20 August 2012
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That’s bow as in oh, not bow as in bough. Last night saw my debut public outing on bowed double bass. I am confident on playing with my fingers and have plenty of live experience but using the bow is … Continue reading
19 August 2012
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One of my main “missions” for my week at Soul Survivor was to find a new song to bring back for church this morning. Part of that was easy as the camp features a lot of singing. There are two … Continue reading
18 August 2012
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In the world of calories, not everything is equal. A particular offender is oil: based on the label, 100g of the olive oil I normally use accounts for 900 calories. I would not normally use anything like that amount but … Continue reading
17 August 2012
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I’m now safely back from Soul Survivor, fed, washed and on my way to being rested. I managed to come back without any photos to show for it but lots of pages of notes to chew back over; a worthwhile … Continue reading
12 August 2012
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I am off this afternoon for a few days at Soul Survivor. Originally the plan had been for Jane and I to accompany the full-time youth leader and some of the young people from our church but it has ended … Continue reading
11 August 2012
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I picked up some birch wine yesterday; I love trying something new. What is it like? Not unpleasant but very sweet. For half the price I could buy some cheap “British Fortified Wine” (kept in stock as my cooking sherry) … Continue reading
9 August 2012
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The BBC screened an interesting episode of Horizon earlier this week called Eat, Fast and Live Longer (no Oxford Comma for the Beeb, I see). It explored various approaches to calorie restriction and concluded that, within limits, these can be … Continue reading
8 August 2012
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Over the past few months I have not been using Headington Library as much as I did in the past. Out of the four days of the week when I work in Headington, it closes at 1pm (when I normally … Continue reading
7 August 2012
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In the end, my answer to last night’s dilemma was to take the electric bass. On getting down to the pub, I discovered another problem: I had forgotten to bring the cables to connect up my amp. D’oh! Because I … Continue reading
6 August 2012
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Another Red Lion Jazz Jam tonight and it sounds like I might be the only bassist. The question I have been mulling is whether to take my acoustic bass (lovely sound for jazz but a bit of a finger buster … Continue reading