Wednesday 28th of April 2010 – The Chaos

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Wednesday 28th of April 2010 – The Chaos (by G. Nolst Trenit, a.k.a. “Charivarius”; 1870 – 1946) Dearest creature in creation Studying English pronunciation, I will teach you in my verse Sounds like corpse, corps, horse and worse I will keep you, Susy, busy, Make your head with heat grow dizzy. Tear in eye your … Read more

Friday 23rd of April 2010 – The view from our old flat’s balcony made it to the papers

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Friday 23rd of April 2010 – The view from our old flat’s balcony made it to the papers The wall of plants in the children’s centre opposite us has failed to grow and died. It cost a fortune. https://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23735279-the-living-wall-of-islington-is-dead.do (the original article is gone, but I copied the text below) A council was today accused … Read more

Wednesday 21st of April 2010 – Aphex the kitten!!!!!

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Wednesday 21st of April 2010 – Aphex the kitteh!!!!! Flying has resumed amidst chaos and confusion, but I haven’t heard any planes yet… We have a kitten!!!!! Aphex (Twin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphex_Twin. J dreamt cat was called that) arrived yesterday. She/He (the jury is still out on that) was born on the 5th of March!!! She/He survived … Read more

Tuesday 20th of April 2010 – Volcanic Ash still causing chaos

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Tuesday 20th of April 2010 – Volcanic Ash still causing chaos Some domestic UK flights have taken off after five days of disruption but a second volcanic ash cloud from Iceland has hit plans to reopen airspace. The first planes from Edinburgh and Glasgow were among a few internal flights scheduled from Scotland. Air traffic … Read more