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It used to be common to hang a grapevine, ivy or other greenery, “bush”,  outside an inn or public house to advertise the availability of drink. If the drink is good, it is not necessary to advertize it – good … Continue reading →

Having written propaganda all morning about chirality, you try doing that, I am taken on an amazing ride. We visit the Hiroshima Peace Park. We go to Miyajima. They make spoons here. I buy one as I actually need one. … Continue reading →

We work hard on how to win a multi million dollar, yen, euro, clamshell,  grant to set up an international center to study integrated chirality. You know how it is. This is the best fun. Then we go and eat. Let … Continue reading →

I get a call from ex-work, asking if I can come in. I reply that I am flying to Hiroshima but can come in for a short time on the way to the airport. I really had no suspicion. It … Continue reading →

I have lost the thread over the last days as I have been away. Anyway I have now given the the topside 2 coats of Pre-Kote and 2 coats of Toplac. One more coat of Toplac should do it. Painting … Continue reading →

This is purely archival, do not feel obliged to read it. I am at the boatyard at 8:30 and immediately start to paint. This is the first real topcoat – just Toplac and thinners. So here is the deal; this … Continue reading →

The boat thing is actually a finely tuned project management exercise. One thing has to be completed before another can be started. Major delays  on one activity renders other jobs impossible. The biggest unknown, or punch in the mouth if … Continue reading →

So, things are a bit slow at the moment. The reason is that the estimable paint sensei has not yet mixed my paint – turning it from white to cream. He is very apologetic, which embarrasses me, because he is … Continue reading →

The door bell rings. I rush to open the door and there as I had anticipated is the postman with my brand new sails. Thank you Jeckells, sailmakers in Norfolk for making them and sending them over. Here is an exciting … Continue reading →

Throughout my childhood, we always had a loofah in the bathroom. It was for rough scrubbing of skin to remove all the dead cells, you know. Loofahs came from the sea. They were some kind of corally sort of thing. … Continue reading →