Daily Forest Walk Picture 27.04.20

Spreading a bit of light and pleasure to those confined by the current crisis. See post 1, here, for an explanation. This is the 24th post. A brief one today, following our short walk. The picture shows the partly collapsed stone wall erected in the Victorian age by the railway builders. It propped up an …

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Want to Support Our Great NHS Workers?

We’re all (well, most of us, anyway) stuck at home and looking for something to pass the time in a worthwhile manner. My publisher, Fantastic Books Publishing, always gives 10% of profits to charities nominated by the authors. In this rather unusual time, he’s decided to donate funds instead to the NHS Charities Together, an …

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Daily Forest Walk Picture 26.04.20

Spreading a bit of light and pleasure to those confined by the current crisis. See post 1, here, for an explanation. This is the 23rd post. Today, we set off to a part of the forest where we know bluebells dwell. These lovely spring flowers can be seen in many forests, laying a fine carpet …

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Daily Forest Walk Picture 25.04.20

Spreading a bit of light and pleasure to those confined by the current crisis. See post 1, here, for an explanation. This is the 22nd post. A shorter walk today; we’ve been forecast rain in the next few days and the garden needed some attention before that weather arrives. But we took our walk first, …

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Daily Forest Walk Picture 24.04.20

Spreading a bit of light and pleasure to those confined by the current crisis. See post 1, here, for an explanation. This is the 21st post. Our walk today was a little shorter than usual; neither of us felt strong (we’re both subject to the attacks the years pile up – but rather that than …

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Finding the #Write #Words? No. 28: The Emotion Thesaurus

Continuing the description of books on words and language listed in the introductory post, which you’ll find here. Book 28: The Emotion Thesaurus: Paperback, 164 pages. Published in 2012 by the authors, Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi. I think I paid around £8.00 for it at the time of publication. There’s now a second edition, …

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Daily Forest Walk Picture 23.04.20

Spreading a bit of light and pleasure to those confined by the current crisis. See post 1, here, for an explanation. This is the 20th post. Our small village bears a name created via the brook that flows down from the hills, alongside the main street, and eventually underground through a culvert, following some fairly …

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Daily Forest Walk Picture 22.04.20

Spreading a bit of light and pleasure to those confined by the current crisis. See post 1, here, for an explanation. This is the 19th post. Hidden in part of the forest not easily accessed and unknown to many locals, lies a little patch of fantasy. The old quarry is approached along one of four …

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Daily Forest Walk Picture 21.04.20

Continuing to spread a bit of light and pleasure to those confined by the current crisis. See post 1, here, for an explanation. This is the 18th post. Sunshine and warmth have combined to raise the heads of some domesticated bluebells in our back garden. I wondered if those in the forest might be similarly …

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Revenge of the Elders of Zion, by Dan Zofer: #BookReview.

312 pages Dark comedy-thriller. This book is listed as a dark comedy thriller. I agree with the darkness and thriller aspects, but the comedy escaped me. I was, however, engaged by the characters, the romance, and the story, regardless of its plot holes and occasional slips into the ludicrous. Perhaps it was that part that …

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Daily Forest Walk Picture 20.04.20

Continuing to spread a bit of light and pleasure to those confined by the current crisis. See post 1, here, for an explanation. This is the 17th post. We had to go food shopping this morning. From the village this entails a short drive to a local town, as the wonderful village shop doesn’t stock …

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Daily Forest Walk Picture 19.04.20

Continuing to spread a bit of light and pleasure to those confined by the current crisis. See post 1, here, for an explanation. This is the 16th post. The sunshine returned this morning. Despite our slight overindulgence yesterday (celebrating Valerie’s birthday, alone and at home) we decided on a slightly longer stroll. We usually see …

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Daily Forest Walk Picture 18.04.20

This giant Beech is around four feet wide; bet it could tell some tales. Continuing to spread a bit of light and pleasure to those confined by the current crisis. See post 1, here, for an explanation. This is the 15th post. Today is Valerie’s birthday, so I’ll keep this brief, as I like to …

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Daily Forest Walk Picture 17.04.20

Continuing to spread some light and pleasure to those confined by the current crisis. See post 1, here, for an explanation. This is the 14th post. Today, rain was forecast. We haven’t had rain for some weeks, following a winter where it hardly stopped raining! We took our walk early and returned before the gentle …

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Finding the #Write #Words? No. 27: The Elements of Style

Continuing the description of books on words and language listed in the introductory post, which you’ll find here. Book 27: The Elements of Style: Paperback, 105 pages. First published in 1919 by the author, William Strunk Jr and a required text book for the Cornell course entitled ‘English 8’ for which he was the professor. …

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