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Hello
I haven't posted on here in about three years. It seems to have changed a bit. I assume LiveJournal is probably owned by facebook or something now. -
simply
My life is simple, compared to a lot of people's lives, but sometimes it just seems complicated ( Read more... ) -
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An overly long nap in the afternoon, too much Yorkshire tea between then and bedtime, too much to worry about, raccoons opossums and noisy neighbours, the constant generator hum of the nearby methamphetamine laboratory, and and last but not least a nagging ache above and behind my right eye have all contributed to one of my (thankfully rare) ( Read more... ) -
Serious worry about the new Oakland Bay Bridge
Compare and contrast these two things ( Read more... ) -
Best intentions
Oh dear ( Read more... ) -
The ants learn to swim.
A couple of years ago a friend of ours was dog-sitting for us. Our dog, Olive, often doesn't eat all her food at once. We have to be very careful of ants here, so our friend had the idea of putting Olive's food bowl in a larger bowl of water to stop the ants getting to it ( Read more... ) -
Burning
I had intended to be in bed early tonight, but once again I'm up late reading online comments and journalism about what's happening in England ( Read more... ) -
Horrified fascination.
Driving to work this morning I was brought to tears by the news reports of destruction, looting, and arson in dozens of locations in my home country, England ( Read more... ) -
Peel and Ravenscroft
By the wonders of the internet I am listening to Tom Ravenscroft on BBC radio 6 from my living room in California, some length of time after his show was broadcast over the airwaves in the UK ( Read more... )