Alan Williams's Blog, page 51
December 4, 2016
Quick Links 5th December 2016
Each week I’ll try and post quick links to things that I’ve seen, read, inspired me or just sparked my interest in the previous week, with a little background and my thoughts and other things that I’ve been up to in the previous week. Mostly gardening, cooking and environmental stuff but not always.
Life
Most of this week has been taken up with things related to my Dad, plus my maternal Grandmother is sick, so that’s been taking some time too, leaving little time for anything else.
We’ve had...
November 27, 2016
Quick Links 28th November 2016
Each week I’ll try and post quick links to things that I’ve seen, read, inspired me or just sparked my interest in the previous week, with a little background and my thoughts and other things that I’ve been up to in the previous week. Mostly gardening, cooking and environmental stuff but not always.
Life
Dad & Me
I wasn’t planning on posting at all this week, I didn’t think I could face it for one, or that I would actually have the time for another. Last weeks post was only really possible b...
November 20, 2016
Quick Links 21st November 2016
Sadly my Dad passed away in the last week. I wasn’t going to post at all, but as I add things throughout the week before this posts anyway, I’ll let it go live with what is here. It might be a bit quiet though for the next few weeks, but I’ll be back on track at some point.
Each week I’ll try and post quick links to things that I’ve seen, read, inspired me or just sparked my interest in the previous week, with a little background and my thoughts and other things that I’ve been up to in the p...
November 13, 2016
Quick Links 14th November 2016
Each week I’ll try and post quick links to things that I’ve seen, read, inspired me or just sparked my interest in the previous week, with a little background and my thoughts and other things that I’ve been up to in the previous week. Mostly gardening, cooking and environmental stuff but not always.
I wanted to include this video last week but it’s only just been released on YouTube. This is a snippet from Plant Earth II, which I’d thoroughly recommend. There was a much longer segment in the...
November 6, 2016
Quick Links 7th November 2016
Each week I’ll try and post quick links to things that I’ve seen, read, inspired me or just sparked my interest in the previous week, with a little background and my thoughts and other things that I’ve been up to in the previous week. Mostly gardening, cooking and environmental stuff but not always.
Autumn Photo Collage
The autumn colours have really hit their stride this week, the above is a sampling.
Before The Flood.
Leonardo DiCaprio’s climate change movie has been released on YouTube....
Allotment Update 5th November 2016
A short update on what’s happening on the allotment, plus talking through some plans for the winter months.
October 31, 2016
Quick Links 31st October 2016
Each week I’ll try and post quick links to things that I’ve seen, read, inspired me or just sparked my interest in the previous week, with a little background and my thoughts and other things that I’ve been up to in the previous week. Mostly gardening, cooking and environmental stuff but not always.
A Wolf Dies [Last Word on Nothing Blog]
Currently Reading
Entering the Silence: Becoming a Monk and a Writer: 2 (The Journals of Thomas Merton)by Thomas Merton [GoodReads].
The Drawing of the...
October 23, 2016
Quick Links 24th October 2016
Each week I’ll try and post quick links to things that I’ve seen, read, inspired me or just sparked my interest in the previous week, with a little background and my thoughts and other things that I’ve been up to in the previous week. Mostly gardening, cooking and environmental stuff but not always.
I’ve been a bit under the weather this last week, so this post will probably be a bit shorter than usual.
Currently Reading
Entering the Silence: Becoming a Monk and a Writer: 2 (The Journals of...
October 17, 2016
Quick Links 17th October 2016
Each week I’ll try and post quick links to things that I’ve seen, read, inspired me or just sparked my interest in the previous week, with a little background and my thoughts and other things that I’ve been up to in the previous week. Mostly gardening, cooking and environmental stuff but not always.
Much as I love gadgets and things, I would have returned this kettle and just bought one that you actually have to go and switch on. After all you still need to put the tea / coffee in the cup,...
October 10, 2016
Quick Links 10th October 2016
Each week I’ll try and post quick links to things that I’ve seen, read, inspired me or just sparked my interest in the previous week, with a little background and my thoughts and other things that I’ve been up to in the previous week. Mostly gardening, cooking and environmental stuff but not always.
It’s been party conference season and their is all sorts of rhetoric flying around about what is best for the country and what each political party will do (or would if they were in power). I’m n...
