GST Eastern Voles Christmas gathering at Flitton Moor

19/12/2017

Hi All & Tim

May I add my thanks to you all and wish you a happy Christmas and lots of good Voling together in 2018. I cannot wait. All those bonfires, cakes and sarcastic humour.

I thought I would be clever and write a piece about Tuesday incorporating some relevant quotes but the effort has quite overtaken me. So here instead are a few lines from a very wise & quotable Englishman .

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humour.

I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be.

Never close your lips to those whom you have already opened your heart.

There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.

We forge the chains we wear in life.

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.

There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.

The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.

There are loads more to choose from and I have to say I was very surprised, perhaps I should read some of his books instead of relying on BBC Childrens Dramas from my earlier years when, hard to believe I was a sprog with hopes and the occasional dream, many of which have been far exceeded in life.

My snaps from Flitton are as usual at www.flickr.com/photos/pitzys_pyx/

Cheers JP

Hi All,

Many thanks for all your hard work at Flitton Moor on Tuesday. We were slightly down on the usual numbers but it didn’t stop you getting a whole lot done! I know David was pleased with the result and in his own words:

Thanks to all those who turned out on Tuesday at Flitton Moor - you did an amazing job as always.

Re fencing: I was expecting at the very most that half of the fence would be completed - and you did 2 thirds of it. Well done. The FoFM will finish it shortly in the new year.

Thanks also to those who manned the fire - and dragged brash to it. Almost all the was cut down was burnt.

And a special mention to the 6 hardy souls who spent the morning digging nettles.

A Merry Christmas to all, and a healthy 2018,

David

Thank you also to Lucinda, Sue and Erika for helping out with refreshments at lunchtime and to Malcolm and Jackie for such a lovely cake.

The next Tuesday task will be at Sandy Smith on the 2nd January and will be doing a bit more thinning/coppicing in the plantation near the bridge over the Flit plus maybe a few other jobs.

But there will also be a task at Maulden Heath next Thursday (28th) if anyone wishes to come along. The task will be clearing brash and regeneration in the Adder Field and, of course, having a fire; meet at the Picnic Area at 10am.

Thanks for all your hard work this year and I hope you all have a lovely Christmas and Happy New Year!

Tim Spencer Countryside Ranger The Greensand Trust

GST Eastern Voles Christmas gathering at Flitton Moor

19/12/2017

Hi All & Tim

May I add my thanks to you all and wish you a happy Christmas and lots of good Voling together in 2018. I cannot wait. All those bonfires, cakes and sarcastic humour.

I thought I would be clever and write a piece about Tuesday incorporating some relevant quotes but the effort has quite overtaken me. So here instead are a few lines from a very wise & quotable Englishman .

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humour.

I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be.

Never close your lips to those whom you have already opened your heart.

There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.

We forge the chains we wear in life.

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.

There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.

The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.

There are loads more to choose from and I have to say I was very surprised, perhaps I should read some of his books instead of relying on BBC Childrens Dramas from my earlier years when, hard to believe I was a sprog with hopes and the occasional dream, many of which have been far exceeded in life.

My snaps from Flitton are as usual at www.flickr.com/photos/pitzys_pyx/

Cheers JP

Hi All,

Many thanks for all your hard work at Flitton Moor on Tuesday. We were slightly down on the usual numbers but it didn’t stop you getting a whole lot done! I know David was pleased with the result and in his own words:

Thanks to all those who turned out on Tuesday at Flitton Moor - you did an amazing job as always.

Re fencing: I was expecting at the very most that half of the fence would be completed - and you did 2 thirds of it. Well done. The FoFM will finish it shortly in the new year.

Thanks also to those who manned the fire - and dragged brash to it. Almost all the was cut down was burnt.

And a special mention to the 6 hardy souls who spent the morning digging nettles.

A Merry Christmas to all, and a healthy 2018,

David

Thank you also to Lucinda, Sue and Erika for helping out with refreshments at lunchtime and to Malcolm and Jackie for such a lovely cake.

The next Tuesday task will be at Sandy Smith on the 2nd January and will be doing a bit more thinning/coppicing in the plantation near the bridge over the Flit plus maybe a few other jobs.

But there will also be a task at Maulden Heath next Thursday (28th) if anyone wishes to come along. The task will be clearing brash and regeneration in the Adder Field and, of course, having a fire; meet at the Picnic Area at 10am.

Thanks for all your hard work this year and I hope you all have a lovely Christmas and Happy New Year!

Tim Spencer Countryside Ranger The Greensand Trust

Cool - I'm a Quotably (http://www.quotably.com) featured user...and in pretty good company too ;)

For FGR: Quotably Suitable for Framing

Notes and sketches from the 2006 St. Louis User Experience Design Conference (STLUX)

I've have heard the description above before but cannot find who coined the phrase. In "Word Weaving ... the science of suggestion" by Silvestor and Brookhouse, famous psychoanalyst, Karen Horney, is described as saying, there are 3 types of people ... those who move toward people (outgoing and friendly?), those who move away (shy loners?) and those who move against others. For the latter, life is a battle. She said "they can become very prickly, take offense easily and pick a fight with a mirror" I'm sure you all know someone just like that!

GST Eastern Voles Christmas gathering at Flitton Moor

19/12/2017

Hi All & Tim

May I add my thanks to you all and wish you a happy Christmas and lots of good Voling together in 2018. I cannot wait. All those bonfires, cakes and sarcastic humour.

I thought I would be clever and write a piece about Tuesday incorporating some relevant quotes but the effort has quite overtaken me. So here instead are a few lines from a very wise & quotable Englishman .

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humour.

I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be.

Never close your lips to those whom you have already opened your heart.

There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.

We forge the chains we wear in life.

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.

There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.

The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.

There are loads more to choose from and I have to say I was very surprised, perhaps I should read some of his books instead of relying on BBC Childrens Dramas from my earlier years when, hard to believe I was a sprog with hopes and the occasional dream, many of which have been far exceeded in life.

My snaps from Flitton are as usual at www.flickr.com/photos/pitzys_pyx/

Cheers JP

Hi All,

Many thanks for all your hard work at Flitton Moor on Tuesday. We were slightly down on the usual numbers but it didn’t stop you getting a whole lot done! I know David was pleased with the result and in his own words:

Thanks to all those who turned out on Tuesday at Flitton Moor - you did an amazing job as always.

Re fencing: I was expecting at the very most that half of the fence would be completed - and you did 2 thirds of it. Well done. The FoFM will finish it shortly in the new year.

Thanks also to those who manned the fire - and dragged brash to it. Almost all the was cut down was burnt.

And a special mention to the 6 hardy souls who spent the morning digging nettles.

A Merry Christmas to all, and a healthy 2018,

David

Thank you also to Lucinda, Sue and Erika for helping out with refreshments at lunchtime and to Malcolm and Jackie for such a lovely cake.

The next Tuesday task will be at Sandy Smith on the 2nd January and will be doing a bit more thinning/coppicing in the plantation near the bridge over the Flit plus maybe a few other jobs.

But there will also be a task at Maulden Heath next Thursday (28th) if anyone wishes to come along. The task will be clearing brash and regeneration in the Adder Field and, of course, having a fire; meet at the Picnic Area at 10am.

Thanks for all your hard work this year and I hope you all have a lovely Christmas and Happy New Year!

Tim Spencer Countryside Ranger The Greensand Trust

1. Quotable sunset, 2. Good morning, sunshine!, 3. "Help yourself!", 4. Autumn Dawning, 5. Sunset balloon flight, 6. Franconian vineyards in Autumn finery, 7. Indian Summer reflections at sunset 1, 8. Serene SceneCreated with fd's Flickr Toys.

GST Eastern Voles Christmas gathering at Flitton Moor

19/12/2017

Hi All & Tim

May I add my thanks to you all and wish you a happy Christmas and lots of good Voling together in 2018. I cannot wait. All those bonfires, cakes and sarcastic humour.

I thought I would be clever and write a piece about Tuesday incorporating some relevant quotes but the effort has quite overtaken me. So here instead are a few lines from a very wise & quotable Englishman .

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humour.

I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be.

Never close your lips to those whom you have already opened your heart.

There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.

We forge the chains we wear in life.

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.

There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.

The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.

There are loads more to choose from and I have to say I was very surprised, perhaps I should read some of his books instead of relying on BBC Childrens Dramas from my earlier years when, hard to believe I was a sprog with hopes and the occasional dream, many of which have been far exceeded in life.

My snaps from Flitton are as usual at www.flickr.com/photos/pitzys_pyx/

Cheers JP

Hi All,

Many thanks for all your hard work at Flitton Moor on Tuesday. We were slightly down on the usual numbers but it didn’t stop you getting a whole lot done! I know David was pleased with the result and in his own words:

Thanks to all those who turned out on Tuesday at Flitton Moor - you did an amazing job as always.

Re fencing: I was expecting at the very most that half of the fence would be completed - and you did 2 thirds of it. Well done. The FoFM will finish it shortly in the new year.

Thanks also to those who manned the fire - and dragged brash to it. Almost all the was cut down was burnt.

And a special mention to the 6 hardy souls who spent the morning digging nettles.

A Merry Christmas to all, and a healthy 2018,

David

Thank you also to Lucinda, Sue and Erika for helping out with refreshments at lunchtime and to Malcolm and Jackie for such a lovely cake.

The next Tuesday task will be at Sandy Smith on the 2nd January and will be doing a bit more thinning/coppicing in the plantation near the bridge over the Flit plus maybe a few other jobs.

But there will also be a task at Maulden Heath next Thursday (28th) if anyone wishes to come along. The task will be clearing brash and regeneration in the Adder Field and, of course, having a fire; meet at the Picnic Area at 10am.

Thanks for all your hard work this year and I hope you all have a lovely Christmas and Happy New Year!

Tim Spencer Countryside Ranger The Greensand Trust

ift.tt/1jBvRxU Love Quotes

This is mesh decor would look INSANE on your walls. Seriously, you'd be CRAZY to not want this.

Each tapestry features an original photoshop work done by me and a quote from one of my favorite authors, H.P. Lovecraft.

This item is copy and mod and only 1 Li.

Now available on the Marketplace!

Materials used:

1. Everyday Life Templates 3 by Karla Dudley

2. Pocketful 1 by Creashens

3. Rad Alpha 1 by Karla Dudley

4. Life 365 - Stamp Sheet by Karla Dudley

5. Love, Unbounded Kit by Wild Blueberry Ink

6. FASTENating by Scotty Girl Designs

7. Cool Change Washi Tape by Mye De Leon

8. In Stitches - Bright Basics by Robyn Meierotto

9. What the Flowers 2 by Creashens

10. Cutie Pie 3x4 Cards by Celeste Knight

11. Notable Quotables - Love 1 by Simply Tiffany Studios

12. Photo Corners from the Muse Collection by Karla Dudley

13. Writer's Block 2013 Weekly Journaling Cards by Gennifer Bursett

14. Life 365 - Alpha (recolored) by Karla Dudley

The place had wonderful plants with multicolored leaves and flowers. It also had rarest or rare plants. Although, one thing that stood out was the quotable quotes.

With a written sentiment on the box and the candle glass container there are several Quotable Candles designs in the range. Each is perfumed with the scent of wild currant.

GST Eastern Voles Christmas gathering at Flitton Moor

19/12/2017

Hi All & Tim

May I add my thanks to you all and wish you a happy Christmas and lots of good Voling together in 2018. I cannot wait. All those bonfires, cakes and sarcastic humour.

I thought I would be clever and write a piece about Tuesday incorporating some relevant quotes but the effort has quite overtaken me. So here instead are a few lines from a very wise & quotable Englishman .

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humour.

I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be.

Never close your lips to those whom you have already opened your heart.

There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.

We forge the chains we wear in life.

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.

There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.

The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.

There are loads more to choose from and I have to say I was very surprised, perhaps I should read some of his books instead of relying on BBC Childrens Dramas from my earlier years when, hard to believe I was a sprog with hopes and the occasional dream, many of which have been far exceeded in life.

My snaps from Flitton are as usual at www.flickr.com/photos/pitzys_pyx/

Cheers JP

Hi All,

Many thanks for all your hard work at Flitton Moor on Tuesday. We were slightly down on the usual numbers but it didn’t stop you getting a whole lot done! I know David was pleased with the result and in his own words:

Thanks to all those who turned out on Tuesday at Flitton Moor - you did an amazing job as always.

Re fencing: I was expecting at the very most that half of the fence would be completed - and you did 2 thirds of it. Well done. The FoFM will finish it shortly in the new year.

Thanks also to those who manned the fire - and dragged brash to it. Almost all the was cut down was burnt.

And a special mention to the 6 hardy souls who spent the morning digging nettles.

A Merry Christmas to all, and a healthy 2018,

David

Thank you also to Lucinda, Sue and Erika for helping out with refreshments at lunchtime and to Malcolm and Jackie for such a lovely cake.

The next Tuesday task will be at Sandy Smith on the 2nd January and will be doing a bit more thinning/coppicing in the plantation near the bridge over the Flit plus maybe a few other jobs.

But there will also be a task at Maulden Heath next Thursday (28th) if anyone wishes to come along. The task will be clearing brash and regeneration in the Adder Field and, of course, having a fire; meet at the Picnic Area at 10am.

Thanks for all your hard work this year and I hope you all have a lovely Christmas and Happy New Year!

Tim Spencer Countryside Ranger The Greensand Trust

Aaron Burcell from Podshow.

These are my notes from Meshforum, taken on index cards. Please add notes and tags liberally, especially if you were there or can augment the ideas in any way, like point to a book or related url. Thanks!

This is mesh decor would look INSANE on your walls. Seriously, you'd be CRAZY to not want this.

Each tapestry features an original photoshop work done by me and a quote from one of my favorite authors, H.P. Lovecraft.

This item is copy and mod and only 1 Li.

Now available on the Marketplace!

GST Eastern Voles Christmas gathering at Flitton Moor

19/12/2017

Hi All & Tim

May I add my thanks to you all and wish you a happy Christmas and lots of good Voling together in 2018. I cannot wait. All those bonfires, cakes and sarcastic humour.

I thought I would be clever and write a piece about Tuesday incorporating some relevant quotes but the effort has quite overtaken me. So here instead are a few lines from a very wise & quotable Englishman .

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humour.

I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be.

Never close your lips to those whom you have already opened your heart.

There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.

We forge the chains we wear in life.

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.

There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.

The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.

There are loads more to choose from and I have to say I was very surprised, perhaps I should read some of his books instead of relying on BBC Childrens Dramas from my earlier years when, hard to believe I was a sprog with hopes and the occasional dream, many of which have been far exceeded in life.

My snaps from Flitton are as usual at www.flickr.com/photos/pitzys_pyx/

Cheers JP

Hi All,

Many thanks for all your hard work at Flitton Moor on Tuesday. We were slightly down on the usual numbers but it didn’t stop you getting a whole lot done! I know David was pleased with the result and in his own words:

Thanks to all those who turned out on Tuesday at Flitton Moor - you did an amazing job as always.

Re fencing: I was expecting at the very most that half of the fence would be completed - and you did 2 thirds of it. Well done. The FoFM will finish it shortly in the new year.

Thanks also to those who manned the fire - and dragged brash to it. Almost all the was cut down was burnt.

And a special mention to the 6 hardy souls who spent the morning digging nettles.

A Merry Christmas to all, and a healthy 2018,

David

Thank you also to Lucinda, Sue and Erika for helping out with refreshments at lunchtime and to Malcolm and Jackie for such a lovely cake.

The next Tuesday task will be at Sandy Smith on the 2nd January and will be doing a bit more thinning/coppicing in the plantation near the bridge over the Flit plus maybe a few other jobs.

But there will also be a task at Maulden Heath next Thursday (28th) if anyone wishes to come along. The task will be clearing brash and regeneration in the Adder Field and, of course, having a fire; meet at the Picnic Area at 10am.

Thanks for all your hard work this year and I hope you all have a lovely Christmas and Happy New Year!

Tim Spencer Countryside Ranger The Greensand Trust

That theory of social devolution in ‘Idiocracy’ www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP2tUW0HDHA has been gaining traction since 2006, moreso since the dawn of the age of Trump (although his admin's really the result of rigged electronic voting and semi-scripted theatre). Shakespeare's 17th cent. audience was quicker and had a more fulsome vocabulary than that of just about any anglophone today. And in the 30s and 40s, the age of Film noir, dialogue in films seemed to really matter, with many more quotable quotes than you hear in modern films. (“I've met a lot of hard-boiled eggs in my life, but you, you’re 20 minutes.” Ace in the Hole, 1951: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwTMJ3zNqdg Sidney Greenstreet / Kaspar Gutman: youtu.be/Td3aTQXfR9o?si=0dmgpQhCphoNmGJ5 Bogart and Bacall: youtu.be/DwXc4N_10rA?si=j23ECyp3rGqWAs6U youtu.be/LF_chuSy9G4?si=Qqvuh-md0KbY_nIX Barbara Stanwyck: "I said how do you mean Hubert or Herbert?" "They were John's twin cousins." "John?! Who was John?!" The Lady Eve, 1941 [script courtesy of Preston Sturges]: youtu.be/U3nWo59iBg8?si=w5Rz3vlytgLFiLAn Alaistair Sim: "The police force has not a monopoly of fallen arches, Dr. Barnes. Ask any chiropodist." Green for Danger, 1946: youtu.be/VsV6FV8tFdc?si=5y_OEz7ThtfoQrD2 Anything Eric Blore ever said.: youtu.be/q7OZqGR4wXc?si=T-9xm7-p5yqOFIyT ). Could the success of Marie Dressler in Hollywood in the early 30s be another example of a cultural slide of sorts since then? An ample, elderly woman with great comic timing www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQNQqwFK-OM www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uuGh1mcPuc , she was “named top box-office draw in 1933 by the Motion Picture Herald”, two yr.s after she and Wallie Beery stepped in the wet pavement here. Ample. In her 60s. Top box-office draw! Would that happen today? But then it could be that producers and co. underestimate their audience and that they’re just too risk-averse in the industry these days. (Btw, I hope I don’t sound P.C., I don’t see anything wrong in enjoying a film in part because the stars are comely and fun to look at. It's just a question of emphasis I think.)

- One reason I know about Dressler is that she was born in Cobourg, a town on the lakeshore not far east of Toronto, and a museum in her childhood home is an attraction there. I knew she'd won an Oscar, but I was surprised to see this here.

GST Eastern Voles Christmas gathering at Flitton Moor

19/12/2017

Hi All & Tim

May I add my thanks to you all and wish you a happy Christmas and lots of good Voling together in 2018. I cannot wait. All those bonfires, cakes and sarcastic humour.

I thought I would be clever and write a piece about Tuesday incorporating some relevant quotes but the effort has quite overtaken me. So here instead are a few lines from a very wise & quotable Englishman .

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humour.

I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be.

Never close your lips to those whom you have already opened your heart.

There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.

We forge the chains we wear in life.

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.

There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.

The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.

There are loads more to choose from and I have to say I was very surprised, perhaps I should read some of his books instead of relying on BBC Childrens Dramas from my earlier years when, hard to believe I was a sprog with hopes and the occasional dream, many of which have been far exceeded in life.

My snaps from Flitton are as usual at www.flickr.com/photos/pitzys_pyx/

Cheers JP

Hi All,

Many thanks for all your hard work at Flitton Moor on Tuesday. We were slightly down on the usual numbers but it didn’t stop you getting a whole lot done! I know David was pleased with the result and in his own words:

Thanks to all those who turned out on Tuesday at Flitton Moor - you did an amazing job as always.

Re fencing: I was expecting at the very most that half of the fence would be completed - and you did 2 thirds of it. Well done. The FoFM will finish it shortly in the new year.

Thanks also to those who manned the fire - and dragged brash to it. Almost all the was cut down was burnt.

And a special mention to the 6 hardy souls who spent the morning digging nettles.

A Merry Christmas to all, and a healthy 2018,

David

Thank you also to Lucinda, Sue and Erika for helping out with refreshments at lunchtime and to Malcolm and Jackie for such a lovely cake.

The next Tuesday task will be at Sandy Smith on the 2nd January and will be doing a bit more thinning/coppicing in the plantation near the bridge over the Flit plus maybe a few other jobs.

But there will also be a task at Maulden Heath next Thursday (28th) if anyone wishes to come along. The task will be clearing brash and regeneration in the Adder Field and, of course, having a fire; meet at the Picnic Area at 10am.

Thanks for all your hard work this year and I hope you all have a lovely Christmas and Happy New Year!

Tim Spencer Countryside Ranger The Greensand Trust

Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.

- John Ruskin

*** My rainy car window with a field of trees in view

With the eminently quotable and dear friend Pastor Gennadyj Khonin, of Almaty's Evangelical-Lutheran community...at yesterday's conference discussions about citizenship and identity in Central Asia, we inevitably talked about the cultural-religious phenomenon: "To be Kyrgyzi/Uzbek/Kazakh is to be Muslim." Gennadyj responded publicly by noting that "if I am born in a garage, that doesn't make me a car." Everyone loved it. We also discussed how Buddhists and Christians were in Central Asia before the arrival of Islam. Building mutual respect and mutual reliance takes time, through trusted folks. Gennadyj has attended all 3 of our religion, security and citizenship conferences in the past year, and he also spoke at our 5 February Capitol Hill Briefing on religious freedom in Eurasia. He is trusted by all parties, because he knows how to speak to all parties in language and logic that they understand. He knows how to love them.

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Find more quotes for your timeline at PoteQuotes.com

Home of Potent Quotables.

This is for my man, Brian's group, Quotable Suitable for Framing. Cool group, great quotes.

Fireworks are always better BIG.

Some sketch-notes I took at the Meshforum conference in San Francisco. Please apply notes and tags liberally. Comments too!

I heart metadata!

The Quotable Rev. Bill Maher: "Abe Pilsner is so gay. He is the happiest person I know." "I haven't seen this many virgins since the Star Trek convention." "It's ten o'clock. Do you know where your virgins are?" "Purity means death and isn't that what we all want as evangelicals? To see Jesus?"

These are my notes from Meshforum, taken on index cards. Please add notes and tags liberally, especially if you were there or can augment the ideas in any way, like point to a book or related url. Thanks!

GST Eastern Voles Christmas gathering at Flitton Moor

19/12/2017

Hi All & Tim

May I add my thanks to you all and wish you a happy Christmas and lots of good Voling together in 2018. I cannot wait. All those bonfires, cakes and sarcastic humour.

I thought I would be clever and write a piece about Tuesday incorporating some relevant quotes but the effort has quite overtaken me. So here instead are a few lines from a very wise & quotable Englishman .

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humour.

I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be.

Never close your lips to those whom you have already opened your heart.

There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.

We forge the chains we wear in life.

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.

There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.

The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.

There are loads more to choose from and I have to say I was very surprised, perhaps I should read some of his books instead of relying on BBC Childrens Dramas from my earlier years when, hard to believe I was a sprog with hopes and the occasional dream, many of which have been far exceeded in life.

My snaps from Flitton are as usual at www.flickr.com/photos/pitzys_pyx/

Cheers JP

Hi All,

Many thanks for all your hard work at Flitton Moor on Tuesday. We were slightly down on the usual numbers but it didn’t stop you getting a whole lot done! I know David was pleased with the result and in his own words:

Thanks to all those who turned out on Tuesday at Flitton Moor - you did an amazing job as always.

Re fencing: I was expecting at the very most that half of the fence would be completed - and you did 2 thirds of it. Well done. The FoFM will finish it shortly in the new year.

Thanks also to those who manned the fire - and dragged brash to it. Almost all the was cut down was burnt.

And a special mention to the 6 hardy souls who spent the morning digging nettles.

A Merry Christmas to all, and a healthy 2018,

David

Thank you also to Lucinda, Sue and Erika for helping out with refreshments at lunchtime and to Malcolm and Jackie for such a lovely cake.

The next Tuesday task will be at Sandy Smith on the 2nd January and will be doing a bit more thinning/coppicing in the plantation near the bridge over the Flit plus maybe a few other jobs.

But there will also be a task at Maulden Heath next Thursday (28th) if anyone wishes to come along. The task will be clearing brash and regeneration in the Adder Field and, of course, having a fire; meet at the Picnic Area at 10am.

Thanks for all your hard work this year and I hope you all have a lovely Christmas and Happy New Year!

Tim Spencer Countryside Ranger The Greensand Trust

what if we're the specks?

GST Eastern Voles Christmas gathering at Flitton Moor

19/12/2017

Hi All & Tim

May I add my thanks to you all and wish you a happy Christmas and lots of good Voling together in 2018. I cannot wait. All those bonfires, cakes and sarcastic humour.

I thought I would be clever and write a piece about Tuesday incorporating some relevant quotes but the effort has quite overtaken me. So here instead are a few lines from a very wise & quotable Englishman .

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humour.

I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be.

Never close your lips to those whom you have already opened your heart.

There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.

We forge the chains we wear in life.

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.

There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.

The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.

There are loads more to choose from and I have to say I was very surprised, perhaps I should read some of his books instead of relying on BBC Childrens Dramas from my earlier years when, hard to believe I was a sprog with hopes and the occasional dream, many of which have been far exceeded in life.

My snaps from Flitton are as usual at www.flickr.com/photos/pitzys_pyx/

Cheers JP

Hi All,

Many thanks for all your hard work at Flitton Moor on Tuesday. We were slightly down on the usual numbers but it didn’t stop you getting a whole lot done! I know David was pleased with the result and in his own words:

Thanks to all those who turned out on Tuesday at Flitton Moor - you did an amazing job as always.

Re fencing: I was expecting at the very most that half of the fence would be completed - and you did 2 thirds of it. Well done. The FoFM will finish it shortly in the new year.

Thanks also to those who manned the fire - and dragged brash to it. Almost all the was cut down was burnt.

And a special mention to the 6 hardy souls who spent the morning digging nettles.

A Merry Christmas to all, and a healthy 2018,

David

Thank you also to Lucinda, Sue and Erika for helping out with refreshments at lunchtime and to Malcolm and Jackie for such a lovely cake.

The next Tuesday task will be at Sandy Smith on the 2nd January and will be doing a bit more thinning/coppicing in the plantation near the bridge over the Flit plus maybe a few other jobs.

But there will also be a task at Maulden Heath next Thursday (28th) if anyone wishes to come along. The task will be clearing brash and regeneration in the Adder Field and, of course, having a fire; meet at the Picnic Area at 10am.

Thanks for all your hard work this year and I hope you all have a lovely Christmas and Happy New Year!

Tim Spencer Countryside Ranger The Greensand Trust

Notes and sketches from the 2006 St. Louis User Experience Design Conference (STLUX)

GST Eastern Voles Christmas gathering at Flitton Moor

19/12/2017

Hi All & Tim

May I add my thanks to you all and wish you a happy Christmas and lots of good Voling together in 2018. I cannot wait. All those bonfires, cakes and sarcastic humour.

I thought I would be clever and write a piece about Tuesday incorporating some relevant quotes but the effort has quite overtaken me. So here instead are a few lines from a very wise & quotable Englishman .

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humour.

I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be.

Never close your lips to those whom you have already opened your heart.

There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.

We forge the chains we wear in life.

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.

There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.

The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.

There are loads more to choose from and I have to say I was very surprised, perhaps I should read some of his books instead of relying on BBC Childrens Dramas from my earlier years when, hard to believe I was a sprog with hopes and the occasional dream, many of which have been far exceeded in life.

My snaps from Flitton are as usual at www.flickr.com/photos/pitzys_pyx/

Cheers JP

Hi All,

Many thanks for all your hard work at Flitton Moor on Tuesday. We were slightly down on the usual numbers but it didn’t stop you getting a whole lot done! I know David was pleased with the result and in his own words:

Thanks to all those who turned out on Tuesday at Flitton Moor - you did an amazing job as always.

Re fencing: I was expecting at the very most that half of the fence would be completed - and you did 2 thirds of it. Well done. The FoFM will finish it shortly in the new year.

Thanks also to those who manned the fire - and dragged brash to it. Almost all the was cut down was burnt.

And a special mention to the 6 hardy souls who spent the morning digging nettles.

A Merry Christmas to all, and a healthy 2018,

David

Thank you also to Lucinda, Sue and Erika for helping out with refreshments at lunchtime and to Malcolm and Jackie for such a lovely cake.

The next Tuesday task will be at Sandy Smith on the 2nd January and will be doing a bit more thinning/coppicing in the plantation near the bridge over the Flit plus maybe a few other jobs.

But there will also be a task at Maulden Heath next Thursday (28th) if anyone wishes to come along. The task will be clearing brash and regeneration in the Adder Field and, of course, having a fire; meet at the Picnic Area at 10am.

Thanks for all your hard work this year and I hope you all have a lovely Christmas and Happy New Year!

Tim Spencer Countryside Ranger The Greensand Trust

Notes and sketches from the 2006 St. Louis User Experience Design Conference (STLUX)

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If you're living in Europe, November 30 2010 marks the last day you can send in your Kodachrome films for developing. Which is such a shame, I actually can not find any words for it. At least no words which would be quotable.

I decided to use up my last roll during last summer on a trip to London, Cornwall & Brighton. Here it is.

Mevagissey, Cornwall

If you're living in Europe, November 30 2010 marks the last day you can send in your Kodachrome films for developing. Which is such a shame, I actually can not find any words for it. At least no words which would be quotable.

I decided to use up my last roll during last summer on a trip to London, Cornwall & Brighton. Here it is.

Mevagissey, Cornwall

Zack Rosen of Civic Space Labs.

These are my notes from Meshforum, taken on index cards. Please add notes and tags liberally, especially if you were there or can augment the ideas in any way, like point to a book or related url. Thanks!

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