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Writing tagged: ‘Jen’

Male Lady Amherst’s pheasant

Lady Amherst’s pheasant

A rare bird visits our garden.

Published 11-Jul-2022
Filed under: Nature, Writing Tags: birds, Calder Valley, Hebden Bridge, Jen, Lady Amherst’s pheasant, pheasants, rarities
Timber hitch

Newsletter No. 27: ‘Getting hitched’

The Pros and Cons of tying the knot · prehistoric invention · Ernest Shackleton · W.G. Sebald · swallows · comma splices · Amy Liptrot · Kapka Kassabova

Published 21-Mar-2022
Filed under: Writing Tags: Amy Liptrot, Charles Darwin, Jen, Kapka Kassabova, prehistory, swallows, W.G. Sebald
Our new house (04-Aug-2001)

It was 20 years ago today…

…that Jen and I moved into our forever home.

Published 04-Aug-2021
Filed under: Writing Tags: Calder Valley, Hebden Bridge, Jen
Snow, Hebden Bridge

3 February 2019

I wish spring would get a move on.

Published 03-Feb-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: Calder Valley, Hebden Bridge, Jen, weather, winter

RECENT SIDELINES

Detail of Michelangelo’s David A lesson in paying attention Engaging with a Renaissance masterpiece.
Hickey’s, Clonmel, 2007 My unplanned archives Collections of informally documented stuff have become my archives of sorts.
Violin Descent into violins The best essayists use seemingly trivial, original examples to illustrate recurring themes of personal importance.
Trying to Explain Too Much graph Converting my notes into a chapter How I used my note-making system to research and write a chapter of my Darwin book.

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Male Lady Amherst’s pheasant Newsletter No. 30: ‘Ming’ Fabulous birds · Rebecca Solnit · Webb Space Telescope · Stonehenge · book reviews · cutting some crap · and more…

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