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Books by my bed
Roger Deakin: Wildwood- A Journey Through Trees
(Reading it is like going camping)Alain de Botton: The Art of Travel
(Do not leave home without it)Philip Pullman: The Amber Spyglass
(Epic narrative! Talking animals! I'm a fan.)Steven Johnson: The Ghost Map
(Despite the title, this is basically a book about poo)Sara Wheeler: Terra Incognita
(Once a year I pick this up, open it at random, read through to the end then turn to the beginning and read it again.)Alan Fletcher: The Art of Looking Sideways
(This is the blackhole of books - it sucks precious time away from all who pick it up.)
Music in my head
Mr. Scruff: Ninja Tuna
(potato-tastic)Stars: In Our Bedroom After the War
(a whole album of story songs)The Cat Empire: The Cat Empire
(Melbourne reggae)Postal Service: Give Up
(Singing about freckles)Scouting For Girls: Scouting For Girls
(Sad songs about Michaela Strachan to cheer you up)Cinematic Orchestra: Ma Fleur
(Beautiful and sad)Sigur Ros: ()
(A thing of beauty with no title)
Weather
This is amazing Ian. Glad you all got back safely and am a tad jealous as this sure beats doing a retrieval from the Isle of Wight to Portsmouth! Henry says you are a "true hero" because I told him to!
Posted by: Philippa | Saturday, 10 October 2009 at 09:16 AM
Very heroic, well done. (And I've been in Canada long enough for you to read that as sincere.)
Posted by: Emma | Sunday, 11 October 2009 at 12:19 AM
Marvellous - well done. You are my hero.
Posted by: Heather | Sunday, 11 October 2009 at 01:07 AM
I think you have the most exciting and heroic life of anyone I know. Coming from someone who understands the credit crunch, that possibly isn't as much of an achievement as it would be coming from a champion surfer or that guy who does tricks on his bike around Edinburgh. Still, I'm sure its a compliment in a roundabout way.
Posted by: Matthew | Monday, 12 October 2009 at 11:23 PM
you understand the credit crunch? quick someone get that man's number!I think that being heroic involves personal sacrifice of some sort. I can assure you that my trip to Samoa involved no personal sacrifice. I was well fed and finacially rewarded. The doctors and nurses who could not fly off to a comfy hotel bed in Auckland are the heroes. I felt a bit more like a medical mercenary.
Posted by: ianbee | Tuesday, 13 October 2009 at 02:18 AM
what a lovely story!
Posted by: amy | Tuesday, 13 October 2009 at 12:20 PM