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1 October 2019 - PAI CANYON, THAILAND

PAI CANYON, THAILAND
G'day folks,
This is one part of Thailand that I've not yet seen. It's a bizarre dirt trail that winds a narrow path above the tree line.
With treacherous drops on either side of the path, the elevated trail through Pai Canyon (Kong Lan in Thai) is not a place for a casual stroll, but it will provide visitors with an unparalleled view of the surrounding landscape.  




After climbing a short staircase on the Western edge of the canyon hikers will see a narrow ridge of Earth, all that remains of a walking path through the canyon. Erosion on either side of the path has caused the forest level to drop dramatically with only the tips of the plants rising above the level of the path. With drops of up to 30 meters on either side of the strange trail, traversing it can be dangerous.




 The walk up to the first view point is easily accessible to anyone even with a moderate level of fitness. However, the paths leading further vary widely in width, steepness and danger. At points the width of the land narrows to little more than foot wide ridges that must be scrambled across. At other points, the paths turns almost vertical and requires some climbing to go further.  Despite the slight dangers of the Pai Canyon it is a popular attraction in the region. 


Clancy's comment: The views from this trail are spectacular. Might be worth a visit, eh?I'm ...

30 September 2019 - RATHCROGHAN IN TULSK, IRELAND

RATHCROGHAN IN TULSK, IRELAND
G'day folks,This ancient Irish landscape boasts hundreds of legendary ruins.  Rathcroghan, or Cruachan Aí, is an archaeologist’s dream. Found in the center of County Roscommon, it contains about 240 identified archaeological sites packed within an area of about 2.5 square miles.   This landscape confidently bears witness to nearly 5,500 years of continuous settlement. The earliest known monument is a small court tomb from the early Neolithic Period. Bronze and Iron Age burial mounds dot the earth. You’ll also find traces of massive feats of late Iron Age architecture such as the Rathcroghan Mound and the Mucklaghs earthworks as well as early historic settlement sites and religious foundations. The later medieval period sees Rathcroghan divided into a large matrix of field systems, evidence of the pastoral farming practice common to this region from prehistory up to the present day.    This area, perhaps unsurprisingly, is also one of the key theaters of Ireland’s impressive collection of intoxicating mythology and literature. It boasts the mythological gateway into the Irish Otherworld: the cave of Oweynagat. Uaimh na gCat (Gaelic for “Cave of the Cats”) is the origin place of the pre-Christian seasonal celebration of Samhain, the Celtic precursor to modern Halloween. Rathcroghan is the starting point for a whole series of Iron Age heroic cattle raiding tales, known as na Tána. Indeed, the central tale of the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology, an Táin Bó Cúailnge, Ireland’s greatest epic, rises out of Rathcroghan, at the behest of the famous Iron Age Warrior Queen Medb (Maeve) of Connacht. Medb is a vital part of this landscape, and of the West more generally, and her capitol and palace are reputed to be located on the Rathcroghan landscape. These stories record the deeds of Ireland’s heroes, such as Cú Chulainn, Fráoch, the Morrigan, Conor Mac Nessa, Ferdia, and Medb herself.





Many of these archaeological sites retain links to these heroic tales through their names, among them Reilig na Rí (the Cemetery of Kings), Caiseal Mhanannán (the stone fort of Manannán mac Lír, god of the sea), Rath na dtarbh (the fort of the bulls), Daithí’s Stone, and more. Hearing these stories, told on this earthen canvas, is the perfect way to understand the previous generations who walked this sacred landscape.

 Clancy's comment: I'd love to spend hours in those fields with a metal detector. I'm ... 

29 September 2019 - QUOTES FROM AUTHORS

QUOTES FROM AUTHORS 
G'day folks,
Welcome to some quotes from authors who should know how to do it.

























Clancy's comment: My contribution is this: Don't copy other authors. Maintain your own voice. It is your unique literary fingerprint, or DNA.
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28 September 2019 - SANTA CECILIA NECROPOLIS IN ITALY

SANTA CECILIA NECROPOLISIN ITALY
G'day folks,
Here is a fascinating assortment of cave dwellings, medieval ruins, and sarcophagi that are being devoured by the forest in Italy.
 A steep Etruscan Via Cava (excavated road) leads down to the unusual site of Santa Cecilia. Along the way, elaborate cave houses emerge from within the massive peperino boulders that are strewn around the canyon below the village of Bomarzo. One of the more elaborate cave houses displays holes which may have been carved to support an external structure with wooden posts.  


The rock houses are but one sign of the area’s long human history. The remains of the 12th-century medieval church of Santa Cecilia are located at the center of the site. You can still identify the apse, the presbytery, the altar stone, and a number of Christian symbols.




All around the site you’ll see eerie human-shaped sarcophagi, with occasional Greek crosses in the reliefs. Some are damaged, others are intact, but they likely belonged to the medieval necropolis that was associated with the local church of Santa Cecilia. Another elaborate cave house in the proximity of the church of Santa Cecilia is shaped like an open-air altar, though its purpose is still unknown.





There are hypotheses that there is a strong continuity in this site throughout the Etruscan and medieval times, and that the original stone structures may have undergone a “Christianisation,” a religious cleansing of their pagan origins. The site, which has been almost completely taken over by the forest, was once a flourishing medieval community.

Clancy's comment: Mm ... This site certainly looks ancient. You can only imagine what life was like at this place in the 12th-century.I'm ...

27 September 2019 - STUNNING PHOTOGRAPHY

STUNNING PHOTOGRAPHY
G'day folks,
A picture has the capacity to say so much without having to say anything at all. Just one photo gives you clues as to what is happening, and what it means to the person snapping the photograph. Let's take a look at some incredible photos that truly embody the saying: a picture says more than a thousand words. 


























Clancy's comment: Excellent, and thanks to the photographers for sharing their work.
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26 September 2019 - ARMAND ROSAMILIA - GUEST AUTHOR

ARMAND ROSAMILIA - GUEST AUTHOR -
G'day folks,
Today, I interview an interesting author from Florida.
Welcome, Armand ... 

1.   TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT YOURSELF AND YOUR WRITING JOURNEY.
My name is Armand Rosamilia, I love M&M’s, not walking on the beach, coffee and romantic comedies. Oh, I’m also a full-time author of crime thrillers, horror and contemporary fiction, too. I’m also a podcaster and an excellent kisser. If I do say so myself.

2.   WHEN AND HOW DID YOU BECOME A WRITER?
I owe it all to two things: being a horrible child, and Dean Koontz. Actually, my mother probably should get the credit. I was a wild child, always fighting with my brother. We’d get punished and I’d have to spend days or weeks trapped in my parent’s bedroom while other kids got to play outside. I started reading Phantoms from my mother’s massive paperback horror collection and it hooked me.

3.    WHAT TYPE OF PREPARATION DO YOU DO FOR A MANUSCRIPT? DO YOU PLAN EVERYTHING FIRST OR JUST SHOOT FROM THE HIP?
I am a total pantser. I start with the most basic idea in my head. Sometimes I only have a working title, or a cool first line. Maybe a scene I want to flesh out, or even an ending I want to see if I can get to. I find outlining to kill the fun of the story for me, so I just wing it and see what the characters do.

4.   WHAT DO YOU ENJOY MOST ABOUT BEING A WRITER?
Not working for anyone else. Being able to control my own destiny to a point. Mostly, though, being able to sit around in my underwear all day and eat M&M’s while everyone else has to leave the house and put pants on like nerds.

5.   WHAT IS THE HARDEST THING ABOUT BEING A WRITER?
The days when all I want to do is watch Netflix or read. There’s no one here watching over me. I can literally do whatever I want. Most days the fear of my wife questioning me when she gets home from her job or the fact of not writing and making money means I have to get a ‘real’ job again is enough to put me to work. Most days.




6.   WHAT WERE YOU IN A PAST LIFE, BEFORE YOU BECAME A WRITER?
I was famous, just like everyone who’s ever said they have been reincarnated or had past lives. Isn’t that the right answer? I imagine I was the squire for King Arthur or maybe Braveheart. Someone important like that. I got to carry their heavy garbage around and try to hit on their groupies.

7.   WHAT IS YOUR GREATEST WRITING ACHIEVEMENT?
They’re all great and motivating. Every sale. Every book in print. Every interview I do. Every fellow author I interview on my Arm Cast Podcast. If you put a gun to my head and told me to pick one: the day my mother read the first Dirty Deeds crime thriller book and told me how much she loved it. That was special.

8.   WHAT ARE YOU WORKING ON AT THE MOMENT?
I always work on multiple projects at once. I have five campy horror books due to a publisher in the next year. Writing Dirty Deeds 8. Finishing the last book of my Chelsea Avenue trilogy for a publisher. Co-writing two different books with other authors. I have two nonfiction projects I will be starting in September. I have three different novels I write a chapter on each month for my Patreon. Lots of short stories for anthologies coming up, too. Yes, I am busy.

9.   WHAT INSPIRES YOU?
Fear. The absolute fear of having to go out and get another job if this stops working for me. I did retail management for over twenty years and hated every minute of it. Every employee. Every customer. Every day wasted doing paperwork that didn’t really matter. Whenever I start to slack I remember those mind-numbing weeks of eighty or more hours for awful pay and it motivates me to write and write some more.

10.              WHAT GENRE DO YOU WRITE?
For a long time it was mostly horror and mostly zombie fiction. I expanded into nonfiction over the years with subjects I like, and then contemporary fiction. Writing crime thrillers is relatively new for me, having only gotten my first book deal in 2016 with the genre. Right now it is my favourite and I love writing it.

11.              DO YOU HAVE ANY TIPS FOR NEW WRITERS?
Read. It sound s basic and cliché but it is true. Don’t just read your genre, either. Read as many as you can, to get a feel for how different writers write in different genres. It has been invaluable to my own writing when I can find tricks and techniques in genres I don’t write in.

12.              DO YOU SUFFER FROM WRITER’S BLOCK?
No. I suffer from laziness. If I don’t have a solid idea for what I’m working on at the moment, I have 57 other open documents to work on. I bounce around each day, some days writing on three or four stories. Only when I’m really in the zone on a story or the deadline is looming do I work exclusively on it, and only until it is done before jumping around again.




13.              DO YOU HAVE A PREFERRED WRITING SCHEDULE?
I do what I call The Mando Method. At the top of every hour I drop whatever I’m doing and write for the next fifteen minutes. As many words as I can in that time and as quickly as I can get the ideas down. I usually hit about 600 words with each sprint. I try to do several each day depending on how many other things are floating around, like promotion, interviews, eating, coffee breaks, podcast issues and emails.

14.              DO YOU HAVE A FAVOURITE WRITING PLACE?
I like being home in my office with 80’s metal music blasting in the background. I like being home so I can drink way too much coffee and make my own lunch. I can write anywhere, though. I have gone to a coffee shop or a lunch place and written, too. Some days I’ll go to my wife’s office and sit in an extra room and write all day. I just need my laptop or desktop and some background noise and I’m set.

15.              WHAT IS YOUR GREATEST JOY IN WRITING?
When a reader gushes over one of my books while at a book signing, and they want more of the series or another book. I love to see the look in their eyes and it motivates me to keep this going. Hoping someday the answer to this question will be ‘my first million dollars made from writing.’

16.              WHO IS YOUR FAVOURITE AUTHOR AND WHY?
Definitely Dean Koontz. Most of my author friends cite Stephen King as their inspiration, but it was Koontz for me. Once I started reading his books I never stopped. At twelve or thirteen I wanted to become a writer and do it for a living. It took me over forty years to finally make the jump to do it full-time, and I owe Mister Koontz a handshake for being such an awesome writer and helping me without knowing it.

17.              WHAT’S THE GREATEST COMPLIMENT YOU EVER RECEIVED FROM A READER?
In my Dirty Deeds series, one of the characters has something bad happen to them. My mother-in-law, who reads this series and is one of my beta readers, got so mad because of what happened I thought she was never going to speak to me again. I don’t think she could’ve been madder if it was a real person it happened to. I took it as a compliment, and try to kiss her butt whenever I see her so she stops yelling at me.

18.              WHAT WAS THE WORST COMMENT FROM A READER?
I had an early review for one of my first books, and the reader basically said ‘I read it and it was ehh’ and that was it. I’d rather you hated the book and told me why. Not getting anything out of my writing was worse than someone ripping it apart. At least I got a genuine reaction from someone who hated it. Of course, I would hope everyone loved everything I’ve ever written or will write, but…

19.              WRITERS ARE SOMETIMES INFLUENCED BY THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN THEIR OWN LIVES. ARE YOU?
All the time. My running joke is I’ve killed both my ex-wives in most of my stories and made back some of the lost money over the years. My current (and amazing) wife will read my stuff and smile because sometimes she knows where I got a scene or conversation from in real life.

20.              OTHER THAN WRITING, WHAT ELSE DO YOU LOVE?
I’m supposed to say my wife and kids. I also love baseball. I’m a Red Sox fan. I also have season tickets to the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp, the Double-A team for the Miami Marlins. My wife and I run the team booster club. We even have three players that live with us during the season. I wrote a book about being a baseball fan and the 2017 season for the team, A View From My Seat. I am a fanatic.




21.              DID YOU HAVE YOUR BOOK / BOOKS PROFESSIONALLY EDITED BEFORE PUBLICATION?
You have to if you want to succeed. I’ve mentored several authors over the years and the big thing I stress is having other eyes on your work. Never think you’re good enough to self-edit. You’re not. I work with a great editor who runs through everything I write before I submit it to a publisher or self-publish.

22.              DESCRIBE YOUR PERFECT DAY.
I sleep in until nine and the coffee is magically ready. I go through emails and there are no problems, just people praising my work and how handsome I am. Then I do ten Mando Method sprints and get in over seven thousand brilliant words. Lunch is delivered and it is Chinese food and pizza. More coffee. A package arrives at my doorstep and it is a box of new books for me to read and blurb, and I’ll love them all. My wife comes home from a great day at work, we have a delicious dinner and watch the Red Sox win the World Series before several vigorous hours of lovemaking and then sleep takes me… too much?

23.              IF YOU WERE STUCK ON A DESERT ISLAND WITH ONE PERSON, WHO WOULD IT BE? WHY?
Author Chuck Buda, my co-hosts for The Mando Method Podcast. We’re born two days apart, he’s an awesome writer and person, and we have the same twisted sense of humour. Of course, we’d kill each other within a few weeks and then think of all the meat the winner would have… I mean… we’d have fun.

24.              WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IF YOU HAD THE CHANCE TO SPEAK TO WORLD LEADERS?
I’d get them to buy my book, or at least have a copy on the podium as they try to destroy the country and the world with your egomaniacal actions. Hopefully someone will notice and make my book a best-seller, which will happen seconds before the warheads are tossed around the planet. Decades later the apes will rule…

25.              WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR THE FUTURE?
Short-term I’m going to grab another cup of coffee. Long-term I’m going to enjoy my life. Write more books. Go to more baseball games. Travel a lot and sell some of these books I have piled up in my house. Eat lots of M&M’s.

26.               WHAT ARE YOUR VIEWS ON BOOK TRAILERS? DO THEY SELL BOOKS?
Honestly… no. Not that I’ve ever seen. They look amazing and a lot of work has gone into most of them, but I never buy a book based on one. I don’t know anyone who ever has. They do look cool, though.

27.              DO YOU SEE YOURSELF IN ANY OF YOUR CHARACTERS?
I see a lot of my insecurities and quirks in many of them. If I had to pick one it would be James Gaffney from the Dirty Deeds series. He’s pushing fifty, balding, overweight, sometimes lazy, and very snarky. When my wife first read the first book she said it was me. Completely. I always tell her it isn’t me, but she knows better.

28.              DOES THE PUBLISHING INDUSTRY FRUSTRATE YOU?
Not as much as it used to. I am a hybrid, so I do some self-publishing and also work with the small press. I have dabbled with the Big Five at times, too. I prefer to work with different presses and use it to expand my audience. I get how publishing has changed over the years. I had my first story published in 1988 while a senior in high school. I’ll be fifty in November. A lot has changed. Heck, a lot changes every three or four months now. I try to roll with it and not be the grumpy old man yelling for the kids to get off my damn lawn.

29.              DID YOU EVER THINK OF QUITTING?
Not seriously. I have gone through depressing times when the money wasn’t enough to buy a Happy Meal. I’ve struggled with depression and pushing myself to the limit without seeing any return. I’ll win and moan about it, swearing I will go back to retail management and find happiness. All lies. I suck it up and find a project I’m in love with and it’s all better. For awhile, anyway. Ahh, the joy of being a creative person…




30.              WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE MANUSCRIPT TO WRITE? WHY?
I co-wrote The Enemy Held Near, a haunted house novel, with Jay Wilburn. It is my strongest story because writing with a writer I admire and respect, he brings my game up so far. I didn’t want to disappoint him. I love the story and the subtle nuances we added to it.

31.               HOW WOULD YOU DEFINE ‘SUCCESS’ AS A WRITER?
Being able to do what you want to do without any regrets. I’ve been a full-time author for six wonderful years. I love every minute of it, even when I’m stressed or freaking out because of a deadline. To me success is whether or not you’re enjoying what you do for a living. I certainly do.
32.              WHAT SHOULD READERS WALK AWAY FROM YOUR BOOKS KNOWING? HOW SHOULD THEY FEEL?
I hope they feel something. Ideally I want them to finish the last line and want to read whatever else I have written they haven’t read yet. I want them to experience the highs and lows of the story and want more. I want them to know I did my very best and I hope they appreciate it.
33.              WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE YOUR BOOKS MADE INTO MOVIES? EVER WRITTEN A SCREENPLAY?
That is a bucket list item. I have had several of my books turned into screenplays over the years but none have gone beyond that. That would be an amazing thing to have happen.


34.              HOW MUCH THOUGHT GOES INTO DESIGNING A BOOK COVER?
When I’m self-publishing I will have a basic idea for the cover at some point during the writing. Depending on who I’m getting the cover from, I’ll give them a few ideas or thoughts, but nothing too specific. I want them to surprise me. Usually it’s perfect on the first try if I’ve conveyed my idea to them correctly.


35.              WHAT’S YOUR ULTIMATE DREAM?
Dirty Deeds turned into a TV series starring Bruce Campbell as James Gaffney. It would run for several years and win all kinds of awards. Actors and actresses would want to be my friend. I’d hang out with super famous people and they’d come to me for advice. I’d dine in the finest restaurants. Eat M&M’s all day and drink the most exotic coffees in all the land. Or maybe I just want to continue to be happy and write books with the amazing family I have… but add the coffee part in, too.


36.                WRITING IS ONE THING. WHAT ABOUT MARKETING YOU, YOUR BOOKS AND YOUR BRAND? ANY THOUGHTS?
It is about 80% of my day now. The marketing takes up a lot of time. Time I could be writing, if you want to be blunt about it. But without the marketing I might pump out an extra couple of novels a year that no one would read. You need readers to find your books and read them. Believe in your brand and you as a writer and a person. I love going to a lot of book signings and conventions every year so I can meet those readers in person.


37.              DESCRIBE YOURSELF IN FIVE WORDS.
Sexy. Funny. Handsome. Gorgeous. Humble.

38.              WHAT PISSES YOU OFF MOST?
Authors who don’t think long-term and think of this as a career. They’re too busy being the carnival barker at book signings, forcing people to buy their book instead of organically selling it, and selling future books because the reader had a good experience. I am also pissed off at turkey burgers.


39.              WHAT IS THE TITLE OF THE LAST BOOK YOU READ? GOOD ONE?
I read an advance copy of Richard Chizmar’s Gwendy’s Magic Feather, the sequel to the book he co-wrote with Stephen King, Gwendy’s Button Box. It was amazing.


40.               WHAT WOULD BE THE VERY LAST SENTENCE YOU’D WRITE?
And they all (finally) lived happily ever after.

41.               WHAT WOULD MAKE YOU HAPPIER THAN YOU ARE NOW? CARE TO SHARE?
Selling even more books. Even more traveling to see baseball games. More wonderful years with my wife. Seeing my kids grow to be amazing adults. Someone names a coffee after me.

42.               ANYTHING YOU’D LIKE TO ADD?
Thank you for the amazing interview. I had a lot of fun!
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Clancy's comment: Well done, Armand, and thank you. I've never tried a turkey burger, but I just might. 
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25 September 2019 - SIX MILE CREEK WATERFALL, ITHACA, NEW YORK

SIX MILE CREEK WATERFALL ITHACA, NEW YORK
G'day folks,
I'm always pleased to present things from the past. In upstate New York, gorgeous waterfalls and a watermill are slowly being reclaimed by nature. 


A tour of Ithaca’s souvenir shops reveals no shortage of pride in its natural scenery, particularly its gorges. While many of the gorges are prohibited to swimmers because of their dangerous rapids, Six Mile Creek remains a safe alternative for nature lovers.
 Nestled between Ithaca Commons and Cornell’s Collegetown, Six Mile Creek contains two main dams, aptly named First and Second Dam, that are a popular spot for locals and students alike. The waterfall feeds into a shallow brook that forms the perfect fishing spot, or just a place to observe the abundant wildlife.


 First Dam is especially intriguing for the abandoned water mill that quietly sits on the cliff face. While nature has begun to reclaim the structure, its boarded windows and antique architecture nevertheless act as a reminder of modern civilization in an otherwise rustic oasis. Many a person has tried to explore the structure, though the door has long since rusted shut. Regardless, the mill still adds a certain touch of mystery and uniqueness to First Dam, suggesting a more interesting and complex history than now meets the eye. 





 To reach the dams is easy, and the view from the bottom is truly worth the 10-minute walk. For those looking for a little old-fashioned adventure, Six Mile Creek is the place to explore. 


Clancy's comment: It looks like a great place to fish.I'm ...

24 September 2019 - PARQUE TRIANON, BRAZIL

PARQUE TRIANON, BRAZIL
G'day folks,
This park feels like a lush little jungle full of wildlife nestled within São Paulo.  This city park is so lush, you can easily forget you’re in the middle of a bustling metropolis. It feels like a small slice of the jungle, conveniently placed within São Paulo. 
  Numerous trails wind around the park. The paths lead you among all kinds of native species of palms and trees such as the iron wood, jequitibá, zebra wood, Nectaranda, and of course the “Pau Brasil” (the Brasilwood tree), which the country is named after.  The park is also home to a surprising variety of native wildlife. Over 29 species of birds have been reported within the park, including numerous hummingbirds and even parrots such as the white-eyed parakeet and the maroon-bellied parakeet. There are also some resident two-toed sloths; however, these are much harder to see due to the dense foliage.





 You’ll find some human-made attractions, too. A number of sculptures with a Greco-Roman theme, such as a sublime dryad and a surreal faun, are sprinkled throughout the park. There are also benches where you can hunker down with a book or simply sit and watch the world go by.

Clancy's comment: Sounds like a great place to chill out, and take photographs of wildlife. I'm ...

23 September 2019 - HUTA ETELKA - ABANDONED IRON FACTORY IN SLOVAKIA

HUTA ETELKA - ABANDONED IRON FACTORY IN SLOVAKIA
G'day folks,
Welcome to another abandoned building perched along the outskirts of an idyllic village in Slovakia. 
Set in the idyllic rolling hills of the Rožňava District is Nižná Slaná, a tiny village that resembles the many other charming villages in the area. And perched along the outskirts of the tiny town is Huta Etelka, an old iron factory home to the area’s prized blast furnace that’s now little more than dilapidated ruins.


Ironmongery boomed within the region during the 19th century. Count Emanuel Andrássa built this factory and its blast furnace in 1867 to keep up with the demands. The Count named the furnace, which replaced two older ones, after his mother.

The great furnace melted iron ores from nearby mines. The metal was then shipped off throughout Slovakia until the small factory hit its decline. It closed in 1907 and a newer, bigger iron factory was built nearby.




Sadly, time has not been kind to the historic structure, which some see as a monument to the region’s metallurgical past. Its current owners are unwilling to salvage the factory, and thieves continue to loot bits of metal and scraps from within its walls.

But all hope may not be lost. A local nonprofit hopes to rebuild and restore the ruins and transform the space into a mining museum.

Clancy's comment: Mm ... You might be wondering if I'm obsessed with abandoned buildings. No, but it amazes me that so many of them exist, and have been left to rot. Surely there is another use for them? B&B? Writer's haven?
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22 September 2019 - PICTURES THAT ROCK AND ROLL

PICTURES THAT ROCK AND ROLL
G'day folks,
It's time to check out some clever pictures that move.



































Clancy's comment: I loved the glass of wine. So clever. 
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