Well, what adventures have been had this week. Not all of them good. I bought an advance ticket for train travel to and from Cardiff but had to reschedule as we were unwell. It turned out the ticket I had bought had limited validity and it was only the return that was flexible. A costly …
4 August 2024
Well, after many years, decades even, of trying to learn the piano, I am happy report real progress. During the last year I have been trying a different approach from a book found in a random meander in a bookshop and a lucky find in a second hand bookshop. An adult piano course complemented …
Astrofair at the Norman Lockyer Observatory, Sidmouth
29 June 2024 The sun shone, its flares blazing away, lots of sunspots to spot, and even the Moon showed up for the return of the annual Astrofair at the Norman Lockyer Observatory in Sidmouth. I was on duty with the Lockyer telescope for the final couple of hours and, even then, there were a …
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Back to Normal!
With much excitement, I was back at the Norman Lockyer Observatory yesterday evening to help show around a group of 20 young Beavers anc cubs and their helpers. It was a real joy to be talking about the Lockyer telescope and enthusing the group about the achievements of Sir Norman. To add to the excitement, …
January Blues
Last Monday was Blue Monday apparently...yet that was the day I felt ready to begin the new year. The mornings are becoming lighter and we are past the Christmas and New Year disruption. The news is dominated by the post office debacle and the beginnings of electioneering. I drafted out a diagram illustrating the problems with the post …
Sat 6 January
Twelfth Night is a day of mayhem and madness and the first glimmers of the mornings becoming lighter. And the first stirrings of the new year getting properly underway with the putting away of Christmas decorations. What are my hopes for the new year? I would love to see more non-fiction, especially popular science on …
Christmas
Success
Local council is running a Coronavirus Facebook page and liked my entry very much and would like to see more. Even better news, is I won a short story competition and will see the story published in Prima magazine in July as well as receiving £100. £100 for one of my stories. That is what …
November Musings
November. Yes, it felt like November. Bright autumn colours, rustling leaves and in tune with Greenwich Mean Time. I like the clocks going back to the natural rhythm. Is it natural? Joan Bakewell, in the I paper, argued the case for the clocks remaining ‘forward’ so we could enjoy the golden afternoons. In these days …
Mars
Mars is clearly visible to the east in the evenings (clear ones that is!) and is the closest it has been for 17 years. To help you enjoy the planet here are some notes from my book, 'A stroll through the stars':Missions to Mars capture our imagination because it is the most likely destination for …
Karen Hedges 