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Two Heads . . .: January 2015

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Two Heads . . . Thursday, 1 January 2015. Walking through history . Writers often extol the virtues of walking t. O get the brain working. I try to get out for an hour or so each day, though the weather at this time of year does not always help. So any clear day must be taken full advantage of. Near Elizabeth I's oak in Greenwich Park. A royal park since the 15th century). Looking towards the River Thames through the Old Royal. Naval College, (built in the early 18th century). 1727-1760) up for the winter.

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Two Heads . . .: October 2014

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Two Heads . . . Tuesday, 21 October 2014. Phidias' workshop - using real places in fiction. Last year in the summer, I prepared part of this posting. I didn't finish it because I have been looking for a particular reference (see second to last paragraph). As you can see, I had a wonderful trip in 2013. A mixture of holiday . Part of the research was another visit to. Ancient Olympia. I went to have another look at Phidias' Workshop. I took liberties with its design in The Boy with Two Heads. No one seeme...

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Two Heads . . .: February 2015

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Two Heads . . . Sunday, 8 February 2015. No triremes on the Solway. These days I'm rather boring to other people. My daily routine is: write and research in the morning, walk in the afternoon, do domestic stuff in the evening. Even my research isn't exciting on its own, though lately I've been learning a lot about Ancient Greek warships called triremes, which could be of interest to some (see below). On the way down to the beach and a milky-looking sea . I found snowdrops right beside the road. Even the ...

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Two Heads . . .: February 2014

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Two Heads . . . Thursday, 20 February 2014. Those Ancient Greeks follow me everywhere! Reproduction in the Royal Ontario Museum. Of Phidias' statue of Athena,. Finished 438 BC for inside the Parthenon in Athens. Not long ago, I was in Toronto, Canada, spending holiday time with family. They had asked me to stop thinking about writing for a few days, as we don't see each other very often. 'No problem,' I said. 'No writing.'. We decided to go to the Royal Ontario Museum. Y, and look who I found! One court ...

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Watch out for the Under Toad: A Bit of a Scare

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Watch out for the Under Toad. Saturday, 2 March 2013. A Bit of a Scare. The suspicion was that I was having an allergic reaction to the Amoxic. That I was taking for my loss of smell and taste (still not returned) following a bad virus a few weeks ago. Untreated this can develop into Anaphylaxis. The only mystery which remains is, what did I react to. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Flickr Stream and Photography. S Flickr Widget requires Flash Player 9 or better. To Do List 2.

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TRIFOLIUM BOOKS UK: THERE IS STILL TIME TO HAVE YOUR SAY ...

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News about Trifolium Books and their authors. Saturday, 22 June 2013. THERE IS STILL TIME TO HAVE YOUR SAY . And to have a chance of winning one of the first copies! Designer Kate (also my daughter) is due to come and stay with us for a nice long visit bringing our new granddaughter for her first visit to the North Country Far. She will be doing all the design work on Bride of the Spear. Cover in exchange for some baby sitting! Saturday, June 22, 2013. Bride of the Spear. 29 June 2013 at 09:50. Subscribe...

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TRIFOLIUM BOOKS UK: July 2013

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News about Trifolium Books and their authors. Saturday, 6 July 2013. CAN'T DO MUCH ABOUT THE TITLE BUT . I THINK YOU'LL LOVE THE NEW COVER! I have just found this great- and fairly recent- review of Bride of the Spear. On Library Thing. I'd like to be able to comment on it but can't find how to do it- help anyone? Yes, the title is lurid, and the cover art is both lurid and non representative of any scene in the story, but then, those were lurid times. It's tough work building civilization. Shaped themse...

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TRIFOLIUM BOOKS UK: From bags to bookshelves in six months: from paper to e-book in twelve

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News about Trifolium Books and their authors. Monday, 30 May 2011. From bags to bookshelves in six months: from paper to e-book in twelve. My first memory of Kathleen was when a dog got into the playground and we chased it around as kids do. This young and exotic teacher emerged, scolded us and picked up the puppy. For all I know she adopted it: I seem to remember that she had a dog. Once. Exotic- well now what is exotic in a teacher? During the last few years there have been low points indeed, as the st...

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TRIFOLIUM BOOKS UK: COVER, COMPETITION AND THE LIEBSTER AWARD

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News about Trifolium Books and their authors. Wednesday, 8 May 2013. COVER, COMPETITION AND THE LIEBSTER AWARD. Given the traumas I went through searching the Lake District- on line and on foot- for the waterfall which exactly fitted Kathleen's description of the magical meeting place of Taniu and Owain, the choice was eventually easy. The relevant passage in the book:. He looked up and saw a figure in a grey gown, gold hair streaming across its shoulders, watching him with. In fact the sun became so ins...

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Two Heads . . .: Measuring time in Ancient Athens

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Two Heads . . . Measuring time in Ancient Athens. Calendars are complicated things. They have to take into account the actual movements of the sun, moon and stars, as well as the perceived dictates of religious systems. In ancient Greece, they differed from city state to city state all over the Hellenic world. For instance, in Athens the year began in mid-summer. In other parts of the Hellenic world it began mid-winter. Leo von Klenze's vision of the Akropolis of Athens around 430 BC. Each month had eith...