Read: Skippy Dies by Paul Murray ★★★★☆ 📚
Irish private boy’s school. Some laugh out loud teenage dialogue, some horrible teenage drama. Multiple voices & pov weave towards a messy ending that didn’t quite pay off for me, although that might be the point. Still kept me reading for nearly 700 pages.
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Summer Holidays
I started this two weeks ago when I went back to school. So past time for a summer recap:
As usual I took some photos, and I’ve strung them together, pummelvision fashion.
I updated the script a bit to fade the audio and added a gentler audio choice.
reading
- Read: The Last Voice You Hear 11/08/2024 tagged: Mick Herron, ★★★
- Read: The Lost Wife 08/08/2024 tagged: Susanna Moore, ★★★★
- Read: Hide and Seek 03/08/2024 tagged: Ian Rankin, ★★★
- Read: Chain-Gang All-Stars 29/07/2024 tagged: Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, ★★★
- Read: The Secret Hours 27/07/2024 tagged: Mick Herron, ★★★★
- Read: The Sun Walks Down 24/07/2024 tagged: Fiona Mcfarlane, ★★★★★
- Read: Big Girl, Small Town by Michelle Gallen 18/07/2024 tagged: Michelle Gallen, ★★★★
- Read: Long Island by Colm Tóibín 15/07/2024 tagged: Colm Tóibín, ★★★★★
- Read: The Drowning Pool 07/07/2024 tagged: Ross Macdonald, ★★★★
- Read: Brooklyn 06/07/2024 tagged: Colm Tóibín, ★★★★★
- Read: The Slain Birds 03/07/2024 tagged: Michael Longley, ★★★★
- Read: To the Dogs 02/07/2024 tagged: Louise Welsh, ★★★★
- Read: Clear by Carys Davie 30/06/2024 tagged: Carys Davies, ★★★★★
- Read: Bad Actors by Mick Herron 30/06/2024 tagged: Mick Herron, ★★★★
Noted
I’ve continued trying to write one note a day on ‘something natural’ and recording each months notes.
Under The Weather
This summer has certainly not been good on the weather front, the tail end of a bug which seemed to take a long time to go away also slowed me down for most of July. Although I walked around a fair bit very locally (Kilpatrick Hills, Cochno etc). I didn’t add much to the walk list. I still managed to see a few new things (at least to photograph).
Glow Blogs
I continued working one day a week on Glow Blogs. There was a release (Glow Blogs Update 14 Aug 2024), just after the schools returned. I spent a fair bit of time writing and updating the various sites that comprise the help system. Checking things out and spending a lot more time in the Block Editor. Lots more to come on that front. I feel the use of blogs in teaching has decreased a bit but I believe they can still be useful in lots of different ways.
Online Fun
I’ve continued to use my blog (syndicated to mastodon & Bluesky via micro.blog) instead of X. I noticed a fresh flush of twitter educators coming through to Bluesky after Musk’s support for the extreme right in the UK.
I did a few The DS106 Daily Creates, but less than usual, my favourites were #tdc4584 &
TDC 5491.
I dodged away at a personal Flickr search page, Search Flickr – Results by Month, as I like comparing things I’ve seen throughout the year organised by month. I’ve already something similar for this blog.
July Noted, One thing a day noticed and noted. Rather late on recording again.
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Comma Butterfly, recent arrival or re-arrival to Scotland. #Butterfly
Likes Sign the MPAs Petition.
The government was originally required to get these measures in place by 2016, and then by 2020. But by 2024, little has been done.
This cannot go on. The Scottish government must end the delays and act now to take this crucial step in helping our seas recover.
I’ve noticed a few follows & folk to follow appearing on Bluesky today. I wonder if they have been driven from X by the latest mess. I’ve been exploring Bluesky, more so Mastodon & less Threads. Treating them as distribution for my blog. Micro.blog is excellent glue for Posse & a nice place.
Read: The Last Voice You Hear by Mick Heron ★★★ 📚
Effective Detective as you would expect. Maybe a bit too much physical action for me. Nice twist to end setting up further stories.
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