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In which there are fossilised remains, a Lioness, a Witch, some closets, and a Girl Investigator
- Fossils on Ynys Echni, aka Flat Holm island, the southern point of Wales in the Bristol Channel: (1) trace fossils or geology, I dunno, (2) fossilised ripples, (3) a ancient member of the evil gastropod conspiracy from the dawn of time!!1!!
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In which there are ill-intentioned government snoopers and well-intentioned do-gooders
- Disability rights, UK, reminder: if you receive disability benefits from the UK government (e.g. the DWP) then from 29 Nov 2016, i.e. last week, you will probably be safer from snooping by using a VPN connection for ALL your internet browsing: at home or via a mobile device. Also remember that no library internet connection has any security from ( Read more... ) -
In which there are innocent water, an executive committee of volcanoes, and birthdays as metaphors
- I have salmonella poisoning from bagged salad, which is very timely according to BBC News online, bah. I'm rehydrating with a free litre of "Innocent" coconut water I was given by the supermarket.
- Never let USians be in charge of our planet!!1!! And if you need more proof than the recent election result, or the majority of white* USians ( Read more... ) -
In which there is a mighty web they wove
WARNING: photographic images of a web. If you are phobic about all webs then don't look. /WARNING
Verbal description for anyone who is undecided: it looks like a gorse bush draped with fine chiffon, so if you have a phobia of shrubbery or sheer fabric... you get the picture.
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In which there is poetry from two small islands and several continents
- Reading, books 2016, 174
162. Shell, by Olive Senior, 2007, is a themed collection of poetry. The history herein is 4/5, but the poetry is only an average 3/5 for me, although that doesn't matter because I'm neither of the intended audiences. My favourite poem is Shell, about contact with the past through archaeology and histories and direct ( Read more... ) -
In which we will come as your guests and go again as guests in good standing
- Reading, books 2016, 160
160. Goldengrove: New and Selected Poems, by Lorna Goodison, 2006, with the selected poems coming from Guinea Woman, Travelling Mercies, and Controlling the Silver. This is the point at which Ms Goodison's poetry combines its inheritance from the European poetic canon with Caribbean, usually specifically Jamaican, ( Read more... )
