Dr Tig Lang
@langsj.bsky.social
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Book addict. Loves cats, select dogs, even some people. Studies medieval surgery. Grows herbs. Spins & dyes wool. Talks too much.
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Ralph Nickleby in the RSC production.
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How kind to think of me! I have got access through the University Library here for the next couple of years, but it is good to know JSTOR are being so helpful to independent scholars.
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This is also the only version, as far as I remember, that even attempts to show that the castle is on a hill. Nottingham Castle Rock is rather large and obvious, but apparently not to film makers!
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This reminds me of playing silly games with my Gran. "Piano for sale by a lady with a fretwork front" and other daft made-up advertisements!
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Very pretty kitty!
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I wonder if she considered how much harder exercise is when one is in pain???? Sorry you have this to deal with.
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When I was a student I bought the hardback of our recommended edition of Beowulf for under half the paperback price, because it had been shelved in the children's section for about four years and nobody had noticed why it wasn't selling!
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Sorry, but I really need to see a Baardvark!
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Dinosaurs and steam trains - what excellent birthday choices!
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Oh, and what about books to re-read on a regular basis? Lots of those!
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Anything they like, as long as they read at least one!!!!
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Not as depressing as last week's picture of litter - a much better harvest from a mile of lane going in the other direction! Nearly 5lb of brambles. Yum.
Large pan full of brambles picked on my walk today.
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Ouch. I hope you feel better soon.
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Cleo, now sadly no longer with us, definitely preferred her writing style to mine.
Chapter heading, followed by several lines of letters typed by the cat....
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I've tried this puzzle for the last three days, and it's ridiculous how much better I am at picking the right date when the photos were taken before I was born!
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It's also a good dye plant: the yellow is almost too bright, but makes a lovely green if overdyed with indigo. Alum mordant for the yellow.
A ball of yellow wool, and sample pieces of yellow and green.
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Picked up two bags of rubbish in half a mile of country lane. What is WRONG with people???!!!
Litter picker and two bin bags full of rubbish.
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It's always trying to take my commas away!