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Keith Marshall
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Intelligent idiot. Retired thinking worker. Controversialist. Scientist. IT project manager. Founder of Anthony Powell Society. Chairman of GP's patient group.
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From my blog, this month's quote:

"The difference between pornography and erotica is lighting."
[Gloria Leonard]

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February 7, 2026 at 12:09 PM
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We have a ridiculous number of green Ring-neck Parakeets visiting our garden ...

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#birds #environment #naturalhistory #parakeets #zenmischief #blog
20 or more green Ring-neck Parakeets sitting in a tree
February 3, 2026 at 3:37 PM
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This month's quiz questions - on biology - are now on my blog. Answers in 2 weeks.

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#biology #blog #February #quiz #zenmischief
February Quiz Questions | Zen Mischief
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February 3, 2026 at 10:10 AM
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Notes of a few things that happened in February 1926 ...

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#1926 #February #otd #blog #zenmischief
February 1926 | Zen Mischief
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February 1, 2026 at 10:29 AM
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On my blog this evening: Unblogged January, being a few notes of things I didn't otherwise write about. It's been a tough month.

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#personal #unblogged #January #zenmischief
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January 31, 2026 at 8:43 PM
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Today's blog entry is this month's collection of links to items you may have missed.

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#biology #history #links #physics #science #zenmischief
Monthly Links | Zen Mischief
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January 28, 2026 at 10:25 AM
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From the blog, something to think about this month, to get the old grey matter working ...

"Maybe oxygen is slowly killing you and it just takes 75-100 years to fully work?"

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#thoughts #logic #zenmischief
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January 24, 2026 at 11:39 AM
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My monthly collection of quotes is now on the blog.

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#quotes #january #zenmischief
Monthly Quotes | Zen Mischief
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January 20, 2026 at 11:01 AM
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The answers to my January quiz questions (on general knowledge) now on my blog.

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#generalknowledge #quiz #January #blog #zenmischief
January Quiz Answers | Zen Mischief
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January 17, 2026 at 11:17 AM
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Today on my blog: this month's poem.

"Dust of Snow" by Robert Frost

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#poetry #zenmischief
This Month’s Poem | Zen Mischief
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January 14, 2026 at 11:32 AM
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Today on my blog: this month's self-portrait: The Green Tipstaff: “A green sprout in hand bear I”

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#photography #selfportrait #January #zenmischief
Bare chested, grey haired, spectacled man holding a stem on Brussel sprouts.
January 11, 2026 at 11:48 AM
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Today on the blog, this month's Ten Things. This year we're looking at words with specific endings: this month words ending "-ine".

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#language #tenthings #words #zenmischief
Ten Things | Zen Mischief
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January 10, 2026 at 10:39 AM
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From my blog today, this month's quote:

"You got to be careful if you don’t know where you’re going,
because you might not get there."
[Yogi Berra]

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#quotes #zenmischief
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January 7, 2026 at 4:51 PM
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Continuing as last year, today's blog post is our regular quiz questions; this month on General Knowledge.

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#quiz #generalknowledge #January #zenmischief
January Quiz Questions | Zen Mischief
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January 3, 2026 at 11:50 AM
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Today on the blog, as usual at the beginning of the month, some things that happened 100 years ago this month: January 1926.

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#1926 #January #otd #zenmischief
January 1926 | Zen Mischief
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January 1, 2026 at 5:27 PM
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This evening on my blog: Unblogged December, being a few notes of things that I didn't otherwise write about.

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#December #personal #unblogged #zenmischief
December 31, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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Today on the blog, my last monthly collection of links you missed for this year.

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#biology #history #links #physics #science #December #zenmischief
Monthly Links | Zen Mischief
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December 28, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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Happy Christmas to all ...

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#Christmas #December #happychristmas #history #photography #zenmischief
Tall, elegant medieval Eleanor Cross at Geddington, Northamptonshire against a background of a stone building.
December 24, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Advent Calendar Day 24 ... Peonies and Sunflowers

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#advent #photography #flowers #zenmischief
Large green & brown jug vase containing three yellow sunflowers and five pink peonies, against a black background.
December 24, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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Advent Calendar Day 23 ... Herbaceous Border with Tree

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#advent #photography #zenmischief
Distant view of various tall plants in a herbaceous border with a medium size, billowy green tree behind.
December 23, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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In regular service on the blog we have this month's Two Tiny Changes which may help improve your life. See ...

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#changes #improvement #life #personal #zenmischief
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December 22, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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Advent Calendar Day 21 ... Stondon Massey churchyard, Essex
Burial place (unknown grave) of composer William Byrd

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#advent #photography #byrd #churchyard #zenmischief
View of a churchyard with many headstones amongst green grass and trees.
December 22, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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Advent Calendar Day 20 ... Grass seed heads

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#advent #photography #zenmischief
Five pale green "feathery" grass seed heads against a black background.
December 21, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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Today's regular blog entry is my monthly collection of recently encountered quotes.

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#quotes #December #zenmischief
December’s Monthly Quotes | Zen Mischief
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December 20, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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Advent Calendar Day 20 ... Tree silhouette at dusk

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#advent #photography #trees #zenmischief
Dark silhouette of a conical, leafless, tree against a blue sky at dusk.
December 20, 2025 at 10:29 AM