XII”

1989 – Taking it easy

I have to confess that I don’t like talking about any ailments that I might have. The one exception to this is if it affects something like going for a walk. Which is what happened to me on Thursday. I’d been for a walk along my usual route, past the Cockle Ponds, along the seaContinue reading “1989 – Taking it easy”

1988 – A u3a Project

Only 5 days ago, I did a u3a review. The Geology interest group was one where I had recorded “No Task – Yet”. Well, I think I have found one. We go to the beach fairly regularly, say a couple of times a month, even if it is only for fish and chips. Recently, IContinue reading “1988 – A u3a Project”

1987 – The Cockle Ponds

The Model Yacht club was active today, racing. There was one yacht which was well out of it. I couldn’t help wondering if a prospective new member was controlling the yacht and was doing the same as I did when I was thinking about joining the club, I was able to watch the pond clearerContinue reading “1987 – The Cockle Ponds”

1986 – How did they Know?

A while before I joined u3a, I started reading some history books. Briefly, I became interested in the English Civil War, and bought a book about it. The problem with the book was that it didn’t tell me what led up to the start of the war. I temporarily gave up on the book (OK,Continue reading “1986 – How did they Know?”

1985 – Macro & Stacking

Tonight was camera club night. It was a member’s night, when we get to choose what we are going to do, well, almost. I think it might have been Tim, the club chairman, who decided the topic for the evening. Some members brought in setups; Jon was showing how to do photo-stacking, Mike was doingContinue reading “1985 – Macro & Stacking”

1984 – A u3a Review

I joined the u3a in early January. That’s nearly five months ago, I can hardly believe it. I thought this would be a good time to sit back and look at how things are going. I wrote a quick list of the groups I’m involved in. Where there’s an opportunity in a group, I likeContinue reading “1984 – A u3a Review”

1983 – Letter to Steve XI

Dear Steve, I read through Letter XI, and I confess, I was more than a bit surprised by the first paragraph. Gilbert had acquired a dead falcon. Taking it into his home, he took measurements of it, and looked at its characteristics. That kind of floored me a bit. What could I do that wasContinue reading “1983 – Letter to Steve XI”