We’re firmly into the storm season now although the media appears to think today’s winds are something unusual with their focus on ‘huge’ waves, hurricane winds and people who ‘can’t remember the last time it was this bad’. How about last winter? Wind speed is around 50mph, with gusts to 70mph. It is dangerous outside, [...]
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Keeping chickens: basics
8 December, 2011
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Small-scale chicken keeping goes through regular bouts of increased popularity, depending on media coverage of issues that catch the public eye: ‘living the good life’, animal welfare, the cost of food, ‘downsizing’, the ‘cuteness’ factor and more. We’ve seen this several times in the past eight years and are experiencing a fresh resurgence of interest [...]
Read more Red sky in the morning
8 December, 2011
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An ominous dawn sky behind Dunnideer and Bennachie. Related articles Breaking dawn revisited (stoneheadcroft.com) Sunrise over the croft (stoneheadcroft.com) Sunset, Plan B (stoneheadcroft.com)
Read moreI attempt fluffy writing
8 December, 2011
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Another day, another activity for the Open University course A174 Start Writing Fiction. Activity 3.7 asks us to write a story using 13 supplied sentences plus an 250 additional words. We can put the sentences in any order we like and can complete those sentences that end with an ellipsis. The sentences are: Sarah threw [...]
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