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Tigh Na Mara comes with a sealed garden. It is actually a fully enclosed courtyard open to the skies. I intend to turn it into a home for fallen Hibisci. I see the poor things hanging around in garden shops … Continue reading →

I have one of these in Tigh na Mara. It is amazing! Induction cooking uses induction heating to directly heat a cooking vessel, as opposed to using heat transfer from electrical coils or burning gas as with a traditional cooking stove. For nearly all models of induction … Continue reading →

You will remember about this time last year I posted about a film that two French people made for the university. Maybe not – so here is the link. https://quietripple.wordpress.com/2011/09/01/french-cinema/ Well, they came back to make an update. All filmed … Continue reading →

My friend Satoru sent this to me. I am a world famous photographer from Kochi, Japan. : )This from the A・La・Uno S, which is the make of my toilet see previous post, catalog and translated by Google translation, the center … Continue reading →

My new house, which here on in will be called Tigh na Mara, which is Gaelic for House by The Sea so my learned correspondents state, is full of really cool electronic 21st Century schizoid equipment. Let’s have a look … Continue reading →

So that’s it. I now live in the best house in the visible universe. It is called “The House by the Sea.” I would like to have a Gaelic name but Google translate doesn’t do Gaelic. Must be “Tir na … Continue reading →

Ladies wear them.     When I asked if I could take their picture, not one replied, “Beat it, you fat perve.” They all grinned and said “Sure, life is great and we are beautiful.” er in Japanese.    

When I was a student I worked in the steel factories in Sheffield, now defunct, er the steel factories not the city, in the two-week shutdown in the Summer when the workers went on vacations and bands of students came … Continue reading →

So after  a week of great intensity I get up very early to go get my truck, which has been graciously lent to me. I am moving my furniture to my new house that from henceforth will be known as … Continue reading →

How many of you remember the GDR? Anyway,  people from there made my barograph and the next time you need one I recommend you buy from them. Mine has worked perfectly for 30 years. She has worked perfectly but I … Continue reading →