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Walking Before Writing?

I am not feeling well, and I think lack of exercise might be the problem. It dawned on me that unless I get out and walk, the writing and other indoor activities may not follow.
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Soylent Green for Supper?

In 2090, will I make like Charlton Heston when he sees meat in the fridge? The rest of us have to make do with Soylent Green. That is an adaptation to climate change I would rather avoid.
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Friday – Lucky or Unlucky?

Good Friday, Black Friday, Hanging Day, Luckiest Day, Unluckiest Day, Adam’s birthday.. and Friday the thirteenth. Friday means different things to different people but for me, I shall just be watching a horror film.
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Bandy Legs, Medicine Head & Loschian Models – a perfect day for a student

Pretty much a perfect day – for me as a student in London in 1976. Morning and afternoon lectures, lunchtime and evening gigs, plenty of beer – all for £2.91!
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iPad!

No.70 Thursday, 12th.February 2026 For over 10 years I have written my diary in a well-known app for that purpose on my iPad. But the app died this morning and I have failed to revive it. However, it is still working on iPhone and Mac, but since typing this on the iPhone is fiddly and…
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Newton Abbot in Old Pictures: The Globe Hotel To Let, 1992

By July 1992 the old Globe Hotel was up for sale, and had not yet morphed into another building in the Austin’s Department Store empire.
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