Stuart Aken's Blog, page 52
December 9, 2021
#PictureOfTheDay: 09/Dec/21
A small selection of my pictures appears in the Gallery. A growing selection of more pictures, to decorate your home, use for jigsaws, calendars, greetings cards, or anything else you fancy in print or online, appear here.
The Lost Villages of England, by Maurice Beresford: #BookReview.
This is history, obviously. I generally enjoy reading about the past, learning about life long before I was born. Unfortunately, this book, a scholarly work, was just a little too dry for my tastes. For those seeking the statistics, fine details that are available, and the names of those involved in the various landgrabs that …
Continue reading The Lost Villages of England, by Maurice Beresford: #BookReview.
December 8, 2021
#PictureOfTheDay: 08/Dec/21
A small selection of my pictures appears in the Gallery. A growing selection of more pictures, to decorate your home, use for jigsaws, calendars, greetings cards, or anything else you fancy in print or online, appear here.
December 7, 2021
#PictureOfTheDay: 07/Dec/21
The GALLERY holds a small selection of my pictures. If you want more pictures, perhaps to decorate your home, or to use for jigsaws, calendars, greetings cards, or anything else, there’s a growing selection here.
December 6, 2021
#PictureOfTheDay: 06/Dec/21
The GALLERY holds a small selection of my pictures. If you want more pictures, perhaps to decorate your home, or to use for jigsaws, calendars, greetings cards, or anything else, there’s a growing selection here.
December 5, 2021
#PictureOfTheDay: 05/Dec/21
The GALLERY holds a small selection of my pictures. If you want more pictures, perhaps to decorate your home, or to use for jigsaws, calendars, greetings cards, or anything else, there’s a growing selection here.
December 4, 2021
#PictureOfTheDay: 04/Dec/21
The GALLERY holds a small selection of my pictures. If you want more pictures, perhaps to decorate your home, or to use for jigsaws, calendars, greetings cards, or anything else, there’s a growing selection here.
December 3, 2021
Short Stories; Do You Read Them?
I suppose we should first decide what constitutes a short story. Roughly, because these things tend to be a matter of opinion rather than fact, a short story is a work of fiction with a word count somewhere between 1,000 and 10,000. So, do you read them? It’s clear lots of readers do. I belong …
#PictureOfTheDay: 03/Dec/21
Pictures to show the natural beauty of our world or artworks that display some beauty of their own. There’s a small selection of my pictures in the GALLERY. If you want pictures to decorate your home, or as images for jigsaws, calendars, greetings cards, or anything else, there’s a growing selection here.
December 2, 2021
Celebrating 1000+ Miles Walked
On 1st January this year, my wife, Valerie, and I joined a challenge set by Country Walking Magazine to walk 1,000 miles in 2021. Most of our walks have been in the Forest of Dean starting from our front door. Just occasionally we’ve been able to venture further afield, visiting the Isle of Wight in …
