Have you ever wondered why the knobs on the cords of your blinds are often acorn shaped? No me neither, not a second thought. But…
13 September 2020 – The Ides of September
The whole place smells of mixed spice. And I am in heaven. Today I’ve been making Suffolk fourses cakes, which are less like cakes, and…
12 September 2020 – Newent Onion Fayre
Well. I’m never doing that again. It’s the Newent Onion Fayre in Gloucestershire today, or it would have been blah, blah, blah. The annual Newent…
9 September 2020 – The Career Oracle
Needed a quick one today so I consulted The Career Oracle. The Career Oracle is an example of a magic square presented as a grid…
8 September 2020 – Star Trek Day
It’s Star Trek Day as the first ever episode of the TV show aired on 8 September 1966. And I’ve been learning Klingon. There are…