!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> skimpy diary and piffling poems: November 2008

Friday, November 14, 2008

Feb2009,London

Su1Feb2009Rosary church, Sister Margaret,AllSouls',downstairs
M2
SNOW IN LONDON!
St Mary's, Paddington Green

canal

Paddington station

Tu3 Gordon's group
W4 Gordon meal
Th5 nomads atCamdenArtsCentre,Thursday tea-time withHowardIsenberg onArturoToscanini,"Millions"atStPatrick's,SohoSquare
F6 WLDC Vista,FridayForum atCrisisSkylight withCapitalArts
the wobbly (Millennium) bridge and Tate Modern, shining from the Thames

Sa7 American church,ASLAN Raymond's team,"InBruges",spagetti bolognese,Philippians 3,1-11
Su8Feb2009HindeSt,concertEben,Bach,Diane
M9 Connections,ArtGroup,Mark,WestEndKitchen
Tu10 Gordon's group,HPH lecture,AbbotJamison ofWorth
W11 Joe,Alpha
Th12 nomads,CAC,Thursday tea-time,Sally andAlanSwindells,Quakers
F13 WLDC Vista
Sa14 American church,ASLAN
from Regent's Park, looking south-west

Su15Feb2009HindeSt,Diane
M16 StMartin's art group
Tu17 Gordon's group,Dave's
W18 Wed club,Greta,Shatna
Th19 nomads,CAC,Th tea-time,Edna andJordan
F20 rest
Sa21 American church,ASLAN Steven's team
Bramah locks,founded 1784 in the industrial revolution, off Marylebone High Street

evening shot behind Great Portland underground station

Su22Feb2009HindeSt,church lunch,group,AllSouls'downstairs
M23 art,StMartin's,WynKirsten,ASLAN Mark,Hugh,WEKitchen
Tu24 Gordon's group,Dave's
W25 Joe,WedClub,AshWed
Th26 nomads,Arcola,Th tea-time,Sue,silence
hot chocolate at Arcola theatre cafe, KingslandHighSt (almost)

F27 WLDC Vista
the moon under and passing, Venus above Paddington Basin

Sa28 Portugese service atHindeSt,Leao,Dilene
sunset seen from Regent's Park, with 3x zoom

distorted reflection in the helmet box on the front of a Vespa scooter

posted by madelk at 11/14/2008 10:35:00 AM 0 comments

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Jan2009,London

Th1 Dave's flat
F2 WLDC,Dave's
Sa3 ASLAN,Colin
Su4Jan2008rest
Sunday morning and Little Venice is covered with thin ice

M5 Connections,Wyn,Kirsten
M5Jan09 cranes on Paddington Walk from Harrow Road

Tu6 WLDC Vista
W7 Wed club
Th8 nomads,Camden Arts Centre,StMungo's
F9 WLDC, Vista downstairs
Sa10 ASLAN, St Mungo's
three tier fountain in Regent's Park, with icicles

Su11Jan2008Hinde St,Kudratsev organ recital,John Hicks' class
M12 Connection,ASLAN Mark
Tu13 Capital A, Courtaulds,Turner watercolours
W14 Wednesday club
Th15 nomads,Th tea-time
F16 WLDC Vista
Sa17 American church,ASLAN Waldegrave hall
Su18Jan2008Hinde St, Diane,Hendon
M19 rest
Tu20 Gordon's group,Dave's
W21 Wednesday club
Th22 nomads,Th t-t,Thursday tea-time
F23 WLDC,Vista
15 seconds long shutter at night, beside the canal

Sa24 ASLAN,Dark Knight,Philippians
overlooking Paddington station

Su25Jan2008Hinde Street Methodist Church,Soper Sermon by Rev Dr Kenneth Greet on "Peace",West Bank,Israel/Palestine,Diane/Hendon
M26 ASLAN,Mark, Lesley in hospital getting better
Lord Nelson at Trafalgar Square on a clear winter day

Tu27 Gordon's group,Dave's flat
overlooking Lisson Grove Estate

W28 Wednesday club
Th29 nomads,Thursday tea-time,talk on Norwegian fjords,Dave's flat
Bristol 2 litre 406(?), found beside the Wallace Collection, Manchester Square, Marylbone, London

F30 WLDC Vista

posted by madelk at 11/13/2008 05:34:00 PM 0 comments

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Dec2008,London

M1 ASLAN,Lesley & Mark
Tu2 Spirituality Group,Dave's flat
W3 Mary Hicks and banner,Greta and talk

Fredrik Skavlan and kindergarten/barnehjem
Cartoonist Fredrik Skavlan draws so wise.
His fun cartoon speaks clear beneath our eyes.
In Norway men can nurse small children too.
Here fathers try to share the work 'tween two.
The bus is slow - the boss needs letter done.
She can't get back in time for little one.
She lifts her child but now her feelings sag.
The minder's on the floor in sleeping bag.

Th4 nomads,Thurs tea club
F5 Skylight and Capital A
Sa6 ASLAN

Jacques Piccard - died Sa1Nov2008
On Sat'day first November, Piccard died.
With bathyscape, nowhere on earth to hide.
He searched the depths of Mariana trench.
Down kilometres ten, would make me blench.
Auguste, his father climbed to stratosphere.
Up kilometres sixteen in the air.
Bertrand his son, was first to ring the earth,
to prove his right and earn his Piccard birth.

Su7Dec2008Rosary and Sister Margaret
Su14Dec2008Rosary,HindeSt,Carol
M15 StMartin's art,Lesley and Mark,WestEndKitchen
Tu16 Gordon's group;
W17 Wednesday club
Th18 nomads,BFI
F19 WLDCdownstairs,Christmas buffet
Sa20 ASLAN,Eliott,Nick
Su21Dec2008rest
M22 rest
dark night shot of the cranes working on Paddington Walk, taken from Harrow Road

Tu23 rest
W24 WLDC Christmas dinner,Wesnesday club,Christingle
Th25 Leao,Christmas dinner
F26 Connections
Sa27 Connections,ASLAN,Colin,Christopher
Su28Dec2008morning Connections
Tree of heaven in winter, beside the Grand Union Canal south of Little Venice

M29 rest
Tu30 Dilene,Dave's with Siony
W31 Wednesday club, nightwatch service at Hinde St

posted by madelk at 11/12/2008 11:51:00 AM 0 comments

Tuesday, November 04, 2008

Nov2008,Denmark,Germany,Holland,London

Sa1 met de trein,Rotterdam
Su2Nov08Rotterdam,Dolph,"de Brandaris"
M3 Eurostar to St Pancras
Tu4 London
W5 London,Dave's flat
Th6 London
F7 London,WLDC Vista computers downstairs

Rotterdam to St Pancras
Dutch rail, first stop Dordrecht - wide waters flat.
R'dam to Brussels - catch the Eurostar
Security by platform one, we sat.
Then passport, luggage, passport, each new bar.
Thro' Lille to Pancras, smooth quick two hour ride.
And Euro-Pound exchange at shop inside.

Sa8 London,American church
Su9Nov08London,Rosary church,DiscipleshipExplored,Philippians
M10 pizza with Gordon
Tu11 Spirituality group,Gordon,Tom,Delina
W12 Dolland & Aitchison,interfaith service atWestLondonSynagogue withLeao
Th13 nomads,Paul Thompson in HindeSt parlour
F14 WLDC Vista
Sa15 Limey Pete,ASLAN,Raymond - Philippians upstairs
Su16Nov08Pett's Wood Methodist church/evening service withMiriamMoules
M17 dentist,LesleyMark atWestEndKitchen

The weekly round
Westminster lib'ry, weather cold outside.
On internet, an hour's computer ride.
On Sunday, Pett's Wood Leao drove the car.
A little talk 'bout summer's walk afar.
On Saturday, a breakfast, Limey Pete.
Cathedral at McDonald's - happy meet.

Tu18 WLDCdownstairs,Vista computers, Mike Moberg's house

Watching the world in the morning
The London rush hour roars along the road.
Flyover A5 carries east-west load.
The sturdy fence can guard the footpath wide.
I sit in hollow building by the side.
Secure police by Harrow Road nearby.
Get Metros at the bus stop on the fly.
W19 Wednesday club
Th20 nomads at international Sally HQ,parlour at HindeSt CSV
F21 WLDC Vista,MikeMoberg
Sa22 ASLAN,IndianaJones and the crystal skull
Su23Nov08Rosary,HindeSt,Advent banner
M24 glasses,Dolland&Aitchison
Tu25 Gordon,chat room
W26 Wednesday club,Greta
Th27 nomads,BFI,HindeSt,Dave's flat
F28 Vista,Joe and Footsteps
Sa29 Joe,ASLAN at RobertAdamSt
Su30Nov08Hinde St,organ recital, Ilya

posted by madelk at 11/04/2008 07:14:00 PM 0 comments

robertmitchell,SPAMnewsletter,Nov08,1of24 the bad penny is back in London! - Gresham's law "Bad money drives out good" 

M3Nov08-18.20gmt,internet caff,Praed street,?,Hanns.G,?,mikomi,Toshiba
Hello kind reader,   Sorry for the slow answers to emails, the lack of comments on flickr, and the lack photos on flickr, blogger, and SPAMletters. I have had only minutes on the computer. I mean to do all these things sooner or later - later is more likely.   M20Oct08-10.30met,Skanderborg lby,20km WSW of Århus,IBM,hp,IBM,Logitech,?   I had a quick look at Skanderborg kirke with a steeple on a ball, a south crossing and no north door. The nave ended with a short choir and a small round apse. I look at many churches and the best way in a few minutes, I think, is to walk round twice, clockwise and anti. If you can get in, so much the better. In Århus, the domkirke is open in the week,10-15, for tourists but only for services at the weekend.   In Århus, it was raining but I found a dry spot under a railway bridge. It was a busy line with passenger trains, mostly two or three coaches, every few minutes, but only one or two goods trains.   W22Oct08-10.30met,Horsens lby,Compaq,hp,hp,Logitech,?   What I did not learn till I walked out, is that Skanderborg had a 'borg' built on a small island. Valdemar den store/the great built the first in 1171. It was rebuilt in the 1600s, with bastions. When it was torn down, they kept the chapel as sogne kirke/parish church, and one tower, which are still there. There is some forest round the former 'borg' so I walked to the last lamp-post and kipped there - handy for getting up in the dark!   I found a copy of the world renowned Jyllands Posten/The Jutlands Post local rag - but without the Mohammed cartoons. I thought it was quite a good newspaper.   F24Oct08-10.20met,Vejle lby,IBM,Samsung,IBM,IBM,?   I walked a few km south of Horsens to find a skipper under two big beeches by the road - I'm glad they did not cut them down. I think this is the skipper I found when I walked this road in 2004. In the night I heard the hoot of a tawny owl and also the sqeal of a rabbit, but no cropped grass or droppings. The next morning the fourth quarter moon, between Cancer and Leo was so high that it threw a dark shadow. When I drank from a puddle near the skipper, I saw the star Capella, in the water. The seeing was not good though, as I could not see the Milky Way, or any stars in the Square of Pegasus, which was low in the west.    Denmark has the highest tax in the world - 49% of GDP. Money wise, of the three "crowns", Dansk,DKK, Norsk,NOK, and Svensk,SEK,  the SEK is the weakest - 113 SEK for 100 NOK, and 134 SEK for 100 DKK. In Danish loos, there is a big flush and a small flush, big on the left and small on the right. Many symbols tell you which is which.   Denmark is nearly as flat as Holland. The landscape has been shaped by the ice sheets, and the hills are moraines, rubble and boulders left behind when the ice sheets melted - I quote an information board south of Frederikshavn. Cycle paths are beside about 2 in 3 km of the roads I have walked - RV180 and RV170. Thankyou Denmark! These roads are quite busy even though the E45 motorway runs alongside. When there is no cycle path, walking in the dark is a bit stressful.    Sa25Oct08-10.50met,Kolding lby,?,Samsung,hp,hp,?   Vejle had a long main shopping street -  Nørregade/North street(gate), Bygade/Town street, by the old Rådhus/Town hall, Søndregade/South street to the bridge over Vejle river. The old town hall had a handy WC.   This morning the fourth quarter rose as I was getting up. The sunlit crescent was bright and the rest could clearly be seen in the earthshine. Orion was in the south, above Lepus and two southern stars of Canis Major. I try to tell myself that I could also see some of Eridanus, but I do not have sharp eyesight ...   ... unlike Hevel/Hevelius Czech astronomer, 1680(?) working for King John Sobieski of Poland, who had the eyesight of a lynx. Near the plough he named a new group of stars, Lynx, because, it is said, he was the only one who could see them! Sobieski sent an army to help fight off the Turks at the gates of Vienna, Austria. That was as far as the Turks got into Europe. So Hevel named a small group of stars, Scutum Sobieskii/Shield of Sobieski. Today they are called Scutum. I can't recall where it is.  PS Wikipedia says Scutum is between Aquila "Altair", and Sagittarius, and Hevelius' Czech name was Hewelke.   M27Oct08-10.50met,Haderslev lby,Plextor,Mirai,Logitech,?,?   Haderslev has a tall brick Gothic cathedral, that was built as a collegiate church in 1270. It became a cathedral in 1922 with the reunification of Denmark after WWI, in the new independent diocese of Haderslev. Before, it had been in the diocese of Schleswig, and was the first Danish Lutheral church in 1525. The church lost its west tower and two chapels in the town fire of 1627.   Rain has fallen the last two days, so I have read my way through a copy of Friday's Morgen Avisen/Jyllands Posten while rain fell.   W29Oct08-10.25met,Aabenraa lby,Dell,Dell,Dell,Compaq,?   Today in Aabenraa, the last town in Denmark before the German border. Big celebrations were held with King Christian X riding through on a white horse, on July 10th, 1920, when these towns in South Jylland became Danish again - gen forening/again for-one-ing/reunification - since Bismarck in 1864. Christian X was also the king, I believe, who wore a yellow star in WWII, when the jews all had to wear one.   DANISSSH! bacon - Denmark has many pig farms. At Edeka supermarked south of Kolding, I bought 500 gm of "svine fedt/pig fat", something I have never seen before. On the outside it says, protein - 0%, carbohydrate - 0%, fat - 100% and 900 Calories/3700 kJ in each 100gm. I think that is the most Calories you can get in any food, which I think good as I am always looking for Calories.  F31Oct08-13.30met,StadtBibliotek Flensburg,?,Fujitsu-Siemens,F-J,F-J,? The cold snap I feared has come about 0 C, and frost in the open fields. I have more than enough gear to see me through the cold so far. No snow has fallen so far. Spiders, beetles and a weevil are crawling over me even though it is the end of October.
Best wishes to all, Robert   diary                  http://sdapp.blogspot.com/  flickr photos       http://flickr.com/photos/the-reindeer   attached photos 1    W22Oct A murky day seen from the Kulturhuset of Skanderborg overlooking the fjord. 2    F24Oct Danish war hero, Admiral Tordenskjold(1691-1720), from the Great Northern War, 1690-1720, between Denmark and Sweden - the statue is in Frederikshavn which was his base I believe. 3    W29Oct Koldinghus, a huge Danish castle, some of which burned down in 1808, 200 years ago.
4    Tu4Nov inside the gothic domkirke of Haderslev, south Jylland
Denmark   

posted by madelk at 11/04/2008 06:17:00 PM 0 comments