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Split Slate and Fiction
A little bit of gaming, and a little bit of DIY. The dry stone walling workshop at Quince Honey Farm was fun, and though the stones were heavy, the detail was light. The most important messages I took away were to just give it a try. And backfill. Lots of backfill. In this context it’s…
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Reading on a Deadline
Because what better way is there to relax than a threat of impending confiscation… The Library No, I’m not talking about your Steam Library. Or your PlayStation catalogue. We are discussing brick-and-mortar (and sometimes chassis in the case of vans) libraries. I have an on-again, off-again relationship with the library system. It was a convenient…
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Travels and (Almost) Total Solar Eclipse
There are plenty of reasons to holiday in the Catalan capital. Sangria. Tapas. Gaudi. Xocolate. Our summer holiday was a re-do of last years washed out trip to Barcelona. Surely it couldn’t rain the entire time in August? Thankfully this time we only got an hour or so over the duration of the holiday. X…
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The Arts (Cinema, Theatre, Gardening, Cars…)
Hamilton Fever No, it’s not typhoid. It’s time for another dose, or rather a double dose, of the Alexander Hamilton story. Given it’s massive profile, it’s hard to imagine not having heard of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s global musical phenomenon. Its profile was given a substantial boost by the release of the Broadway recording on Disney+ in…
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Ghent – The Low Countries Part 2, Even Lower
After a few days in The Hague, we leisurely made our way to Ghent in Belgium for the second conference on the books. We spent another night in The Hague after a packed day of post-conference social events. The plan had been to take the train down to Ghent in Belgium but that was a…
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Den Haag, The Low Countries Part 1 (Part 2 gets even Lower)
To say a lot has happened since the last post would be something of an understatement. I better get writing! I have attended two conferences. Presented two posters. Travelled to four countries (Scotland, Netherlands, Belgium, USA). Taken six flights. Five rail trips. Countless bus journeys. Traversed two states by long distance rail (California to Oregon).…
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Changing (Bath)Rooms
This past week included a partial bathroom demolition, all part of the legacy of a the previous owner of our house. When replacing your bathroom flooring is like running an archaeological dig, you know something has gone wrong. You can date the flooring by the layers. Plywood, followed by tile adhesive, followed by tiles. Yup,…
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