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R.S. Gwynn takes a story related by Izaak Walton in The Life of Mr. George Herbert (1670) and turns it into a poetic fable of humility and service. Here is “Music at Midnight,” published in the Summer 2016 issue of The Sewanee Review and...
Car Show, Anoka, Minnesota via “Retro Digital Camera” litho setting:
Paolo Levin, concert pianist living in Rome, is being followed by an emaciated and crippled young man. He stands outside Paolo's apartment and watches the pianist. For weeks the young man shadows Paolo. He starts to show up dressed...
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This is my 1,000th blog post! Seems quite a milestone, so today’s post (6 July 2026) will be dedicated to my writing journey. I blog under the domain uncountable.uk. That’s a sprawling, unconnected mess of stuff (for example, my app...
Inspired by last summer's holiday to Scotland, and in particular the imagery on display at the West Highland Museum, Fort William, may I present Lord Brechin's Regiment of Horse.I realised that my Scots fielded lancers and harquebusiers,...
Starting with the very old….. The slightly less old…. And two ducks of inderterminate age….. More locos next time.
Here's my setup in a nutshell. I've got a Plex quadlet running on the host network because Plex is finicky about networks. If I run it on a bridge network, Plex The Service thinks my server is "remote" and needs a "relay connection" even...
kitty Stow - GNU Project githubnext/monaspace: An innovative superfamily of fonts for code 🤯 be5invis/Iosevka: Versatile typeface for code, from code. General-purpose dotfiles utilities - dotfiles.github.io Inspiration -...
Why do we really spend a small fortune on watches, wallets, and handbags? Most luxury purchases aren’t about taste at all - they’re about silencing an undercurrent of doubt about whether we’re good enough.Real taste is idiosyncratic and...
The area of the Gardeners' World railway that fascinated me more than anything is the planting seen in the photo above. It's all created using a product I'd never heard of - wild flower turf. Just like normal turf, it arrives rolled, and...
Hanami 3.0 is out! In this writer’s opinion, a release worthy of its new major version: new mailers, i18n, and Minitest, your apps becoming way faster, and much more! I’m proud of this release. Eight months of continuous work. Two brand...
The crows were not pleased with our visitor
It’s a dog’s life… I always thought that phrase was much too popular because most dogs live the life of Riley these days. Likewise, “I’ve been working like a dog” has long since lost any impact it might once have had. So, when Otto the...