future geekery

I am really looking forwards to a conference here in November :)

The Chester Viking Conference - Grosvenor Museum, Chester

light nights

are on their way :)

bothy trip :)

new year post

new year resolutions

- be more patient with others

- be more organized at work and home

- grow stuff and do gardening

- sing and play more music

- take time to relax and meditate

- take up a new skill or hobby

- reach a new level of intimacy

- use my time more effectively

- do chores every weekend

Christmas to do list

- get up earlier
- go for morning walks
- go for evening walks
- walk to the Stanley Arms
- get my essays done early
- write to people / ring over Christmas
- hang out with Tom&Paul
- bake those chocolate/orange thingies
- work out
- go on a country walk
- go on a day out with the folks
- start a homebrew ale (using treacle)
- make/create something
- sit in with a film
- read for pleasure
- visit fencing club

tbc

bad blogger :(

Dear Blog,

oh no - how neglected you've been. But to be fair, so much has happened.

2009 has been mixed. Lots of good bits and then a downturn in the winter.

Had a great time with my Birthday, Graduation, HebCeltFest, decorating, America <3, Orkney, time with Carla. Returning to Aberdeen was a drag and term's been harder than usual. I'm looking forwards to Christmas, a break, and an awesome fresh start in the new year. And I'll blog. Promise.

go for it

mingle

Love's Philosophy

I.

The fountains mingle with the river
And the rivers with the Ocean,
The winds of Heaven mix for ever
With a sweet emotion;
Nothing in the world is single;
All things by a law divine
In one spirit meet and mingle.
Why not I with thine? --

II.

See the mountains kiss high Heaven
And the waves clasp one another;
No sister-flower would be forgiven
If it disdained its brother;
And the sunlight clasps the earth
And the moonbeams kiss the sea:
What is all this sweet work worth
If thou kiss not me?

-- Shelley