Yearly Archives: 2008

The Telegraph brings news

Posted on May 9, 2008 by acb

I hope it’s not going to be another summer when the Daily Telegraph is the paper that knows what’s going on. I don’t mean that its reports are true, but that they are uniquely informative because they tell us what … Continue reading →

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Raptor ready

Posted on May 9, 2008 by acb

I’m pretty certain I saw a peregrine falcon yesterday, even though we are on the limits of their range as reported by the RSPB: in any case, a fairly large falcon with pointed, scimitar-shaped wings and a long, largely straight … Continue reading →

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Oh Frabjuous Day!

Posted on May 8, 2008 by acb

Susan McCarthy, sumac on the Well, has started a blog. She is a wonderfully shrewd and witty observer of animal behaviour, not least when the animal in question is H. Sapiens sapiens though in her hands the second sapiens is … Continue reading →

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more feedback needed

Posted on May 7, 2008 by acb

I think I have changed the feed links over. If you get this in an rss reader, then your transfer to the new blogging system has worked. Please drop something in the comments to say so: obviously I can’t ask … Continue reading →

Posted in Housekeeping, nördig | 12 Comments

Rowan being sensible and thought-provoking

Posted on May 7, 2008 by acb

It’s a pity that Rowan Williams made such a fool of himself with the Sharia lecture. He has said some interesting things since then, which no one will take any notice of; some of them are in his lecture on … Continue reading →

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A farewell to MT

Posted on May 6, 2008 by acb

This is the first post written into the new live wordpress version of the blog. I started getting mysterious errors on the MT installation and it was all just too much. I think I have mostly reproduced the old layout, … Continue reading →

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I forgot to mention

Posted on May 4, 2008 by acb

the best thing about travelling to Lapland as I will be doing: the dates. I am off on the fifteenth of July and not back until the fifth of August. This means that I will be about two thousand miles … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Travel notes

Posted on May 3, 2008 by acb

The first time I went to Sorsele, where the picture at the head of this page was taken, I flew to Stockholm, took the night train to Östersund, and then a bus for six hours up the 45. The next … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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The artist stands ready to serve his community

Posted on May 3, 2008 by acb

This picture is a hjortron, or cloudberry. There are many pictures of hjortron on the net, but that is the one which best, I think, illustrates a proposal made by Tord Pettersson, an artist in Gällivare, who thinks the 45 … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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A fair sex trade mark

Posted on May 2, 2008 by acb

I was browsing through the small ads for prostitutes in the local paper when I had an idea that could transform the industry and dispel the unease which might afflict potential customers who think it is something degrading to everyone … Continue reading →

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