Elayne has been away for a couple of days. Left to my own devices at home, I had some household jobs which I made sure were done today, before anything else. Then sat down to decide what I was going to do for the rest of the day. I looked up the Gosport Discovery CentreContinue reading “1968 – Murder Mysteries And Jellyfish”
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1948 – Project Hail Mary
A while ago, I think on the order of a few months, Alex strongly suggested that I read a science fiction book, Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir (Author of The Martian – both the book and the film are superb). I listened to the audio version rather than read the book, and I haveContinue reading “1948 – Project Hail Mary”
1908 – Gilbert, Geese and other things
I’m supposed to be reading the Gilbert White letters. I’m starting at the beginning, with letter 1, rather than working on the dates of the letters. Apparently, he was a bit more subtle than that, as I thought I should. So, I have the delight of reading this Afternoon. I am disappointed that I didn’tContinue reading “1908 – Gilbert, Geese and other things”
1896 – The U3A Monthly Meeting
The U3A works on a four weekly cycle, which I am guessing (without doing any reasearch whatsoever, hence the guess) could get out of synch with the calendar months pretty quickly. Actually, thinking about it, if a month has five weeks, then nothing would be scheduled there. Anyhow, to lock the 20 day cycle (nothingContinue reading “1896 – The U3A Monthly Meeting”
1817 – I bought a book (what a surprise)!
With Elayne away, in London & the house jobs done, I have time to do what I want. Only snag is – what do I want to do? I thought i might go over to Portsmouth, get on the next bus to depart and take it to the end, wherever that might be (Probably Fareham,Continue reading “1817 – I bought a book (what a surprise)!”
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