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August 25, 2004

artistic food in Leeds

I thought that I would go into Leeds this lunch time to pick up some potatoes for supper and maybe try and buy a pair of work shoes (shock, horror!!), and found that Leeds, the most boring city in the...

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Posted by Tassy on August 25, 2004 03:09 PM
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August 19, 2004

skye

Hooray for photoshop! I have eventually got around to creating my panorama of Loch Brittle and Coire Lagan in the Cuillins in Skye! Skye panorama...

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Posted by Tassy on August 19, 2004 01:15 PM
Category: Galumphing

August 17, 2004

Dune - sci fi is boring

Dune Frank Herbert, 1965 Reading Dune has really reminded me why I don’t like science fiction. It ought not to be the case, I love John Wyndham and Isaac Asimov, but they contribute so much more to a book than...

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Posted by Tassy on August 17, 2004 01:28 PM
Category: Books

rain

Its been raining a bit! Medical School waterfall (c/o Mike Pullen) I now appreciate why we can leave boats at the sailing club over the winter! On Wednesday we went down to the sailing club, but were able to get...

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Posted by Tassy on August 17, 2004 01:19 PM
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August 06, 2004

John Muir

The Wilderness World of John Muir, a selection from his collected work. Edwin Way Teale, First Mariner 2001 I can sometimes find chapters of detailed description of a scene, even a beautifully penned scene, somewhat dull after a while, and...

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Posted by Tassy on August 6, 2004 10:00 AM
Category: Books

Birmingham - leave it!

I should really have realised that villages around Birmingham weren’t necessary grimy slums of decaying houses! The problem is that my entire experience of Birmingham is on the train. You arrive at roof height, gazing across over-run gardens to wiggling...

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Posted by Tassy on August 6, 2004 09:48 AM
Category: Galumphing
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