2016-03-19 18:53
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2016-03-19 18:53
Have revisited the blog for the first time since June last year. Plenty of water under the bridge since then.Item one; first visit to the UK since I left in 2007. Amazed by the plethora of… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
This weekend has been busy with Joanna being here as part of her Summer break from Uni, and we've been looking after her. Lots of Motherly hugs from Angie to make up for the long absence… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
It's cannon season once more, and this lunchtime I persuaded Angie to come and video a noon firing at the bastion. I quite enjoy this little Summertime task, done in addition to my other vo… Read More
2010-03-29 00:46
A lot of moving going on of late. Over Christmas and new year I moved house. Angie had the common sense to absent herself to visit the kids and her mother back in the UK, leaving me on my… Read More
2010-01-28 23:08
Comment spam, i.e. commercial messages posted within comments on this blog are deleted as soon as the blog owner becomes aware of them. Which is usually about 30 seconds after they are post… Read More
2009-10-07 05:14
In August 2008 while on a day trip to Gabriola Island I witnessed something I'd never seen or heard of before, something never seen in wildlife documentaries. A Seal, less than fifty feet f… Read More
2009-08-17 20:43
Today Dodd Narrows is the colour of bright beaten steel, rippling and glistening in the late afternoon light. Our view framed by white primed architrave of our small apartments front door a… Read More
2009-07-16 16:54
Dear Account User This Email is from Gmail Customer Care and we are sending it to every Gmail Email User Accounts Owner for safety. we are having congestion due to the anonymous registrat… Read More
2009-05-15 00:35
Call from Alexis at the Museum. "Hey Martyn, we need someone to fire the Cannon on Friday. Can you help?"Well, I'm up for it.Have been browsing the web for information on our two six pound… Read More
2009-05-15 00:10
Driving home last night, Angie and I were having a giggle about what hoops we'd have to jump through in order to fire a cannon in the UK. In a moment of mirth, I came up with this list;Volu… Read More
2009-05-13 05:51
Today I got to load and fire a cannon. A real live six pounder cannon. I prepared the charge (Under supervision), I cleaned out the bore with a swab / rammer and set the fuse before igniti… Read More
2009-04-23 17:12
Ups;Reason 1: The voice activated switch my Tetra volunteers made worked beautifully first time. It allows the lady we made it for to call for help and also answer her phone. LifeLine are… Read More
2009-04-08 06:06
Spring has finally arrived thank goodness, and we've had the all the doors and windows open this weekend to air our current domicile out a little. This Easter I'm hoping it will be warm eno… Read More
2009-03-18 04:26
Tetra have picked up a new challenge, and I have three new volunteers to find projects for. The challenge is building a voice activated switch for a bed bound lady with MS. The switch has… Read More
2009-02-16 19:45
Immigration to Canada can be a nerve testing business, especially when you see the processing times. My work permit was submitted for renewal in plenty of time, but after a forty minute pho… Read More
2008-12-29 19:29
Have been debating the wisdom of posting unpublished (Unpublishable?) work on the sister blog to this one. I have a serious catalogue of work; two completed novels of over 100,000 words, in… Read More
2008-10-06 03:16
Fall has begun, the Maple and Birch are turning, and the time has come around to restart hawking my 130,000 word manuscript around the publishers. Not a prospect I care to face, but an unso… Read More
2008-07-27 17:05
Have elected to stop volunteer work for the next three or four weeks. I worked hard yesterday, fixing up a 70 pound diving display dummy for Nanaimo museum yesterday before my old knee inju… Read More
2008-07-24 19:26
Well, another little bit of local recognition. Tonight is the gala opening of the brand spanking new Nanaimo Museum.A lot of hard work has gone into getting everything where it is, and toni… Read More
2008-07-23 07:46
Got an e-mail from someone about their brand new, whizzy social networking web site, and would I like to sign up? As it was free, and to stop them pestering me, I signed up for a free accou… Read More
2008-07-17 01:46
Well, there's the day job, and then there's restoring stuff like this for the new Nanaimo Museum. The top picture is of a 1909 hand cranked and much modified Powers Cameragraph No 5. The f… Read More
2008-07-11 15:31
What with one thing and another, early July 2008 has been quite intense. The best news of all is that I passed my British Columbia class five driving test first time. Written exam was Tues… Read More
2008-06-18 20:05
I started a MSS in January. Nothing special. Genre fiction. Today I will complete it. Good, believable characters, and the story sprints along nicely from premise to conclusion, all one… Read More
2008-02-09 23:03
Kind of lost track on this blog. I'd almost forgotten about it because there was so little time to post, and not much to post about. I've had a little run in with Canadian immigration when… Read More
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