Rattling around in the new house I found the previous occupants had left a few conkers (horse chestnuts) about the place, probably as a deterrent against spiders. Continue reading “Conkers”
Monthly Archives: September 2014
I really shouldn’t have bothered with this book
Review: ‘Talk yourself slim with Dr. Rocket’s self-chatter diet. Behaviour Focused Weight-loss Success’ by John Richardson
Troubadour Publishing Ltd
28th June 2013
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Review: ‘Comradely Greetings’
The Prison Letters of Nadya and Slavoj
By Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Slavoj Zizek
Translated by Ian Dreiblatt
Introduced by Michel Eltchaninoff
The Fair Fight by Anna Freeman
Review: Jealous Gods by Poets Of The Fall
Poets Of The Fall released their new album on Spotify today and I’ve been listening to it on repeat at my work placement. It certainly made the time pass while I was scanning piles of files.
http://open.spotify.com/album/10cDB4ljhFyKkOIhQX9e95
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Review: Fashioning Fat by Amanda Czerniawski
NYU Press
23rd January 2015
ISBN:9780814789186
Price:24.00 USD
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Finally settled in, now back on with the work
I moved in to my new house on Thursday. The last four days have been exhausting but I finally have everything moved in.
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War
http://open.spotify.com/track/2UHXozyQLHWU1FfZ8e7AXk
This song is dedicated to my family – including my friends and dogs. I couldn’t have survived so long without you all.
Haligmonath
It’s September. It’s the full moon, the second ‘super moon’ of 2014. That means the moon is unusually close to the Earth.
I took a couple of pictures to show you just how huge the moon is tonight.
In this photo the moon is in the centre. The lower light is a street lamp about 400 yards away. It’s in the pub car park.
Again, the moon is in the centre, the white light at the top is a street lamp 30 yards away. You can just see the orange light of the other street lamp in the lower right hand corner.
The full moon in September is poetically referred to as the Harvest Moon (Thanks to my friend N for the post on Facebook; I wouldn’t have remembered otherwise)
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Feeling odd; Ignorance about depression
So, I mentioned earlier that I’m a little anxious about moving on Thursday. I rang my sister this afternoon and am now feeling better about it.
Unfortunately, ignorance has thrown me for a loop. I want to cry. It’s ridiculous.
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