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Month: August 2018

Fiction

The Unseen Path – Part Seventy One

29th August 2018 1642again 0

Later that evening when she relayed his thoughts on Sam to Martha, the older woman broke down, confessing her fears for her adoptive son: the soul tarnishing effect of killing for any cause, the girl’s [more…]

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Arts

English Alabaster

29th August 2018 Going Postal 0

On a mini-break to London some years ago, we decided to have a look round the Courtauld Gallery (in the old Somerset House, which used for decades to be the central registry of birth, marriages [more…]

Fiction

The Unseen Path – Part Seventy

25th August 2018 1642again 0

THURSDAY, SECOND WEEK AFTER EASTER   Curse them, just one network remaining intact and the shreds of a second now being reorganised.  How long before those captured at the training base began spilling out names [more…]

Arts

Painting Things

23rd August 2018 Leopard 0

Around Easter in 2017 I got hold of Warlord Game’s skirmish game set in ancient Japan, Test of Honour, bit of a bolt from the blue really. Bought it as much to support my local [more…]

Fiction

The Unseen Path – Part Sixty Nine

22nd August 2018 1642again 0

“Mistress Bowson, how are you, your son, the Yazidi girl?  Are you still content where you are staying?  Have you been studying the books I lent you?” “So many questions at once.” He smiled again [more…]

Fiction

The Unseen Path – Part Sixty Eight

18th August 2018 1642again 0

Sally’s letter had asked her to attend a meeting the following day at the Civic Offices in St Joseph’s.  She was to be accompanied by Iltud in preparation for the start of business with the [more…]

Fiction

The Unseen Path – Part Sixty Seven

15th August 2018 1642again 0

Andy Bowson headed over to St Thomas’.  He wasn’t needed for a while and could be spared while the chiefs tried to talk some sense into higher authority.  So why so low now after the [more…]

Engineering

Making A Ruby Laser – Part Three

14th August 2018 Doc Mike Finnley 0

More information on laser speckle can be found here:  Speckle pattern A Mirror Alignment Tool The most important part of constructing a ruby laser (or any laser with external mirrors) are getting the mirrors alligned [more…]

Hobbies

The Fields Medal

13th August 2018 OldTrout 0

“Rise above oneself and grasp the world” These are awarded every four years for advancement in the field of mathematics.  There is an age limit of 40 on the recipients.  It is a recognition of [more…]

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