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Scientist, poet, gadfly

My blue heaven

Posted on 22 April 2019 by rpg

Wordsworth lost it when he saw fields of daffodils. I wonder what he thought of bluebells. It’s been a busy 2 weeks—a long-awaited holiday from work, with my birthday in the middle. Staycations around here always end up with a … Continue reading →

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Alice’s Restaurant Massacree

Posted on 9 January 2019 by rpg

I fell a bit behind with the shopping lists, which is a shame because I really wanted to show you this one before Christmas. It’s a full-blown pre-Christmas shop. Right at the top we’ve got mistletoe and greenery—both queried though: … Continue reading →

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Twelve days of Christmas

Posted on 5 January 2019 by rpg

So that was Christmas. And what I did was a little project that you might have missed: a photo for every day of Christmas, from the first to the twelfth. No commentary or explanation, just the photo, and the day … Continue reading →

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There are worse things I could do

Posted on 23 December 2018 by rpg

Hastily snapped this, as we went into the shop. But to be clear, the mystery shopper wanted the same number of fillets as en croute. Perhaps they were having coeliacs around? An engineer’s or a computer programmer’s brain behind this … Continue reading →

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Town Called Malice

Posted on 2 December 2018 by rpg

I went to a gig on Friday night. That in itself is probably worth a blog post, but this gig was a bit special because the Younger Pawn was playing bass in a band called Charles and the Big Boys, … Continue reading →

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Rock Lobster

Posted on 20 October 2018 by rpg

This list is written on a crumpled Post-It note. I like it. Crisp, business-like, no nonsense. Actually scrunched up to be discarded when it had served its purpose. A parent, with young children. Tuna. Fine. Rock salt—not the sea flakes … Continue reading →

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Summertime

Posted on 9 October 2018 by rpg

A year or more ago we were doing our weekly shop, and I found a shopping list in the trolley. Not ours—evidently somebody had been to the shop, got their stuff, and left their list behind (by design or accident … Continue reading →

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Summertime

Posted on 3 July 2018 by rpg

I often, if not always, take my laptop with me on holiday. Ostensibly it’s to write (for pleasure, definitely not work), but always—but always—that never ends up happening and we just use it for looking at all the photos we’ve … Continue reading →

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Pineapple Head

Posted on 30 April 2018 by rpg

A little while ago I managed not only to photograph the Google StreetView car somewhere in Fitzrovia, but also to capture the picture it took of me doing it. Earlier today I was on my way to Halfords and find … Continue reading →

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To the end

Posted on 13 November 2017 by rpg

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, there was a Webstory. And that Webstory grew and prospered, at least for a time. And the Curator of the Webstory strove to breathe live into it, but with one … Continue reading →

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