Easter Saturday ramble
Tonight we go over to summertime and today we woke up with snow. Normally at Easter we have been out and about making the garden look nice and generally sweeping away the winter. This year we will have...
View ArticleMy Ears!
I guess that I chose the wrong day to give up my winter hat! Twenty minutes on the train platform at 6 am and my ears were literally burning as the wind cut like ice knives. Dash it, that was cold...
View ArticleE book review ALIEN ABDUCTIONS – The History Of Alien Abductions, Where...
The subject of this review is one that I do not often discuss; it is a sort of dirty secret to be interested in non-fictional aliens. Actually I spent quite a bit of time during my university studies...
View ArticleSaturday / Sunday Ramble – Peer Reviews
In another part of my life I occasionally write articles for publication in scientific journals. In reality these days I tend to be a co-author but that is just a technicality that demonstrates an...
View ArticleBack to science
It’s a funny old world! Through random events come patterns and the pattern of this week has been that I have been reading a number of science oriented books. Even though this is home territory for me...
View ArticleSaturday ramble in the sunshine
I see the sun! Amazing and wonderful the day is. Of course it would have been better without having bumped the car at the dump. Dash it that moment of misjudgement will cost time and money. It is of...
View ArticleReview King Arthur: The History and Folklore of the Arthurian Legend by...
Charles River Editors have so many offerings in the pocket history section that it is almost impossible to keep up and I have not tried to. Once in a while though my fascination for history takes over...
View ArticleWise Man – The Colonization of South Carolina Through the Eyes of a Beloved...
From the dust cover: “In 1775, Irish trader James Adair published his History of the American Indians, giving an account of the 40 years he had spent living among various Native American nations...
View ArticleVacation and Ebook Review: Our Undead by Theo Vigo
It has been a while since my last venture onto this site. The summer vacation might be a very good opportunity to read one might think but various family gatherings, home improvement activities and a...
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