15 February 2011
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Last week Jane had a course down in town and took the bus. It crawled along the route and her final door-to-door journey time was well over an hour. She had another course at the same place yesterday morning and … Continue reading
14 February 2011
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Chitting is a gardening term that means germinating seeds before burying them in the soil. I have often chitted seeds in the past to avoid wasting space in my growing areas by burying duds but this year is my first … Continue reading
13 February 2011
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Humility was the theme of this evening’s service at church, which I was leaving. My particular chance to be reminded of it was when I started off the hymn “Just as I Am” and suddenly realised that I did not … Continue reading
12 February 2011
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… they use it to cook their dinner. When we moved into our house last year we entertained the notion of getting a wood-burning stove fitted in the living room. However, on weighing up both the price of a proper … Continue reading
11 February 2011
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As I noted last month, blogging with WordPress has been a big time saver for me overall. There is one cost though, that every three or four weeks there is a security update to apply. I add this manually as … Continue reading
10 February 2011
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One of my gleanings this morning was Just Friends, a website that displays your Facebook contacts as a pile of photos. It seems an obvious trick; perhaps the most surprising thing is why you can’t already do this within Facebook … Continue reading
9 February 2011
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When to use manual mode on my camera? That was a question posed on the DPS forums this morning. For me, the answer is almost all the time. I am forced into that because my favourite lenses only work in … Continue reading
8 February 2011
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I had an fascinating morning at work today with a visit to the neuropathology department at the John Radcliffe Hospital. It was in connection with one of the research projects my department is carrying out and I was using my … Continue reading
7 February 2011
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I had lemon curd on toast this morning, made doubly delicious by being the product of my own labour. The inspiration to cook it up, yesterday evening, came from having browsed the pages of our slow cooker book and spotted … Continue reading
6 February 2011
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The male blackbirds in our area are starting to compete with each other for the attention of the females. This afternoon we were watching two “boys” trying to catch the eye of one “girl”. There are two results for us … Continue reading