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Month: January 2022

  • High Winds And A Skipped Walk

    High Winds And A Skipped Walk

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesThere is a cold wind blowing today so I skipped my daily walk. I can dress for the weather and I am usually fine. Today I simply decided to miss my daily walk. I believe that walking whatever the weather, whatever the wind, and whatever the precipitation is good. I also believe…

  • A Walk By The Léman

    A Walk By The Léman

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesToday I walked down from a village towards the Léman and passed by the UEFA headquarters and football fields before walking by the car Park to the Colovrey Swimming pool. There were very few people, except a few cyclists. The road was good. I went down to the water and took two…

  • Reading About The Camino De Santiago

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesOver the last month or so I have been reading Le Camino Seule, ou enfin presque and it is one of my favourite hiking books. It might simply be because it was written in French, by a french woman rather than in English by Brits or Americans but it made me feel…

  • Playing Wordle

    Playing Wordle

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesI saw the little boxes, and then I saw that the New York Times had an article on the distraction so I read about it. It’s a game some people were playing via whatsapp during the lockdown, spread to friends, and then it spread wider and wider. Boiled down Wordle is hangman…

  • Cheap Curiousities and Expensive Ones

    Cheap Curiousities and Expensive Ones

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesMobile Phones We are in a pandemic and I am between contracts, two reasons for which having an interest in the latest mobile phones is a futile pass time. I tried to revive my old Android phone and succeeded. I sometimes find it hard to get the phone recharged, and when it…

  • The Negative Impact of Social Networks on The Mental Health of Girls

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesIn today’s Le Matin, which was then mentioned by the RTS they discuss the impact of the pandemic of girls. When I first read this I was unclear as to whether they mean women or girls. It is about girls. The article speaks about how boys can play computer games and compete…

  • A Third of Green Travel

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteI am surprised by thirty two cities. Did I drive through them or walk through them? A quarter of my travel was green.

  • Trying To Read Nested Data From a JSON File

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesOver the last two evenings I have been attempting to read nested data. I have tried to parse the data and other methods but without success. I have browsed the web to try to find solutions but for now I am getting stuck. Learning is also about trial and error, and knowing…

  • A City Scape

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteA city scape made of water bottles and shadows.

  • A Cold Walk In The Wind

    A Cold Walk In The Wind

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesToday I went for a cold walk in the wind. The wind was blowing from west to East so for at least half of the walk I had it in my face. This was a good day to wear a cagoule and to wear the face mask, even when people were not…