So I want to talk about Asperger’s, Autism Spectrum Disorder or whatever term you want to us, and me. It’s not something I usually talk about because, well,I feel like I’m preaching to the choir. Of the people I deal with on a regular basis, both friends and family, offline and real world, most of…
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Goat Fest 2017 was in the next building over from the market so it seemed like a good day trip to visit both. It worked well, rather than the usual process of leaving market to catch bus and then having an hour an half to kill in town & trying to find lunch, I spent…
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While it seems that January was a month for journalling, February is not so much. Many things to write about though (bikes, boats, Shades Row), so I should get back into it. (Image: lake somewhere on the west coast.)
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I have a quote/note on my desktop from the Fashion in Penury book. It starts by saying that contemporary sources often mention that the social signifiers that indicate status weren’t always obvious. —it was exceedingly troubling to see ‘ordinary people in very glossy coats’ who were actually socially significant and to see distinguished-looking men who…
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New postcard: Unloading Bananas New Orleans, LA. On the back: “At New Orleans, the world’s greatest banana port, more than 700 ships arrive each year loaded, each with 25,000 to 50,000 bunches of this popular fruit. At the banana wharves the individual bunch is carried from the hold of the ship to the door of…
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In my Documents folder there is a folder called “Old Data”, which was copied over from the old laptop, andin there is a folder called “From other computer” which was copied over from the desktop computer that preceded the laptop, and in there is a flder called “Other Drive” which was copied over from the…
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Something I do a lot is compare different lots of handwriting to try and work out if they’re done by the same person, and that usually involves comparing capital letters because they tend be the most distinctive. The smaller letters usually running together makes it hard compare them. So, to these two letters. Both on…
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(The Australian, 1 September 1825) An early mention of specific beef breeds shows the popularity of Devons and Durhams. Devons are a very old, solid red breed, formerly dual-purpose but nowadays beef. Durhams, which became Shorthorns, were another old dual-purpose breed that commonly came in red. The Durham Ox in 1802. (From Wikipedia Commons) Which…
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