• Chris's Book

    'A Modicum of Daftitude'

    An anthology of humorous blog posts, including the best of Kris’s Krazy Korner and the entire output of The Groovy Druid. Guaranteed to raise a smile.

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    Shana's Books

    Anfire - Book One - A Warrior's Soul

    'Anfire: a Warrior's Soul'

    Anfire, where the warriors are like the very rock they live on. This is the story of three of them who set out on a Universal quest to save their planet.

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    Anfire - Book Two - Retribution

    'Anfire:Retribution'

    The second Anfire book. It is five years after the Final Battle, but the war still isn't won. There may be peace on Anfire, but out in the Universe a new threat is waiting in the shadows

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Archive for the ‘Life’ Category

A pic of pica pica

Posted on January 16th, 2010 by Chris

Magpies are one of our favourite birds: they’re cheeky, easy to recognize — and big enough so you don’t need binoculars to see ‘em. This one turned up just before dusk, around 4pm this afternoon. Presumably, it would usually prefer to spend the night in a tree, but we think it could have needed to [...]

Anthaket – the saint who never existed

Posted on December 12th, 2009 by Chris

A little while — or, more precisely, about two years — ago, we visited Motherby Hill, a part of Lincoln we had not previously seen. Passing through the Spring Hill area of town, we noticed a strangely named road: Stanthaket Court, and decided to research the name when we got home. This week we finally [...]

It’ll be all white on the night

Posted on November 18th, 2009 by Chris

We’ve gone radical and uber-edgy with our decorating and have started painting everywhere white. It might not sound very adventurous, but the hall and stairway areas are already looking bigger and brighter. Having lived with a sort of coffee-brown colour on the walls for two years, we’ve finally realised how dingy the place was looking. [...]

Owls about that, then?

Posted on November 6th, 2009 by Chris

For weeks (actually, make that months) we have heard hardly a hoot, despite always having the bedroom windows open even in the chilliest of weather; yep, we sure are a pair of hardy souls, aren’t we? But this past week the local tawny owls have been determined to wake Shana up in the middle of [...]