30 November 2020
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I am pretty certain that both the words and Vaughan Williams’ FOREST GREEN tune for the popular carol O Little Town of Bethlehem are safely in the public domain. The words were penned in 1868 and the tune, based on … Continue reading
29 November 2020
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The UK’s plan for Christmas is that, from 23-27 December, you can form a special ‘Christmas Bubble’ with two other households. Christmas rescued? Sadly, not quite as far as I can see. The key limitation is that your bubble must … Continue reading
28 November 2020
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As with last weekend’s Korean ‘trip’ this was again a virtual visit but, gosh, isn’t the internet amazing sometimes. We have a dear friend in Brazil who spotted my posts about the virtual holiday last weekend and asked if we’d … Continue reading
27 November 2020
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My labours in the shed have started. The first task is implementing a system known as ‘french cleats’. A long board is cut along its length with the cut running at 45° down from the front to the back. The … Continue reading
26 November 2020
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Reviewing verse is harder than reviewing prose.80 poems by Lloyd Jacobs isAn honest tinfulMarking his 80th birthday with80 fragments of emotionAnd experience. Loose verse, not tied to patterns:A free approach to rhyme and meter,Not doggerel.Thoughts to make me reflect, orRecoil … Continue reading
25 November 2020
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The first Sunday of Advent is this weekend… which I think is more than enough reason to include sleigh bells and a carol in the online service I am cutting together for church this Sunday!
24 November 2020
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Back in August, we decided to buy a shed to go on our patio. Getting a covered storage and work area for “dirty” tasks like woodworking and gardening is a real boon. There was a small metal storage unit in … Continue reading
23 November 2020
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A risk of buying technology is obsolescence. You spend your pennies on the new big thing and it can be a shockingly short time until the manufacturer moves onto the next big thing. You could almost imagine that they are … Continue reading
22 November 2020
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Leftovers for breakfast again and then, for our final “Korean holiday” meal, we had bulgogi beef and various trimmings. The bulgogi sauce – a kind of BBQ mix – came in a packet, which I added to a pack of … Continue reading
21 November 2020
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On our second day of virtual vacation, we’ve done a few different things, like a Google Earth fly-by of some areas like Jeju Island (off the south coast of the mainland) and watching some Korean TV (The Girl Who Sees … Continue reading