Author Archives: Henry Gee

About Henry Gee

Henry Gee is an author, editor and recovering palaeontologist, who lives in Cromer, Norfolk, England, with his family and numerous pets, inasmuch as which the contents of this blog and any comments therein do not reflect the opinions of anyone but myself, as they don't know where they've been.

Bigfoot

Posted on 4 July 2011 by Henry Gee

The day Kennedy was shot. Or Princess Diana died. Or when you first consciously heard Silence is Golden by the Tremeloes. These are the occasions where you remember very clearly where you were and what you were doing. One such … Continue reading →

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Grown Not Made – a Guest Post from Crox Minor

Posted on 3 July 2011 by Henry Gee

Yesterday, at the Lifeboat Café, in Cromer, me and Crox Major were enjoying our sausages, egg and chips when: “Hey Dad!” “Hmm?” “ You know it says ,“Grown, Not Made” on this Heinz tomato ketchup bottle?

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Apparition

Posted on 2 July 2011 by Henry Gee

One is accustomed, I suppose, to coming across strange things on Cromer beach. The apparition that greeted Crox Minor and I earlier today, though, takes the sausage biscuit. Something seemed strange even from a distance, as we discovered when approaching … Continue reading →

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Signs

Posted on 1 July 2011 by Henry Gee

Some of you will recall that chez Crox tends to be mentioned in dispatches as the ‘Maison des Girrafes’ for reasons that few will now remember, and that this appellation is commemorated in signage. Now that The Build is done, … Continue reading →

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Teaching

Posted on 27 June 2011 by Henry Gee

Many years ago when the world was young and I was feeling depressed with my lot I wondered, as I occasionally do, whether I could cut it as a science teacher. I have had some school teaching experience, and teaching … Continue reading →

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City Lights (Slight Return)

Posted on 24 June 2011 by Henry Gee

I regret to announce that cromercrox, for it is he, deleted the original version of this post, entirely by accident. Here it is again, dragged out from some cache or another, though of course without all y’all’s insightful comments. We … Continue reading →

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City Lights

Posted on 23 June 2011 by Henry Gee

A few nights ago I was reading a bedtime story to Crox Minima. The story was The Tale of Johnny Town Mouse, a Beatrix Potter classic. The tale isn’t really about Johnny Town Mouse – it’s more about Timmy Willie, … Continue reading →

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Others

Posted on 16 June 2011 by Henry Gee

Prompted by Dr S. C. of this parish I hied third to the Science Fiction Exhibition at the British Library (on until 25 September, admission free). I would have hied forth, but I pleaded the ‘eadaches, though as the Long … Continue reading →

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Cryptozoon

Posted on 16 June 2011 by Henry Gee

If you have a diary and should like to put a date in it … A date, but not in a diary. Picture from Wikimedia. … I’ll be chairing a meeting next month on cryptozoology. You can find all the … Continue reading →

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Workspace

Posted on 12 June 2011 by Henry Gee

The Great Build at the Maison Des Girrafes is descending asymptotically to a close. Today I cleaned out the final remains of the old kitchen, using the most amazing industrial steam cleaning device given to me by the Croxfather. This … Continue reading →

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