Bitterjug’s blog

Drew and Mithi asked for home-made stuff as wedding presents. Nic wanted to make bath cubes for them, with dried lavender and petals. But the lavender and petals on our window sill weren’t drying fast enough and their wedding day was approaching.
“I know how to make a solar dryer”, I said. For I did. Back [...]

Having just spent a wonderful weekend dancing at the London Lindy Exchange, today I’m taking a moment to mourn the death of Frankie Manning, the international ambassador of Swing Dance.
The name of this site is a kind of spoonerism of Jitterbug: another name for Lindy Hop, the original Swing Dance.
Below is a [...]

Hakuna Stima was a common situation for me when I lived in Kenya, it means the electricity is off. It used to happen about once per week as a scheduled event lasting about a day and, intermittently, the rest of the time giving our UPSs a hard time in the computer lab.
The night before last, [...]

So much of the climate-change and peak oil rhetoric is frightening and layden with difficult messages. This short movie gives a positive view of taking action. Such a relief!

It’s also beautifully and simply animated.

The Wise are aware of the Whole
while interacting with the parts
this is how they can help without harming.
I found this today in my Timothy Freke edition of Lao Tzu’s Tao Te Ching; the end of verse 28.

Wake Up, Freak Out – then Get a Grip from Leo Murray on Vimeo.
This is an excellent short animated film that talks about the bits of climate science we don’t often hear about, and what they really mean: not what they mean scientifically, but what real impact they will have on our very own very [...]