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Elephant Rock, Iceland
The Elephant Rock is a natural rock formation on the Westman Islands archipelago, located approximately 7.4 kilometres off Iceland’s South Coast. The rock is elephantine enough that some people think that it must have been shaped with human intervention. That… Read More ›
Miscellaneous words of wisdom, part 2
Find part 1 here. people often leave bosses, not jobs. See my previous post here. drunk words are sober thoughts don’t set yourself on fire to keep someone else warm people don’t care if you gain or lose five… Read More ›
Interesting yarn names
The Plimoth Plantation is a living history museum in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Founded in 1947, it attempts to replicate the original settlement of the Plymouth Colony established in the 17th century by the English colonists who became known as the Pilgrims…. Read More ›
Looking towards 2021
For many, if not most, 2020 was a doozy. There a very strange (for want of a better word) US presidential election and there was Brexit. And then there was SARS-CoV-2. I imagine there are few – if… Read More ›
Many Happy Returns
These days it is more common for people to say ‘Happy Birthday‘, but you still sometimes hear ‘Many Happy Returns’. A student asked me the other day what this phrase meant, as it is not obvious to foreign speakers. The… Read More ›
Aren’t these like…I don’t know.. hankies?
My father and all my uncles used to use hankies. Every Christmas, a very popular gift was a pack of hankies with his initial on. My mother used to wash my dad’s hankies by putting them in a pot of… Read More ›
Did you know?
Pink was originally a colour for boys and blue was originally a colour for girls. Pink was seen as a version of red, a very masculine colour. And blue was a colour associated with icons of the Virgin Mary… Read More ›
