Recent posts for Carol

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When I wander | Dementia: The Journey Ahead Blog entry 7 years 28 weeks
When management isn't far away... Image 1 year 23 weeks
Whited Sepulchres: A Mediaeval Mystery Biblio 8 years 12 weeks
Who gets to say what counts as a country? — Charles Crawford — Aeon Blog entry 10 years 34 weeks
Winnol Weather.... Blog entry 6 years 8 weeks
Word of the day is 'podsnappery' (19th century, from Dickens): 'insular complacency and blinkered self-satisfaction' Blog entry 3 years 25 weeks
Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ Blog entry 3 years 29 weeks
Word of the day: "chime" - collective noun for wrens; the wren is also known as "druid" (Welsh), "little king" (Dutch) & "jenny" Blog entry 6 years 31 weeks
Word of the day: "clinkerbell" - icicle (Somerset; archaic). Other regional names for icicles include "aquabob" (Kent), "ickle" Blog entry 6 years 19 weeks
Word of the day: "lands" - when mountains appear as silouhettes Blog entry 6 years 27 weeks
Word of the day: “Eisvogel” - German for kingfisher, literally “ice-bird”; in Russian Зимородок, lit. “winter-born” Blog entry 6 years 21 weeks
Word(s) from other languages... Blog entry 4 years 30 weeks
Word(s) of the day: "rionnach maoim"...'the moving shadows cast by clouds on moorland on a sunny, windy day'. Such compressed el Blog entry 6 years 8 weeks
Word(s) of the day: "zawn" - wave-smashed cleft or chasm in a sea-cliff (from Cornish sâwn/sawan) Blog entry 6 years 8 weeks
Word(s) of the day: “scréachóg reilige” - ‘screecher of the cemetery’; Irish name for the barn owl. Also “cailleach-oidhche ghea Blog entry 6 years 12 weeks
You can be beautiful and a little cracked Image 8 years 12 weeks
You Chill Holidays - Tre-View Cornwall Weblink 10 years 34 weeks
Zero-gravity hedgehogs Image 6 years 11 weeks