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Randomly On Tuesday

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My brain is slowly turning to mush. For the last several days I have been writing a technical document - a review of the system I have been designing for the...

Shrines And Scarecrows

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I took the kids out for a walk today - over the hill to a nearby village, and on through the surrounding woods to a Buddhist shrine I heard about from a frie...

Saturday

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Several years ago there was an award winning comedy on TV called “Community”. I discovered it late, and binge-watched four years of it in a matter of weeks. ...

Thursday

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Day one of the mini-staycation has commenced. So far this morning I have had a shower, got dressed, made breakfast, put two loads of clothes through the wash...

Unexpected Time Off

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After several weeks submerged in one of the most complex project design phases I have been involved in for quite some time, a window has opened up in my sche...

Strange And Mysterious

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Here we are again - writing a blog post at half past midnight - wondering where the day (and the night) went. It’s becoming a habit. After several weeks grin...

Minecraft Wine And Cereals

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My daughters are busy working in a mine this evening - in the “Minecraft” video game. After our middle girl asked about paying for a Minecraft server from he...

Junk Room Kingdom

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The clock is ticking towards 1am, and I’ve just remembered about the blog. I suppose in some ways that reflects how much importance I find myself attaching t...

Saturday Morning

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The clock is ticking towards 9am on Saturday morning. I’ve been up for an hour and a half already - chiefly to scrape our middle daughter out of bed. She’s p...