diaphania"like a dog, to the vomit of memory" – Byron2021-10-14T12:22:31+01:00All Rights Reserved blogSpiritblogSpirithttp://diaphania.blogspirit.com/David Woodwardhttp://diaphania.blogspirit.com/about.htmlAwash with ideas…tag:diaphania.blogspirit.com,2017-05-18:30923552017-05-18T18:36:55+01:002017-05-18T18:29:00+01:00 It seems appropriate that in the year of the 70th anniversary of the great...
<img src="https://size.blogspirit.net/blogspirit.com/diaphania/600/media/01/00/2006134650.jpg" alt=""/><p class="western">It seems appropriate that in the year of the 70th anniversary of the great floods of March 1947, Oxfordshire has chosen…</p>
David Woodwardhttp://diaphania.blogspirit.com/about.htmlPotato cakes with smoked mackerel with beetroottag:diaphania.blogspirit.com,2013-01-28:29478832013-01-29T00:33:01+00:002013-01-29T00:29:00+00:00 Some left over mashed potato provided a good opportunity to put together a...
<p>Some left over mashed potato provided a good opportunity to put together a recipe for potato cakes with smoked mackerel. Beetroot…</p>
David Woodwardhttp://diaphania.blogspirit.com/about.htmlWe are nature tootag:diaphania.blogspirit.com,2013-01-26:29475312013-01-26T18:24:50+00:002013-01-26T18:17:00+00:00 And like every other living thing we are putty in the hands of the...
<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://diaphania.blogspirit.com/media/01/00/984582407.jpg" target="_blank"><img id="media-715900" style="margin: 0.7em 0;" title="" src="http://diaphania.blogspirit.com/media/01/00/628622797.jpg" alt="2013-01-26 12.50.16.jpg" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal">And like every other living thing we are putty in the hands of the changing seasons. Not an original thought, but…</p>
David Woodwardhttp://diaphania.blogspirit.com/about.htmlA week in Istanbul's Marigold Hoteltag:diaphania.blogspirit.com,2013-01-25:29473292013-01-25T13:05:24+00:002013-01-25T12:59:00+00:00 Some pictorial highlights from a recent week in snow-bound...
<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://diaphania.blogspirit.com/media/02/01/2442651275.jpg" target="_blank"><img id="media-715694" style="margin: 0.7em 0;" title="" src="http://diaphania.blogspirit.com/media/02/01/2024579243.jpg" alt="IMG_4341.jpg" /></a></p><p><span style="color: #888888;"><strong>Some pictorial highlights from a recent week in snow-bound Istanbul.</strong><br /><br />It was my third visit to the old city, a busy</span>…</p>
David Woodwardhttp://diaphania.blogspirit.com/about.htmlDriving Miss Valentinetag:diaphania.blogspirit.com,2012-06-24:29097502012-07-06T13:43:19+01:002012-07-06T01:26:00+01:00 Jean Valentine was born in Scotland in 1924. She was an only...
<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://diaphania.blogspirit.com/media/00/01/1969250938.png" target="_blank"><img id="media-677189" style="margin: 0.7em 0;" title="" src="http://diaphania.blogspirit.com/media/00/01/2264154557.png" alt="Screen shot 2012-06-24 at 19.49.40.png" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Valentine_%28bombe_operator%29" target="_blank">Jean Valentine</a> was born in Scotland in 1924. She was an only child, and like many of her contemporaries, she left…</p>
David Woodwardhttp://diaphania.blogspirit.com/about.htmlNothing half so much worth doing…tag:diaphania.blogspirit.com,2012-06-05:29045642012-06-06T12:27:29+01:002012-06-06T01:31:00+01:00 … as simply messing about in boats . Grahame's maxim was put to the test...
<p><strong>…</strong>as simply <strong>messing about in boats</strong>. Grahame's maxim was put to the test by thousands of boaters during the Queen's astonishing…</p>
David Woodwardhttp://diaphania.blogspirit.com/about.htmlOperatic timestag:diaphania.blogspirit.com,2012-06-01:29030062012-06-01T10:45:03+01:002012-06-01T02:04:00+01:00 It's been an operatic sort of month. First a highly ritzy and very gay take...
<p>It's been an operatic sort of month. First a highly ritzy and very gay take on <a href="http://www.dongiovannitheopera.com/" target="_blank">Mozart's Don Giovanni</a> at the…</p>
David Woodwardhttp://diaphania.blogspirit.com/about.htmlCuriouser and curiouser at Waddesdontag:diaphania.blogspirit.com,2012-05-26:29014982012-05-27T00:28:05+01:002012-05-26T11:54:00+01:00 Devoted art lover or not? You might want to consider a trip to...
<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://diaphania.blogspirit.com/media/01/00/2219401918.jpg" target="_blank"><img id="media-670750" style="margin: 0.7em 0;" title="" src="http://diaphania.blogspirit.com/media/01/00/2036666821.jpg" alt="Waddesdon Manor" /></a></p><p>Devoted art lover or not? You might want to consider a trip to Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire where the latest experiment…</p>
David Woodwardhttp://diaphania.blogspirit.com/about.htmlMysticism, singing and scones at Othonatag:diaphania.blogspirit.com,2012-05-08:28954762012-05-11T09:55:35+01:002012-05-08T18:08:00+01:00 There are leaping dolphins at Othona , and butterflies flying to the...
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><a href="http://diaphania.blogspirit.com/media/00/00/3324477247.jpg" target="_blank"><img id="media-666820" style="float: left; margin: 0.2em 1.4em 0.7em 0;" title="" src="http://diaphania.blogspirit.com/media/00/00/3694388753.jpg" alt="IMAG1497.jpg" /></a>There are leaping dolphins at <a href="http://www.othona-bb.org.uk" target="_blank">Othona</a>, and butterflies flying to the moon, too. These are wall decorations at a place by</span>…</p>
David Woodwardhttp://diaphania.blogspirit.com/about.htmlDown the Lea to the Olympicstag:diaphania.blogspirit.com,2012-03-12:27939982012-06-01T00:14:00+01:002012-03-12T00:13:00+00:00 I have been out and about to the east of London today, getting home with the...
<p>I have been out and about to the east of London today, getting home with the sun on my face after…</p>