Category: just for fun
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Out Walking
Proof, if it were needed, that I live in a beautiful part of the country. This morning we did a three and a half mile walk near Caton, Lancaster, and although we got rather wet (where did that rain come from? It wasn’t forecast…) we all rather enjoyed it. We drove back over the tops…
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Bank holiday weekend
So now I’m looking forward to a quiet family weekend. We’re thinking of having a barbecue if the weather is as good as the forecast suggests and there are several things that need doing in the garden (planting beans, putting hanging baskets together, a bit of weeding). My husband has promised to take the children…
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‘The Lady With the Headache…’
I swear that if I hear myself described as ‘the lady with the headache’ once more, I’m going to scream. Actually, I probably won’t, because it would hurt, but inwardly at any rate, I’d be doing a Munch. The word ‘headache’ alone doesn’t begin to describe it. Forget migraine, I’ve had them and this…
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My painting of the day
My favourite painting from this afternoon’s quick walk round parts of the National Gallery was Schedoni‘s portrait of the Holy Family, a little painting of the Virgin Mary teaching the infant Jesus to read, with Saint Joseph in the background. I will pass over my puzzlement over why Mary is attempting to teach a child…
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Welcome to 2013
And so a new year begins. I have spent a lot of it so far cataloguing ballads, to the extent that my analysis spreadsheet is now so enormous that I am probably going to have to take it to the university print services department to get it printed out – I guess it will be…
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Brain cell
GIANTmicrobes | Brain Cell (Neuron). If anyone should feel a wish to buy me a last minute Christmas present, this would be perfect. I have a ‘brain cell’ mug that I’ve had since I was an undergraduate, and this would be its perfect postgraduate companion.
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