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Walls, Fletchers, and Games
The Wall Building will Continue until Morale Improves Yes, I have brutalised myself, but all in the name of progress. The wall has come together quite quickly. Is it perfect? Far from it, but it hasn’t fallen down yet and doesn’t look horrendous. It is a long overdue project as I hated the old pseudo-brick…
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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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Making the ODG Videos: Part 2
Continued from Part 1 back in November 2016 Work has been slightly less tiring of late, but I have not increased my writing output significantly. Even the act of setting aside time for writing is difficult to commit to. I’ve been writing a lot about the process behind the videos. I talked about it briefly…
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Lismaine Cottage Update – Cooking in the Cottage
Lismaine Cottage was closed over the Christmas period to give everyone a chance to recover, but it’s back to business as usual. As part of a spur of the moment idea, and an opportunity for some promotion, we decided to make a short film about food. Macaroni cheese specifically. Whilst I wanted to make dinner,…
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The nth Day of Christmas
We’ve reached the nth day of Christmas, and the tree is still very much a feature in our living room, alongside the stormtrooper decanter full of questionable whiskey, and the ever growing display of trinkets adorning the top of our bookshelf. We’ve only lived here a year and a half, but the amount of stuff…
