9 November 2010
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Just over a week ago, I mentioned that I quite enjoy falling back into the annual autumn clock change. However, it is not without its frustrations. The prime one for me is that I now don’t finish work until after … Continue reading
6 November 2010
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I saw an interesting video last week from the University of Kansas, proposing an answer to the question of how Shakespeare originally sounded. To be honest, I expected that the answer would be “kind of American”, having heard the theory … Continue reading
5 November 2010
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There is still something eating the young plants in our polytunnel. Some of the lettuce are starting to get to a size where they should be able to survive a nibble or two but we have less than we started … Continue reading
4 November 2010
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Sometimes authors fail to deliver when they write outside their established series (the Merrily Watkins novels in Rickman’s case). However, in The Bones of Avalon Rickman does a brilliant job, jumping back to Elizabethan times. As with the Watkins series, … Continue reading
3 November 2010
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The bread I make in my silicon bread moulds is generally delicious but has a fairly small cross-section, particularly at the ends of the loaf. I must think about how I fold it up to give a more even result … Continue reading
2 November 2010
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There are probably more free books for the Kindle than you could read in a lifetime. Searching through old books, now in the public domain, yields plenty of titles of interest and that approach accounts for the majority of items … Continue reading
1 November 2010
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I think I may have discovered why, despite a “slug pub” and a slug-eating carnivorous plant (Sarracenia purpurea), my lettuce seedlings were still getting chomped. When I popped out to check last night, I discovered a nocturnal caterpillar. Unfortunately I … Continue reading