You are currently browsing the Environmental Novel: The Haymakers Survey - Our Secret Inheritance weblog archives for April, 2010.
- Haymakers: Watch Wonders (247)
- Q.1 Does your life have a purpose? (36)
- Q.2 Are you an art lover? (66)
- Q.3 Do you have a good imagination? (39)
- Q.4 Have you ever wanted to stop the clock? (34)
- Q.5 Do you believe in fate? (16)
- Q.6 Do you believe in fairy tales? (18)
- Q.7 Have you dreamed of being a champion? (78)
- Q.8 Do you crave a better life? (23)
- Q.9 Do you feel in control of your life? (21)
- Q10 Have you ever seen a ghost? (18)
- Q11 Do you believe in justice? (31)
- Q12 Is our Earth enchanted? (103)
- Q13 Have you ever been mistaken for someone else? (8)
- Q14 Do you believe your stars? (9)
- Q15 Do you sometimes fear the worst? (58)
- Q16 Have you ever had a psychic experience? (17)
- Q17 Can you speak another language? (28)
- Q18 Do you let your heart rule your head? (20)
- Q19 Do you love hedgehogs? (9)
- Q20 Have your eyes ever deceived you? (113)
- Q21 Have you ever hugged a tree? (13)
- Q22 Do you love our Earth? (69)
- Q23 Do you believe all the laws of physics? (28)
- Q24 Do you get enough time to yourself? (11)
- Q25 Do you believe in fairies? (8)
- Q26 Do you take poetry seriously? (18)
- Q27 Do you like gardening? (7)
- Q28 Have you ever lived in poverty? (14)
- Q29 Could you live without machines? (19)
- Q30 Did you ever watch the rain on your window? (5)
- Q31 Are you a charitable neighbour? (11)
- Q32 Are you afraid of the dark? (10)
- Q33 Do you believe in life after death? (15)
- Q34 Have you ever restored something? (37)
- Q35 Do you trust your instincts? (45)
- Q36 Should a good life cost the Earth? (46)
- Q37 Do you know how to have fun? (37)
- Q38 Have you built a house of cards? (6)
- Q39 Do you believe in magic? (43)
- Q40 Can you play a musical instrument? (40)
- Q41 Do you like surprises? (64)
- Q42 Do you enjoy drawing? (9)
- Q43 Do you believe in happy endings? (33)
- Q44 Is there anything worse than a fly at night? (10)
- Q45 Are you good at marbles? (3)
- Q46 Do you value a good education? (43)
- Q47 Do you know your history? (34)
- Q48 Have you ever played solitaire? (11)
- Q49 Do you ever think about the old days? (22)
- Q50 Do you miss someone you love? (9)
- Q51 Have you ever taken part in a protest? (32)
- Q51a How many people does it take to fill up the Earth? (12)
- Q52 Do you believe in miracles? (39)
- Q53 Do you prefer to keep warm? (18)
- Q54 Do you enjoy a bit of a mystery? (64)
- Q55 Do you believe in truth? (11)
- Q56 Do you believe rules are there to be broken? (22)
- Q57 Have you ever spied on anyone? (14)
- Q58 Do things happen for a reason? (95)
- Q59 Do you like surprises? (11)
- Q60 Have you ever experienced deja vu? (14)
- Q61 Have you ever worn fancy dress? (15)
- Q62 Have you ever helped the poor? (5)
- Q62a Is life logical? (6)
- Q63 Do you like the way you look? (2)
- Q65 Have you ever wished you could fly? (13)
- Q66 Do you have a favourite flower? (8)
- Q67 Have you ever decorated a tree? (4)
- Q68 Does the Earth have a spirit? (20)
- Q69 Do you put off to tomorrow what you could do today? (10)
- Q70 Do you like to look at the stars? (37)
- Q71 Is there something missing in your life? (6)
- Q72 Are you a good time keeper? (20)
- Q73 Do you like nursery ryhmes? (6)
- Q74 Do you like puzzles? (14)
- Q75 Have you ever put on a show? (115)
- Q76 Are you going to take action now to save our world? (63)
- Q77 Do you get bored easily? (2)
- Q78 Do you want to be part of the picture? (29)
- Q79 Have you ever looked into the shadows? (26)
- Q80 Have you ever searched for buried treasure? (15)
- Q80a Do you keep a diary? (6)
- Star Question - what happened to the blue ribbon? (15)
- 18/01/2012: Hedgehog climate study
- 09/01/2012: Sometimes he sits and thinks, sometimes he just sits.
- 07/01/2012: Sofia the lion tamer
- 21/12/2011: Ultimate Dog Tease
- 19/12/2011: Derailing the Runaway Train
- 12/12/2011: Teddy Bear's Picnic
- 31/10/2011: Seven Billion People
- 30/10/2011: Snow Pumpkins and the Temple of Floods
- 29/10/2011: Hex Factor
- 26/10/2011: Beware the Ides of March
The Haymakers Survey
- January 2012
- December 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- April 2010
- March 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
- November 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
- June 2009
- May 2009
- April 2009
- March 2009
- February 2009
- January 2009
- December 2008
- November 2008
- October 2008
- September 2008
- August 2008
- July 2008
- June 2008
- May 2008
- April 2008
- March 2008
- February 2008
- January 2008
- December 2007
- November 2007
- October 2007
- September 2007
- August 2007
- July 2007
Archive for April 2010
Icelandic Ash Plume
15/04/2010 by admin.
On 21 March we reported on the eruption of a volcano in Eyjafjallajokull in Iceland and the many curiosities with this and accounts in The Haymakers Survey.
http://watch.thehaymakerssurvey.com/2010/03/21/
Well, the volcano burst into life again yesterday. This time the eruption was 10 to 20 times more powerful than the one last month sending a huge plume of ash and dust high into the atmosphere. What interests us is that the volcanic cloud has been blown south bringing chaos to air travel on a scale not seen since World War II. Flights have been grounded because of the risk to planes caused by glass and rock particles in the air.
An area of high pressure has pushed the cloud over Britain and the other countries mentioned in our story and Charles Lamb’s journal - Scandinavia, France and Russia - home to the Samoyed tribe. Why has this happened now during our Watch - a natural event with its source so close to the home of the Yggdrasil legend having such an impact on the Western world? At a time when the British public is making up its mind on where to put their X in the ballot paper is this a statement from Mother Earth on environmental and ecological issues? Well on page 96 of our novel malachi warns us ‘Beware for Nature’s wrath knows no bounds’.
Whatever the interpretation the coincidences are mysterious and intriguing. Time for some A-Ha…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvkdYr54f0Y&feature=related
Posted in Q65 Have you ever wished you could fly?, Haymakers: Watch Wonders, Q58 Do things happen for a reason?, Q36 Should a good life cost the Earth?, Q22 Do you love our Earth?, Q12 Is our Earth enchanted? | No Comments »
The Long and Winding Road
14/04/2010 by admin.
In the wake of the volcanic eruption close to the home of the Yggdrasil legend we find we have reached the 40th anniversary of the day most people assign to the break up of The Beatles. This day in 1970 Paul McCartney publicly announced the break-up of the fab four. A rather poignant moment of reflection during our Watch. Perhaps its a landmark precursor for a dramatic show of force from Mother Nature. In many ways Charles Lamb’s endless love for Lucy Ebbs is best captured by this song…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0pfFkdC6oE
Yet in many ways all Mother nature really wants is for humanity to do this…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xuMwfUqJJM
Posted in Q75 Have you ever put on a show?, Q40 Can you play a musical instrument?, Q36 Should a good life cost the Earth? | No Comments »
Scrabble Rule Change
06/04/2010 by admin.
The rules of the word game Scrabble are being changed for the first time in the game’s history to allow the use of proper nouns. Place names, company names or brands will now count. Mattel hope the change will encourage more younger users. Interesting since the scrabble board helped Sarah - then in her early teens - reveal the anagram magic within ‘The Haymakers Survey’. Scrabble was invented in 1938 by the American architect Alfred Butts - which is a teasing surname in itself.
Posted in Q46 Do you value a good education?, Q37 Do you know how to have fun?, Q.7 Have you dreamed of being a champion?, Q.4 Have you ever wanted to stop the clock? | No Comments »
Hayemaker halts the unstoppable
03/04/2010 by admin.
Following his slaying of Goliath last November, another world success for the British heavyweight boxer Haye. The champion defended his world crown in nine rounds against the contender John Ruiz. David ‘The Hayemaker’ Haye became only the second man to stop Ruiz and only the first for 14 years. The Hayemaker’s reign has just started….
Its a powerful message given the role of Bill Richmond the boxer in our story - and the plea that environmentalists need to get tough!
Posted in Haymakers: Watch Wonders, Q75 Have you ever put on a show?, Q70 Do you like to look at the stars?, Q35 Do you trust your instincts?, Q.7 Have you dreamed of being a champion? | No Comments »