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Oran 2 (4/30): Moons

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Oran 2 (3/30): Plogging

*But only one of the bags is ours.

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Oran 2 (2/30): Neighbour

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Oran 2 (1/30): Lunch

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Edward Thomas

I’ve recently prepared two books by Edward Thomas for Project Gutenberg: The Icknield Way, and The Heart of England. I was all set to love The Icknield Way, on Robert Macfarlane’s breathless recommendation. The reality was pages and pages of … Continue reading

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Reading List 9

35 books read in the first half of the year (a total reduced by the eternal London Labour and the London Poor). I managed most of what I’d planned, starting with some continuing projects: Brontës Agnes Grey — Anne Brontë … Continue reading

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Strange and familiar

One thing which makes Oran an interesting place to live is the contrast between the familiar and the exotic. You could apply this to many areas — language, society, the arts — but it also holds true in the natural … Continue reading

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Reading List 8

A relatively gentle 44 books for the second half of the year brings my yearly total to a neat 104, or two per week. Algerian Memory in the Flesh — Ahlam Mosteghanemi What the Day Owes the Night — Yasmina … Continue reading

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Oran 30/30: Coffee

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Oran 29/30: Harvest

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