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  • Memories of Spring?

    No.69 Wednesday, 11th.February 2026 We have light to moderate cloud cover this morning which means one thing: we have a modicum of blue sky and even sunny periods. I suppose that could be two things, but then blue skies and sunshine are inexorably linked, like twins who will never be seen apart. It feels like…

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  • Intercepting Rain!

    Intercepting Rain!

    Tuesday, 10th.February 2026 It is unusually quiet this morning. The recycling team have been and gone. A neighbour has just this moment switched off her heating: the plume of water vapour through the flue in her wall – horizontal in the still air – has ceased. Somebody has called a gas fitter; a sky-blue British…

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  • Planning for a Country House on Skye!

    Found a location for a substantial country house plot on the Isle of Skye. Sadly, I would not be moving in…

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  • Cloud Energy?

    It is cloudy this morning – nothing unusual there – and I got to thinking about saving energy – by reducing my dependence upon cloud storage…

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  • Over-sensitive?

    Over-sensitive?

    I feel down after any encounter with a friend, in part because I am probably ‘over-sensitive’, but it is more complex than that. I do not know how to cope with the rapidly increasing divisions in society.

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  • No.65: EcoShop Saved!

    Morning after a few beers: recalling a good afternoon in the pub – and locals saving a GreenEco Supplies shop.

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