On Sunday March 26 it’s the turn of European clocks to be twisted Continue reading “Time jumps or crawls”
Category: places
Down the road to Jericho
The last-quarter Moon stands like a signpost Continue reading “Down the road to Jericho”
A memory of Dorset: Bridport, Gurkhas
A photographer came to our house, Continue reading “A memory of Dorset: Bridport, Gurkhas”
Displaced clocks and peninsulas
Yet again comes the proposal to make Daylight-Shifting Time even worse Continue reading “Displaced clocks and peninsulas”
San Sarpi
We were again in Venice, and paid our respects to Paolo Sarpi.
Poetry is language in short paragraphs
The Tau Herculid meteor shower is expected on May 31. Continue reading “Poetry is language in short paragraphs”
April the First, I trust nobody!
Look out for people who shout this after playing a trick on you!
Actually, the shout will be in Ukrainian: Continue reading “April the First, I trust nobody!”
The other royal observatory
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From our window in Isleworth, we see across a forested island in the Thames to another line of trees, beyond which Continue reading “The other royal observatory”
A star sets
I’ve found this sketch of a street scene in Qandahar (home of the Taliban) that I made while hitch-hiking through Afghanistan Continue reading “A star sets”
Flowers that grow on Olympus
If you lie on your back and look straight up, Continue reading “Flowers that grow on Olympus”