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My Life in a Virtual Bookcase

9th March 2022 Going Postal 0

“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need” Marcus Tullius Cicero Having recently downsized, I no longer have room for a permanent display of the books and other items that [more…]

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5th February 2022 Always Worth Saying 0

No mystery here, this is Elihu, your modest reviewer of photographs grandfather. His father was also called Elihu and his grandfather was the John who Puffins with instant recall will remember lost half of the [more…]

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Some of you may remember that back in 2017 Mrs. C and I (it was all her plan really) made it our business to do 40 things together to celebrate having been married for 40 [more…]

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