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Elementary, my dear Watson – the Group 19 elements

2nd May 2026 SharpieType301 0

After a rather extended respite hiatus, welcome back, my friends, to the show that never ends… wending our way through the elements and the Groups of the Periodic Table (a.k.a. the Periodic Table of the [more…]

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Escape Of The Ransomed Princess

26th April 2025 Always Worth Saying 0

You’ll have to take this with a sprinkling of salt — or several fistfuls if you’re the sort who needs receipts for everything. To be frank, I don’t much care if you believe me or [more…]

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Writing and Publishing a Novel

22nd November 2019 1642again 0

In life you meet many people who say they have a novel that they want to write, but how many ever even start, let alone finish?  A tiny percentage I would guess.  I know someone [more…]

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A Bear’s Diary – Part 30

14th July 2019 Tachybaptus 0

September 3rd, 1811. I have been too much occupied to keep up my diary for several months. We have all been toiling on the improvement of the Bear Inn, which had fallen into some disrepair [more…]

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A Bear’s Diary – Part 29

7th July 2019 Tachybaptus 0

June 9th, 1811. At sea once more, we discovered that two of our crew had deserted, preferring the fleshpots of New York to their homeland and what will certainly be a more than generous reward [more…]

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