Monthly Archives: June 2005

….got Transit finished and the camera-ready copy emailed off to the printers. It was a bit of a mare all round – I had to hold the nearly-finished copy until the Council News came in on Friday night; when that … Continue reading →

…so I went downstairs to make myself a meal. Had thoughts about doing a nourishing, healthy rice/lentils/veggies stew. Inspection of the kitchen cupboards reveal pitiable lack of the first two ingredients. A veggie stew on its own holds no appeal … Continue reading →

It’s always rather entertaining to look at the details of my site statistics and see what people are searching for. Naturally, most of the most recent searches are about the Solstice, where and how and when; gratifying to see that … Continue reading →

Time to get the next issue of Transit together. It’s quite a big job nowadays – the magazine has grown since I took it over in Spring of 2003. Then, it was purely web-based, with a downloadable PDF version. Laying … Continue reading →

Last night, at about 11, B called me to the kitchen door. “I think there’s a badger out there!” I came to the doorstep and peered out. Sure enough, in the middle of the field outside, there was a dark … Continue reading →

I caught an episode of One Foot in the Grave the other night, and was struck by how the series was so unlike the usual sitcom. I’m not a fan – I didn’t watch it at all the first time … Continue reading →

Walked into the village this morning to pick up another month’s supply of stay-healthy pills from the surgery. There were posters everywhere for next Saturday’s “Speed Shear”; I love living in a place where a sheep-shearing display is one of … Continue reading →

It’s funny what your mind turns to when you’re lying awake at night, like I frequently do. Last night, I was passing the time by trying to work out why people keep animals as pets. It’s not something that I’ve … Continue reading →