Book of the month How little we understand the worlds in which we live, both the interior world and the one outside us. Visuals of the month I am a lazy sonAnd I never get things done‘Cause we’re made up of water but… https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-liverpool/jmw-turner-with-lamin-fofana-dark-waters Food of the month It’s chimken time! Tech of the monthContinue reading “My toecaps sparkle now”
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…and a decrepit handful of trees
Book of the month Music of the month Bear is quiet Visuals of the month A Bankside stroll Food of the month Fresh pasta at 40 Dean Street Tech of the month Forty one years on… Bear of the month Best job EVAH!!
The king of all lamps
Book of the month “As I moved with stiff legs along the reefs I slipped into the water. It was cold beyond belief – the very quintessence of deathly Arctic ice, so cold that it seemed to sear and bleach the skin.” Music of the month What could be more appropriate for the time ofContinue reading “The king of all lamps”
Trunk Calling
Just set up a Mastodon instance and my own account – @mark@artraige.masto.host. Like all of us I have no idea what I am doing but it is a grey wet Saturday so why not. <a href=”http://Mastodon
The crosses of old grey churches
And it’s September and we are back. Book of the month I have mainly been reading comfort fiction to quiet the Stone Monkey but catching up with Backlisted.fm I listened to the excellent episode on Gaudy Night by Dorothy L Sayers and so I paused the podcast and reread the book. It’s well described asContinue reading “The crosses of old grey churches”
The Naming of the Parts
Names are tricky things. Take mine, Mark O’Neill, or as gaeilge, Mark ó néill. Even the Irish original is easy enough for most people to pronounce. But what if my first name was Padraig? Or Tadhg? Or Cathal? That last name includes a shibboleth, a sound which is hard for people outside a culture toContinue reading “The Naming of the Parts”
Resources
Updated 18th March 2020 It’s a tough time for people with uncertainty about the effect of Coronavirus and fear about jobs and potentially having to stay home. That uncertainty is exacerbated by the fact that our control over our own individual worlds seems very limited. But there are always things that we can do, actionsContinue reading “Resources”
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