Rupert Owen's Blog, page 3
December 16, 2020
Dau Ddeg Tri
Sparkling perry pear and burdock root wine … success.
Woodland sage, common hedgenettle, rue, liquorice.Simple foodstuff like sandwiches are tastier when made by someone else.When I feel better, I often consider if it is for the better or for the worse.They must have a lot of “what have we forgotten to tell our users” meetings at Google Inc.Pressing engagements for me now are: going to the loo, lighting the wood burner, and drinking my morning coffee in peace.After a stroke, “ailments” su...
Woodland sage, common hedgenettle, rue, liquorice.Simple foodstuff like sandwiches are tastier when made by someone else.When I feel better, I often consider if it is for the better or for the worse.They must have a lot of “what have we forgotten to tell our users” meetings at Google Inc.Pressing engagements for me now are: going to the loo, lighting the wood burner, and drinking my morning coffee in peace.After a stroke, “ailments” su...
December 12, 2020
Dau ddeg dau
Central heating, underfloor heating, electric blankets … but aren’t hotties just dandy.Pick cape gooseberries.Bedside lamp.“34H9hf9h4!f4fn43n4f9£43un49UF9349GB493ZZ”, must upgrade my retention to retain Macintosh’s suggested passwords. Transplant vipers bugloss.Spring seeds.eBay is a lesson in how inflated brand new is.
December 4, 2020
Dau ddeg un
Sometimes, I feel it is not a guardian angel watching over me, but a jury.The symptoms of post-stroke begin as a wary novelty, progress as a worrisome burden and then, hopefully, settle into a weary routine. Dont wash over eyes with Dettol soap.I used to ruminate a lot over the past, now I focus all of my thoughts on the next five minutes. Verification, authentication, reCAPTCHA, sign-in keys Promises of the digital new age of convenience and productivity. Im looking forward to sitting...
November 16, 2020
Dau ddeg
Two bottles of sparkling Perry and burdock root wine ready for Christmas.In order to appreciate one’s desk, one must make friends with cables.Simmer and soak conkers to release saponins. Apply BRG paint to Releigh Cameo.Siphon mugwort cider.Debt collectors roam the pebbled shores, syringes in hand.
November 11, 2020
Un deg naw
A Hollywood film with solecism, continuity errors and plot holes rakes in millions … but misuse “of” instead of “from” in your book and you’ll never be read again.I lose it at the “how are you today?” line – Cold Calling Scripts. It is true that cats will flirt for food, but they are one of the rare animals that will come back at a later time and say thank-you to the person who fed them. Time to strop the loppers – winter pruning.“You’re too young to have a stroke.” And my reply, “Well, thought ...
October 24, 2020
Un deg wyth
Experimental perry pear and burdock root must on the way.I have a lot dreams to get through and every morning I knuckle down and get on with it.After trimming one’s nails, it’s impressive to note how many things are almost impossible to prise open. Gooseberry and horehound wine, final brew for 2020.Remove supers from hives. My favourite piece of technology is the pencil.How to make herbs into a powder for incense.
September 13, 2020
Un deg saith
Never say, “no rush”, it may never happen.I wish the part of my brain that gave a damn had been destroyed. I’ll never repudiate the probability of the 10% again. Two secondary cider fermentations: mugwort and wormwood.Wonder berry wine almost ready for secondary fermentation.Less than 10% of all strokes, highly rare two sides of cerebellum – I should have bought a lottery ticket.
August 29, 2020
Un deg chwech
Caraway 24-30 inches tall. West facing orchard wall.Next wine must: Crab apple and cape gooseberry.I am human, hear me squeak. Uproot castaway water mint. Malbec: French for third-rate wine.Start picking wonder berries. Replant viper’s bugloss.
August 6, 2020
Un deg pump
Oh, to never be stuck on a desert island with the collected poems of Lawrence Durrell.All the right people’s paths may never cross in each individual’s lifetime. What a pity.Take more horehound cuttings, this time from the leafy stems not flowers.Plant out common lime in field. Sprinkle sulphate around newly planted honey berries. Strim around orchard borders. Prune crab apple.
July 22, 2020
Un deg pedwar
Reconcile stuck fermentation of gooseberry and pineapple weed wine wort.Plant out honey berry cuttings.Plant out mugwort cuttings between wormwood. Taper down banana passionfruit.Pick plums and collect meadowsweet for next summer wine wort. Set up new hive, add extra supers to old hives if required.“The only law which is really lived up to wholeheartedly and with a vengeance is the law of conformity” – Henry Miller “Time of the Assassins”.
