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KW-21 Collapse
I have a cunning plan.
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How to make an automatic translate button for Substack
Wouldn’t it be great if we were able to use the power of Google Translate (other translation services are available) to make our posts multilingual, and…
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KW-20 No newsletter this week
Ninety weeks without missing a beat
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KW-19 Full of the joys of spring.
Grumpy pirate, sunbeams and pigs in space
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KW-18 Climate honesty and seed sowing
It has not been a quiet week at The Barracks. If you were into the whole invertebrate allusions thing, you could say that it has been buzzing. The…
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Ben Green
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KW-17 Playing catch up with the wind
Pigs, potatoes and parties.
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April 2023
KW-17 Signs of Life
and a special Barracks spontaneity challenge
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KW-16 Driech.
When outside has been nothing but a seven day sentence of a cold and grey, drizzly washout of miserableness, and your mood can still be described as a…
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KW-15 24 Hour Party People
If the Pirate can't go to the dance, the dance has to come to the Pirate
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KW-14 Maple, leaves and rag
And some thoughts on mowing as a function of time.
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Ben Green
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March 2023
KW-13 Raking and tools for raking with
Unlucky for some
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KW-12 An Orkney Waltz with Sirens
It's all about capturing the light.
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Ben Green
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