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You’re probably looking at this photo and thinking it is a jar of marmalade; if you could see the label properly you would see it says Barmalade (marmalade made by Bari) and you might be wondering why I have posted a picture showing such a scruffy pot, all sticky round the top, a rather marked label… not really very attractive […]
MoreI came across a lovely phrase today in my Gaelic class, ainm cleite; ainm (pronounced anum/anim) means name, and cleite which means feather… feather name which translates as pen name, and like the French ‘nom de plume’ it derives from the use of a quill to write with. I’ve never been tempted to use a […]
MoreI am a little late in wishing Charles ‘Sox’ Hosegood a happy 92nd birthday! He was a friend on my dad Donald, a fellow golfer at Weston-super-Mare Golf Club and helicopter test pilot. Charles Hosegood, nick-named Sox, served in the Fleet Air Arm during the war and was appointed to the first armed merchant cruiser which was fitted with a catapult. […]
MoreWhatever the hiccup before Christmas, WordPress seems to be working beautifully and smoothly again! I can quickly move from page to page, look up stats (and seem to have a more extended cover too) view notifications and start a new post from any page. I know quite a few people commented that they were having annoying difficulties, so […]
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Lois Elsden 