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In which there are a hundred owls and nearly a century of trains
- Post: I'm currently awaiting the delivery of 100 owls from China (and a special snowflake, lol).
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In which the sun stands still (and the snowman brings the snow)
- Happy solstice! ::waits for midwinter sun to renew:: And today's photos postulate the following questions.... (1) Robin or penguin? (2) How can a plastic sheep look so much like Tom Baker playing the fourth Doctor?
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In which self-publicist Peter Tatchell targets himself at anti-racists, feminists, and leftists
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Dear Peter, all your protest achieved was to detract from women's issues
Monday, 12 December 2016 12:26 PM
An open letter to Peter Tatchell from historian Louise Raw.
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In which Our Heroine is haunted by the ghost of Tolkien's car
- I saw a late 1920s Morris Cowley car parked in a Cotswold village on the only occasion I've set foot in the Cotswolds between Oxford and the Vale of Evesham for many years. The car is, of course, a very similar model to the one Tolkien used to drive through the area on visits to his family. At least I'm not being haunted by CS Lewis or Charles ( Read more... ) -
In which there are sacred cows (or hooved animals of your choice), Bigots by God, and The Innocents
- St John the Baptist church, Beckford, has some unusual C12th stone carvings including a centaur with a spear (another view for context) apparently intended to resemble King Stephen's coat of arms. A depiction of the "Ransom Theory" better known in English lore as the Harrowing of Hell represented by an image of Jesus stabbing a wolf's head with a ( Read more... ) -
In which there are things seen, unseen, and rediscovered
- When I read posts about television series I don't watch then I sometimes internally pretend to misread them as being about the poster's everyday life. /little things
- Cute rediscovered library book story: "Overdue library book returned to school 120 years late (BBC News online)" [...] "The Microscope and its Revelations, by Dr William B ( Read more... )
