March 2nd, 2010
I’m unaccustomed to dealing with medical problems, so the prospect of undergoing a routine surgery came not without some trepidation.
This was to be a hernia repair. Possibly the result of lugging a humongous 32-inch Sony CRT television set up two flights of stairs a couple of years ago (as at least two people who will [...]
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December 5th, 2009
Last weekend I actually got out of the flat and travelled to big, bad London. That’s a rare event for me now, but this was a chance to meet with some new people.
I was delighted in October to have my work accepted by the SGFA (Society of Graphic Fine Art), and Saturday was my first [...]
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September 8th, 2009
Last weekend saw Jen’s first taste of one particular British tradition: the car boot sale.
I haven’t attended the bargain bustle of the boot sale for a good many years, despite them being regular weekend entertainment at one time. Jen, of course, knows garage sales, rummage sales (I think we might translate those as Jumble Sales), [...]
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June 29th, 2009
I am sketching at a nearby church late on Sunday morning (see image), and experience an interesting encounter. Some of the dialogue here may be paraphrased but I assure you not exaggerated.
I stand at one side of the gated entrance – the most interesting composition in that particular light – and peek up from my [...]
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April 24th, 2009
I am never one to share the cry of scare-mongers without looking deeper. So when changes to the Terrorism Act appear to have given the Police rather draconian powers against photography in pubic, I wanted to gain some clarity on our regal rights. It turns out those scare-mongers have been at work again.
We regularly read [...]
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August 22nd, 2008
Where work is concerned, I am pretty self disciplined to get on with it and get things done (ADD-related issues aside). It’s a good thing, this self discipline. But if permitted too much free reign, it completely skews the work-life balance.
Old habits
Getting going in the morning is easy: do everything I can to physically start [...]
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January 27th, 2008
TABLE RAPPERS – PERSISTENT SPIRIT
CHAPTER4
Judith prepares the seance room for Martha Benson’s very special working and has a very intimate encounter.
Story running time: 21 minutes
Total running time: 29 minutes
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If you have a podcast or a website, please play the audio promo and promote Persistent Spirit. [...]
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December 19th, 2007
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November 30th, 2007
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April 29th, 2007
This weekend gave me the opportunity to initiate the training of the sorely neglected Japanese maple mentioned in this very recent bonsai post.
It needed some drastic action, and several years of work, but we have to start somewhere. The picture on the left shows the initial pruning and wiring of the Japanese maple (Acer Palmatum) [...]
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