Swifts again

Swifts again

Last year, one of my projects was to investigate what might be done to attract swifts back to our house….

What is civilization?

What is civilization?

What do you understand by the term “civilization”? You can check in the dictionary and there will be a definition,…

More things that I learned

More things that I learned

I recently wrote about a project that my wife and I started last year. The idea was to think about…

Observing an expert

Observing an expert

How often have you heard: “I judge by results!”? Quite often, I would guess. In fact, this is exactly what…

On lock-down – sort of

On lock-down – sort of

At the time of writing, it is only a matter of a few hours since our Great Leader spoke to…

COVID-19: the upsides

COVID-19: the upsides

Somebody said to me a couple of days ago: “There is nothing happening in the world except COVID-19 – that…

More of what I learned

More of what I learned

I recently wrote about a project that my wife and I started last year. The idea was to think about…

AIPF

AIPF

My principal hobby is photography and has been for many years. Despite my unwillingness to be an expert in anything,…

Becoming an expert

Becoming an expert

As I wrote recently, I like to learn things. I have always had a penchant for “useless” [= rather random]…