Thursday, October 30, 2008

Perspectives

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Perspectives Originally uploaded by goforchris . There are autumn days so perfect that you are left wondering how you ever felt dis...
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Monday, October 27, 2008

Inspiring photos

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There's a new idea for story-writing using photos as stimulus. I'm not sure if I quite got the idea, but you can see what I did with...
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Sunday, October 26, 2008

Musical interference

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syninst2.jpg Originally uploaded by goforchris . Having become interested once more in the synaesthesia which I apparently have failed ...
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Saturday, October 25, 2008

Feeling metaphor

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I was sure I'd posted about synaesthesia before - but unless I've done it without tagging, I haven't. At least, Technorati thin...
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Friday, October 24, 2008

Foreign influences

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The photo above is of one of the delights found by trawling through the links on my Site Meter. The poem is one I posted the other day, but ...
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Thursday, October 23, 2008

Ferry bad show

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It's been a grim day. The gales have blown, the rain has fallen in merciless torrents, the drips have breached the cornice in my sitting...
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Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Compost and survive?

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I was thinking about recycling this morning. How it has changed our lives! The government have just produced green guidelines, and I was re...
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Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Nasturtiums and memories

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There's a poem on frankenstina today, accompanied by a wee photo of some nasturtiums in a glass. I took the photo last week, and the co...
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Monday, October 20, 2008

Wind of the Spirit

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Almost time - Originally uploaded by goforchris . I need to blog about yesterday, between recovering and forgetting. Forgive a meander ...
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Friday, October 17, 2008

Moving on ...

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I'm glad to be able to link to no. 1 son's blog and rejoice publicly in his impending move to edit the European version of WSJ.com,...
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Thursday, October 16, 2008

Ethnic change?

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I was tickled by this headline in today's Guardian : Anglo-Saxon villain turns European visionary Who is the villain? None other than Go...
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Wednesday, October 15, 2008

In tanto discrimine rerum...

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I'm indebted to my erudite and witty friend abf for this wonderful link to the New York Times. As one who preceded me through the rigou...
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Monday, October 13, 2008

Singing from the same song sheet?

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The first time I realised the place hypocrisy occupied in civilised life was when I was sixteen. For the whole of S4 I had been taught Engli...
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Sunday, October 12, 2008

Death in the afternoon

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Yesterday was one of those Argyll days which call out ...walk..walk...walk. So we did - along Loch Striven side. This is a single-track road...
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Saturday, October 11, 2008

Hands off!

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I've been writing poems for a while now, and it's some years since I was asked to write a hymn to celebrate 150 years of the Cathedr...
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Friday, October 10, 2008

Dust bunny inspector

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I'm beset by good links today, and this one is no exception. Anyone who has visited the damp, chilly, looless edifice that is Holy Trin...
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Forefathers...

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I'm indebted to Raspberry Rabbit for sharing this - the precursor of the Reverend I.M.Jolly. Cursillistas of a certain vintage will re...
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Thursday, October 09, 2008

Reflections

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Well, that was fun! And the view above is one of a few I stopped to take on my drive north yesterday, looking down from the first high point...
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Wednesday, October 08, 2008

Distance learning

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Heading off later today to do something rather like my old job: encouraging people to think about their competence as communicators. However...
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Monday, October 06, 2008

Paddling up the Thames

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Just back from London, I crossed the Firth this evening in the Aly Cat , bouncing about in a grey swell as the rain battered the windows. Fa...
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