Sunday, February 23, 2014

any old irons ? i'd quite like one of these 2500 year old bronze wine jars for my own dionysiac revels ...

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http://inha.revues.org/3976 if you are interested in this spectacular relic, it is well wort...

georgians revealed, at the british library ... loads of stuff, almost too much, but great fun !

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http://www.bl.uk/whatson/exhibitions/georgiansrevealed/index.html?ns_campaign=georgians&ns_mchannel=bl_website&ns_so...
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and whilst we're on the topic of genome archaeology ... here's some recent stuff about the truly ancient origins of native americans, north and south

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http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/02/2014/clovis-genome-settles-debate-on-indigenous-american-lineage
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Saturday, February 22, 2014

there's a fairy at the bottom of my garden ...

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art amplifying human knowledge

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http://www.wellcomecollection.org/whats-on/exhibitions/foreign-bodies-common-ground/the-artists/katie-paterson.aspx ht...
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Monday, February 17, 2014

notes on how to watch television from the other room ...

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in mid-week, the loved one likes to catch up with the popular television drama, "call the midwife" she w...
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an unexpected almost-nearly-juxtaposition last week in lyme regis ... flags on the stern of a beached fishing boat beside the harbour, the sticker perhaps only a hundred yards away on marine parade

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http://antifalausitz.sytes.net/
Sunday, February 16, 2014

yayoi kusama

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http://www.davidzwirner.com/artists/yayoi-kusama/survey-selec...
Saturday, February 15, 2014

roy hewish aged 85 rampaging in the welsh mountains

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alvi and his new torch ( part ii )

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the opening paragraph of james stephens' crock of gold ...

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IN the centre of the pine wood called Coilla Doraca there lived not long ago two Philosophers. They were wiser than anything ...

friends in high places ( part ii )

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Friday, February 14, 2014

noa with his new hair

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alvi with his new torch

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Tuesday, February 11, 2014

i resisted reading this airport-blockbuster out of sheer snobbery ... and now its keeping me awake

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zafon
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Monday, February 10, 2014

i can still spot a mermaid at two hundred paces ... an optician's sign at lyme regis

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... although it doesn't say so, most likely painted by linzi ... http://www.mermaid-at-the-tudor.com/ http:/...
Friday, February 7, 2014

christmas and chinese new year rolled up into one ... c/o the V&A

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am well in to my third day of complete rest ...

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my brother greg ( lower left ) with his dad ... greg usually has a birthday about this time of the year

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fun ! fun ! fun ! looks as if the drive to lyme regis on saturday morning might be a bit of an adventure

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