18th Century
Holding Hands – Part Two
In Part One, I explained that my husband and I travelled to Moelfre, not far from Oswestry, to see a sculptor by the name of Tony Meadows. During that visit, Tony had made an alginate [more…]
Hobbies
Hobbies
The Padovan Sequence and the Plastic Ratio
The golden ratio is well known and is associated with the Fibonacci sequence of numbers. (phi) is the positive root of the quadratic equation . The exact value is given by Its continued [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Sixty Two
Monday It’s another week and your Westminster cat correspondent is back with a few tales (I nearly said cat tails). As usual, I sat on the papers after breakfast so that they wouldn’t be moved [more…]
Hobbies
Crossword No. 139
First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a GP mug. Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Sunday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Last week’s winner. 138 – Audrey’s Daughter. Answers with next [more…]
Arts
Art in the Cocklecroft Towers, Part Four
“No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money” Samuel Johnson In the comments on Part 2, I was truly saddened to see Tachy, one of the foremost intellects on this site, ally with [more…]
Engineering
Cnuteneering
Cnuteneering[ ca-noot-en-neer-ing ] noun The art or science of making practical application of the lack of knowledge of pure sciences, such as physics or chemistry, as in the construction of engines or cars without suffering [more…]
Arts
Holding Hands – Part One
Now join your hands, and with your hands your hearts. William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part III Flashback to Sharpie Towers a few years ago, when my lovely husband and I found ourselves looking forward to a significant wedding anniversary. Our tenth to be precise. [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Sixty-One
Monday The start of another week and I’m ready to brief you all on the happenings I observe, but not until I’ve eaten my breakfast and read the papers! Grunt Shatts was asked on TV [more…]
Hobbies
Crossword No. 138
First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a GP mug. Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Sunday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Last week’s winner. 137 – Capt Black. Answers with next [more…]