“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.” — Robert Heinlein, Time Enough for Love
Just before Xmas I went to Bollington, a small town near Macclesfield, not too far from here. Its notable landmark is White Nancy, a small, sealed, slightly lopsided folly, perched like a Pope’s hat on a hillside above the town. Here is some history.
I’ve been doing some work helping to set up a local community orchard. The trees have only just been planted, so we won’t see any fruit for a year or so, but it’ll be great to see it come to fruition, literally.
And it certainly makes a change from the film industry…
hope you all find what you’re looking for in 2007…
wanderings lead to wonderings - I have have a germ of an idea, but which way to take it? Perhaps I’ll find myself back on a familiar path, but this time, with a better map and stronger boots…
Went for a great long walk on Sunday, about ten miles taking in Cown Edge and Lantern Pike. At the former, I noticed a plume of smoke appear in central Manchester.