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Continue reading →: A new year – a new venture
Long, long ago in the mists of times past, there was an online presence that barely tickled the interest of Mr and Mrs Interweb. This failed venture to supply customised greetings poems set odespinner thinking. After several years a new idea came to him and he decided to write a…
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Continue reading →: Another year another MOOC
I’ve just signed up for a MOOC created by the Open University In The Night Sky: Orion. This was prompted by my ignorance of some pretty basic stuff. My better half asked me the other day “what is the sun made of?” and followed that up with “what is a star?”…
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Continue reading →: 15 degrees in Belfast
There’s a big blanket of cloud hanging on top of the Divis mountain in West Belfast. The sky all around is a puffy, dirty grey and my cold is finally lifting. I am listening to Gilbert Becaud, Jacques Brel and Edith Piaf. I find french singing very expressive, and M.…
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Continue reading →: man flu or is it?
Woke ridiculously early again. Nose tap still dripping so I seized the day and battled on. It’s amazing how organized I can be before dawn. Credit card statements sorted and filed, zero percent interest until March 2016 to set up, mobile devices charged and my creative juices flowing. Shame our…
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Continue reading →: Sunday blues
4:30 am and I’m up dinking lemsip, listening to Jamie Callum wondering how to find shuffle play on my new gizmo. I listened to a radio programme yesterday about translating. I will be trying to get hold of the Dictionary of Untranslatables in English, it has done well in French…
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Continue reading →: Mobile blog #4…Saturday stuff
I woke very early today, listened to the radio for a bit and then, realising that sleep was over, got up. Last night’s dishes washed and put away, I was ready for some creativity. Potatoes, carrots, cucumber, trout fillets and cava seasoned with coriander and ginger. A gentle simmer to…
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Continue reading →: Mobile blog #3
Happy Christmas from leafy Surbiton. It is mild and sunny here in blighty. I have had my morning stroll to justify the excessive gorging to come. The spuds are peeled, the sprouts prepped and the timings calculated for a stress free roast dinner with all the trimmings. The living\dining room…
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Continue reading →: All I want for 2015
The Guardian carries a story today on 10 things that would improve life in 2015. Toilets are representative of poor sanitation and they report that in India 665 million people do not have access to a private toilet. A vaccine for Ebola is being fast tracked as the death toll…
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Continue reading →: Mobile blog #1
I will get the hang of this eventually, but right now it’s a bit frustrating trying to figure out which icon does what. I should also go and get my reading glasses, but that would be too sensible.
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Continue reading →: Curmudgeonly behaviour
Having cooked a pre-Christmas dinner I had probably quaffed my share of Barolo ( a bargain at £12 a bottle). So my grumpiness had a root cause, although alcohol consumption and a poor sleep pattern do not exonerate me from my surliness. Obviously I’m not going to accept the full…
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