19 November 2024
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I’m glad I popped over and did some allotment work yesterday. The sleet we met as we came out of choir practise last night had turned to snow by the time we went to bed and is still out this … Continue reading
18 November 2024
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I’ve been down at the allotment this morning. The forecast is for a few days of very cold weather for the season and I wanted to get some horticultural fleece over a few things to give them extra protection. I … Continue reading
17 November 2024
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Jane and I are looking after the Christmas music for the training band and one or two of the pieces are missing master scores. In particular there is a jaunty piece that suits the build up to Christmas called Jingo … Continue reading
16 November 2024
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I took the double bass down to today’s sing around. It was the busiest it has been for a long while so only a couple of songs to lead on from me although plenty else to busk along to. My … Continue reading
15 November 2024
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Outside, the weather is getting chilly, with frosts expected next week. However, inside, I’ve got round to uploading a set of brighter photos from late spring 2023, including this beautiful yellow iris:
14 November 2024
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I’ve been doing some tidying up today. Do I still need a CD to install Windows XP, extension cable for a landline telephone or manuals for soundcards and monitors I got rid of well over a decade ago? I don’t … Continue reading
13 November 2024
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Mid November isn’t a great time to be picking rhubarb. The fleshy stems and large leaves have died back and the dark stumps of the plants are easily lost to sight. However, while the ground is moist and not yet … Continue reading
12 November 2024
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As I drove home from band practise tonight, I heard the news that Justin Welby had, after all, stepped down in the row about safeguarding around the alleged abuses by the late John Smyth. I say alleged because I think … Continue reading
11 November 2024
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For a small percentage of readers of this blog, MSG might bring to mind the Michael Shenker Group, a heavy metal group formed in 1979 around a virtuosic guitarist. I imagine most will think instead of Monosodium Glutamate, a flavour … Continue reading
10 November 2024
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I’ve been doing some room reorganising in my study / music room this weekend to try and reduce clutter and make things easier to get to. Previously I had a computer desk in front of a book case in front … Continue reading