Submitted by ju1i3 on Wed, 11/14/2012 - 09:44
another smooth Drupal update, this time to 7.17 :)
one day I'll have to make some more regular updates to this site
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Submitted by ju1i3 on Wed, 05/30/2012 - 18:48
Pussycat will only drink water if it's from someone else's glass.
Submitted by ju1i3 on Fri, 05/25/2012 - 06:54
Seeing the Royal Hospital Chelsea in the background of the Chelsea Flower Show which John Evelyn helped to establish and knowing his interest in gardening and horticulture I was wondering what he would have thought of the flower show feeding frenzy. I'm currently reading "John Evelyn and His Milieu" and just finished "John Evelyn His Life and Times" so I'm very much in Evelyn-mode. I have no conclusion about what he would have thought, it's just a question I'm raising.
Submitted by ju1i3 on Sat, 03/31/2012 - 06:53
I love the Modesty Blaise stories written by Peter O'Donnell. I've been re-reading some of the strip stories recently so was thinking of the author. One of the special moments of my life is when I met Peter O'Donnell at a book signing. Actually I met him 3 times at different book signings: Murder One when it was in Denmark St in the mid-1980s, Murder One when it was in Charing Cross Rd in 1996 and Crime in Store (where I think this pic was taken) a book store in Store St (it no longer exists) August 2002.
Submitted by ju1i3 on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 09:09
My obsession with the 17th century continues. Currently reading a book about John Evelyn (1620-1706) although I'm not sure I'm ready to tackle his entire diary yet. I have another lined up, although will read some light fiction in between. I like to alternate heavy and light reading. Hoping to get a book about Hugh Plat from the library. It sounds very interesting but it's new and expensive so if I can get it from my local library if they can borrow it from another as they don't actually have it.
Submitted by ju1i3 on Wed, 01/18/2012 - 08:28
While walking through Clerkenwell and Finsbury yesterday I had a clear view of the Shard. I was reminded that I took a pic of it last year from my roof. I'll have to take a pic of the latest view this week.
Submitted by ju1i3 on Wed, 01/18/2012 - 08:23
Unlike many people I still use the public library. The service is hit and miss but I was pleased this week to find the latest (to me) books by Charlaine Harris and Janet Evanovich, not only in the library system but available and on the shelves (so many books are missing). I also recently borrowed a new biography of Margaret Beaufort. I was first fascinated by her amazing life seeing David Starkey's Monarchy documentary.
I like to alternate "heavy" history books with light fiction so I was especially pleased to join Stephanie Plum in the Burg after following the origins of the Tudor dynasty in 15th century England.
I was interested to see some of Margaret Beaufort's (and her son's and grandson's books) in the British Library Illuminated Manuscripts exhibit. There's too much to see though! I spent 2 hours there and saw most but not everything.
Submitted by ju1i3 on Fri, 12/16/2011 - 15:57
There was a documentary on tv recently about the origins of the English novel. I made a note of the novels discussed so that I could read them (some I have already read):
Robinson Crusoe (1714) by Daniel Defoe
Moll Flanders (1722) by Daniel Defoe
Gullivers Travels (1726) by Jonathan Swift
Pamela (1740) by Samuel Richardson
Clarissa (1748) by Samuel Richardson
Tom Jones (1749) by Henry Fielding
Tristram Shandy (1759) by Lawrence Sterne
The Castle of Otranto (1764) by Horace Walpole
Evelina (1778) by Frances Burney
Submitted by ju1i3 on Fri, 05/06/2011 - 08:59
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