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Dec. 15th, 2010 04:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
debithaSadly, my illness at the end of November meant I had to skip the Medieval Landscapes course I was signed up for, but I have been going to BACAS lectures and readings at the Best Bookshop in the World. This month's BACAS lecture was on archaeology in the military area of Salisbury Plain. This was particularly exciting because there is an excursion out there this summer. It's normally very difficult to get access to it, what with there being shooting ranges and the like out there, but because of that there has been no plowing or building works, so the archeology is in a very good state of preservation. I also went to see Bettany Hughes last night, talking about her new book about Socrates. She's a really interesting and enthusiastic speaker, and I will be looking buying one of her books - probably the one on Helen of Troy. Which is not to say that the one on Socrates doesn't sound fascinating, but it's £25 quid at the moment, which is a bit much!
The carol concert went pretty well. I lost the harmonies most of the time, but had a blast. I had forgotten how much I enjoy performances like that. I'm too hopelessly nervous to be a soloist, but being up on stage as part of a group is a real buzz.
Things have been insanely busy with the orchard. We are supposed to produce a newsletter for sponsors every few months, but it's been 12 months since the last one. The December edition is supposed to go out with sponsorship renewals, so I had to write that up and lay it out, along with posters and flyers for a training course and the Wassail in January. I also had to write a short article for a local magazine. Next on the hitlist is the website, which is basically just a couple of paras of text.
I am, somewhat belatedly but still, picking out pics for next year's calendar. I have cut it down from 130 to 58 by taking out some portrait oriented shots and a bunch that are good but not spectacular, but now it starts getting difficult. There will probably be another pic-spam poll in the next day or two after I get it down a bit further. I'm sure you'll be looking forward to that. :o)
The carol concert went pretty well. I lost the harmonies most of the time, but had a blast. I had forgotten how much I enjoy performances like that. I'm too hopelessly nervous to be a soloist, but being up on stage as part of a group is a real buzz.
Things have been insanely busy with the orchard. We are supposed to produce a newsletter for sponsors every few months, but it's been 12 months since the last one. The December edition is supposed to go out with sponsorship renewals, so I had to write that up and lay it out, along with posters and flyers for a training course and the Wassail in January. I also had to write a short article for a local magazine. Next on the hitlist is the website, which is basically just a couple of paras of text.
I am, somewhat belatedly but still, picking out pics for next year's calendar. I have cut it down from 130 to 58 by taking out some portrait oriented shots and a bunch that are good but not spectacular, but now it starts getting difficult. There will probably be another pic-spam poll in the next day or two after I get it down a bit further. I'm sure you'll be looking forward to that. :o)
