Usually I reveal the shrines *before* I throw them into an auction, but this time it somehow fell by the wayside. So I am now catching up with this shrine that I made on the occasion of Uncle Vanya being released in the cinema at the end of October. I had a cunning plan that involved…
Good morning with a little, first update on the December FundRAiser. As soon as we kicked off yesterday afternoon with the eBay auctions, the first bids started coming in. A massive big thank you to all of you who have spread the word on your various platforms, and to those who have got the auctions…
It’s the 1st of December – that means: Fundraiser fun is starting today! Running for the next three days to conclude on Friday, 4th December, we are kicking off today with auctions over on eBay. A total of 18 individual auctions have been listed. More than I had thought – but with all those donations…
Yes, it’s happening again. The fun silliness never stops. During those long, empty lockdown days I amused myself with yet another iteration of the RAdvent Calendar. With three years under my belt, I felt this is an established “tradition”, so I had to come up with yet another fest of cheese and cheer. As in…
Today I did a bit of an Astrov. I donated two trees to a reforestation project. The reason: The huge ash tree in our garden, as well as another large ash tree in the yard of our mews, had to be felled. Both trees had the ash tree disease which is currently killing all ash…
Mr Armitage is arguing for a quiet, contemplative pre-Christmas. As we head into Thanksgiving and Christmas worrying about doing the right thing, I just want to pause and think about the hundreds of thousands of families who have lost loved ones in this particularly tragic year. Perhaps it’s ok to have a quiet simple period…
Last week I was thinking that Christmas this year is going to be quite different from the usual. An opportunity to do something different, including starting the preparations for it early – and enjoying it longer. Christmas baking, decorating the house with wreaths and vases of pine and fir, and lighting candles every evening. And…
Mark your calendars, here comes the official announcement! Following suggestions, requests and demand, there will be a December Fundraiser to brighten up the dark winter month. See it as a fun Christmas countdown that will start at the beginning of the month: We are going to kick off the fundraiser with a number of 3-day…
Brrr, anyone else have got this automatic reaction of 😬 when the number 45 pops up anywhere? As in, “what has he done now?” Poor innocent number, tainted forever. Are you already in the Christmas present swing? I have been on a major spree lately. I had to get started early this year because Master…
Apparently today is my blogiversary. I tend to forget anniversaries, but WordPress reminded me. This was my first ever post: Hello A___world! I am now on WordPress but this is not a blog, just an info page. If you want to follow me regularly, you can do that on me + richard where I post…
First of all, congrats to the US of A for voting for change. I was delighted to finally hear it confirmed last night that Biden/Harris won the election. No gloating and sneering necessary, the last four years have been divisive enough in the US. And yes, I can see that even though I do *not*…
Without further ado – the weekly round-up Lathalea is still recording the reactions to the Hobbit DOS. Now on the appendices, part 4 Astrovian is going back to O8 And since Astrovian has gaplessly giffed every single scene from O8, I am choosing another one – this one for the hilarious vanity of Claude Becker by way…
Before I fritter away this day as well, I just wanted to actually get back to a couple of important things. RIP JustGiving Pages Following on from my suspicion the other day that all of Armitage’s JustGiving sites seemed to have been disabled, Servetus suggested I contact JustGiving directly and ask. I did, and I…
While we are still waiting for reliable results of the US presidential election, I need some distraction. Just something silly and positive and unpolitical. And so I bring you another shrine reveal. This one has been waiting to be posted for a few weeks now. It was made for Miss LoLo – who is responsible…
50 days until Christmas, so now we can start with the C word… So, upon request, here is the official announcement: We’ll have another fundraiser, in time for the holidays. To that end, I am planning the event for three days in the first week of December. Exact dates tba at a later stage, but…
