Tim Smith

@tr-smith.bsky.social

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Senior Dev by day: Excel, Power Query, C#, XSLT Armchair medievalist all other times: More Dante than Piers, more Ofeo than Gawain. Brother to Pearl poet. Husband and dad. Church bassist

Julian of Norwich Theologian by Denys turner
On OpenOffice Calc spreadsheet for planning cooking
Picture of a green bow tie with a plant design
Name badge with my name and title of "tipsy Cook"
The cover of The Monsters and the Critics by j r r Tolkien
The island of the day before by Umberto Eco
Three books: revelations of divine love, piers Plowman an introduction, and I Julian
Song 5 stanza 4 from the consolation of philosophy
À large, ominous box in a hallway
My response to the Microsoft question of my opinion if asked is to say that as a Middle aged man I dont wait to be asked
Middle English romances - a Norton critical edition
Cover of a history of the English people by bede
New book binding kit with my first attempt
Durgod coaster
The cover of John Gower Selected Poetry, carcanet edition
Page from Tolkien's translation of pearl
À packet of geek style salad cheese
À packet of tesco salad cheese
Too many tinned tomatoes with some hidden behind some onions
Photo of la vita Nuova by dante
My book haul - Exeter book of riddles, medieval Latin verse, le morte d'arthur, And Arthurian romances
À sélection of médiéval Books in an oxfam window
My bedside pile of books: divine comedy trans Anderson, umberto eco baudolino and the name of the Rose, malcolm Guite in every corner sing, divine comedy Ellis, m r James ghost stories, a calendar of catholic devotion
The page of the parliament of the ages that describes youth as 30 years old, middle aged as 60, old age as 100
Terry pratchett quote about the advantages of being a student wizard
Jack socket fitted on tanglewood rebel bass
1. Legendborn, Tracy Deonn Brilliant! I haven't been gripped like this for a long time. Highly recommended 2. For thy great pain have mercy on my little pain, Victoria MacKenzie The possible backstory of the meeting between Julian of Norwich and Margery Kemp. Engaging and humanising of the two main characters 3. Alchemy, Rory Sutherland Second best to seeing him live, but still a cracking read. Even if you're not into advertising, this should help make you think about actual causes 4. The Mystics would like a word, Amy Mantravadi (audio) 5. Femina, Dr Janina Ramirez 6. Life lessons from Kierkegaard, Robert Ferguson 7. Storyland, Amy Jeffs 8. Wild, Amy Jeffs 9. The Making of Biblical Womanhood, Beth Allison Barr (audio) 10. The Name of the wind, Patrick Rothfus 11. The Death of king Arthur, Simon Armitage 12. Be Data Literate, Jordan Morrow 13. Geoffrey Chaucer - A very short introduction, David Wallace 14. Murder in the Cathedral, T S Eliot 15. Watchmen, Alan Moore 16. Brideshead revisited, Evelyn Waugh 17. Data strategy, how to profit from a world of big data, analytics and the Internet of things Marr, Bernard 18. The Talented Mr Ripley, Patricia Highsmith Good, but I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest the Andrew Scott series is the best version of this story 19. Bliss & Blunder, Victoria Gosling 20. The Canterbury Tales (audio), Geoffrey Chaucer 21. The Phantom of the Opera, Gaston Leroux The Sword, The Luna Brothers (graphic novel)
The book The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
A pile of 4 books: the history of mr polly, faith hope and Poetry by malcolm Guite, starting an etsy business, beowulf a graphic novel
Mug of hot chocolate with a bottle of jack Daniels tennessee fire next to it
The poems of J R R Tolkien opened at the page of Sing hey for the bath at the end of the day
The cover of Watchmen by Alan Moore
A feature claim on an ipad screen protector box claiming it is "explosion proof"
Revelations of Divine Love at the British library
British library foyer
Cover of the Revelations of Divine Love by Julian of Norwich