I've missed out on Trump these days. The Fact Check appears not to be operating its usual nightly check, may be because Trump is not giving regular Rose Garden or whatever press calls. But he's back. He's taking hydroxychloroquine - it's supposed to be good for you. You couldn't make it up. Meanwhile federal regulators… Continue reading Be Alert – Trump is back
Category: 2020
Good bye Faraday Road
I said goodbye to Faraday Road.An unlikely sojourn in my life, in London's east endAnd pure utility. I'd visited once in 10 years. It's London lolly gave me the recourse to live up here in Suffolk.I recall being annoyed sometimes when I had to attendTo repair something broken. Barry helped sort it. Barry. From Wandstead… Continue reading Good bye Faraday Road
Overstory
Like the critics the book group were split, most of them giving a score of 2! Their reasons were an effective challenge. Is the character/action detail peripheral and distracting? (Phillips main critic) But not all, and both Jo and Maggie got much out of the book. Needless to say, I did too and continue to.… Continue reading Overstory
DASH astro July 2020 Sun
Dr Helen Mason - astro physisist. Fellow of St Edmunds College Cambridge. OBE 2014 (Higher education) Teaches OU. Research into solar physics analysis of ultra violet. Working on Joint Japanese satellite. Reaching for the Sun Solar Probes: SOHO 1995 TRACE 1998 RHESII 2002 Solar Probe / Solar Orbitor Prime constituents - Hydrogen with small amount… Continue reading DASH astro July 2020 Sun
Typical Suffolk from a non typical Suffolk
David Green gave me this brief: I need to find three "born and bred" Suffolkers and three people, like yourself, who have moved to the county from elsewhere. The request would be for you to write a few lines about what you regard as the typical traits of "born and bred" Suffolk people, based on… Continue reading Typical Suffolk from a non typical Suffolk
One of our Aircraft – Robin Holmes book
Yet again, my past returns and weaves in and out of my present, even into a future. It's Richard again, who keeps popping up unexpectedly. Little did I know then how this would echo on, within our private conversations over Guinness in pubs around Bexhill where he'd come to retire and ultimately to die in.… Continue reading One of our Aircraft – Robin Holmes book
Lockdown Fox&Goose dinner
Theatres, pubs, restaurants, all social hubs of air molecules of moisture emanating from our chattering mouths potentially carrying and passing on COVID19, are all closed. Each finds it's way of opportunity. To some it may be taking the furlough road, getting all those jobs done in the house and garden, or exploring the B roads… Continue reading Lockdown Fox&Goose dinner
Elderflower Cordial
Two years ago I saw Ruth on her way to gather elder flowers to make cordial, it's easy she said. But I don't have time, I said to her. I remembered this moment, and not having time, it stayed with me like a ghost tapping me on the shoulder, and making Elderflower symbolised 'I don't… Continue reading Elderflower Cordial
Black Holes
Black HolesPDF The talk given by DASH - Darsham Astro, in which I began to understand Black Holes.
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