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Category Archives: About artists.
Clever squirrel, careful cat.
This is a high speed posting in case you might fancy I have dropped off the universe. I have not. It was Father’s day on Sunday; the S&H announced he was bringing himself and his family. I am not as … Continue reading
Electricity and so forth and happy birthday.
First, the birthday. Happy Birthday Tim Berners Lee, inventor of the Internet without which you would not be reading this, and there would be no point in me writing it. You’ve got to hand it to him, that was jolly … Continue reading
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The electrical life 4
Last night, on my way to bed I thoughtfully pushed my socked foot gently under the side of the washing machine, for the joy that retrieving it dry would afford. You know, don’t you? Wet toes. I subsequently slid a … Continue reading
The electrical life 3.
If you are new here, welcome! If you are as fiercely bright as most of the miniaturists who pause here you may have noticed the number 3 in the title, for this is the 3rd description of my attempt to … Continue reading
The electrical life part 2.
The date for the arrival of the Washing Machine version of the Star Ship Enterprise was a surprise which would be vouchsafed unto me in a telephone call. I spent time stressing that I have a landline, which means that … Continue reading
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The electrical life.
When the house next door was built in the seventies, Ted’s wife, who designed it, made it all electrical because she thought it was cleaner, safer and better. A mere half a century later public opinion has caught up with … Continue reading
They’ve got your number.
Specifically, mine and it’s two. I have touched on this previously. I do believe everyone has a number which works for them. On your third family sized block of chocolate you may well ask: Is three my lucky number? Or, … Continue reading
Self esteem.
Is one of those things that gets into modern conversations quite a bit. You’re supposed to think you are the best thing since sliced bread. How weird is it that exactly the people who think they are, aren’t? I can … Continue reading
Oh my ears and whiskers.
I have been in such a terrible rush lately, I decided to calm myself by quickly drawing a picture of a slow loris. Here it is The fast loris is, as yet, uncaptured by science; the slow loris, at once … Continue reading
On the floor.
What do you find if you look on the floor? If you’re a miniaturist I bet isn’t just ‘a carpet.’ As you progress in the hobby you inevitably go down scale just to see if you can do it. The … Continue reading
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