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June 13, 2014
Afternoon Video – two parrots commentary on the tourists they have had to endure!
:D))))
Originally posted on Smorgasbord - Variety is the spice of life:
Obviously these two parrots have absorbed quite a few passing conversations from the visitors – judging by the other videos available for parrots talking, like two year olds, they hear the words that they are not supposed to. I would have had to X rate the afternoon show!
June 8, 2014
Que Sera and Stuff
This harsh bug-busting diet I’ve been on has taken me down a bit. Quite a bit actually, which is why I haven’t been around the interweb so much lately. I like to think that I’m getting better in small stages, but this is obviously a process that just has to follow its course. It’s amazing the effect on your body what you put in your mouth can have. I’m not giving it up, and I’ll just have to get on with whatever new and interesting symptoms that pop up when they do. I’m feeling really blurgh and feverish right now though, so I’m going to have to forgo my usual zooming for the next couple of days, and try and get back to normal.
I had no choice but to surface to fetch Angus from the airport. It’s only a hundred odd kilometres away, so not normally a big deal to drive. Not so cool this time though. After scaring the daylights out of myself after nearly passing out a couple of times, and driving in rotten gale-force winds bouncing cars around the highway, I mercifully arrived in one piece just in time to meet the plane. No plane though – instead, a phone call from Angus to let me know that it had been turned back just as they were approaching the airport due to problems with the steering. Ack! They had made a full on emergency landing back at Johannesburg, well away from the main runways in a terrifying hair-raising way, with the pilot battling his steering problems as well as incredibly high winds, amid a load of emergency vehicles. Good for him for getting it right! Then they were bussed to another plane which turned out to be heading to a completely different province, turned away – poor wobbly guys, eventually put on one heading in the right direction, and after much angst, landed bopping and boogying in the insane wind without any injuries. It was the scariest wait I’ve ever had, although I must say, after eyeballing those disembarking passengers, not close to as scary as their bloodcurdling trip must have been. I’ll just stay close to the ground for a bit I reckon – the couch it is for a while.
You can never predict what’s going to happen next. I’m always having things happen to slow me down, and then I’m always getting up, dusting myself off, and expecting to carry on with my zooming, but obviously life doesn’t work like that. Never mind. All these little storms pass, so I’ll hopefully be back to crashing around my lovely interweb soon, trying not to break stuff. Snoozeville now though.
June 3, 2014
Looking For More Exposure?
Originally posted on Kev's Blog:
Are you an author looking for more exposure? If the answer is yes, Kev’s Author Interviews is the place for you.
Kev’s Author Interviews provides you with the opportunity to talk about your latest work, be it a novel, short story, or a book of poems. It also allows to you tell people about what you are working on or planning to write next. You can provide pictures and links to your own blog, books, and more. Not only do you appear on my blog…but I automatically send your interview to thousands of contacts through Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Google+. And you will be able to reblog your interview and copy & paste your interview anywhere you like.
Mm! I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking, “What’s the catch?” Aren’t you? You got me! Here’s the catch: Hang on…wait a minute…oops, my bad, No catch. That’s right NO CATCH! This…
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June 1, 2014
New Release On Kevsmusicblog!
Yeah Kev – I love this one too! :)
Originally posted on Kev's Blog:
I just posted my latest Mp3, I Remember on my music blog along with accompany video from, You Tube and a special request for a music lover to help me with another project.
Please check it out at: http://kevsmusicblog.wordpress.com/2014/06/01/i-remember/
May 31, 2014
Mihran Kalaydjian Playing Like A Breeze
Originally posted on mihran Kalaydjian:
“Mihran Kalaydjian ” Mino”…a stunning young pianist…His keyboard touch proved consistently firm, meticulously balanced and tastefully assertive, and his sense of phrasing lucidly energetic…” His beautiful sound and dynamic virtuosity melody.
Reblog Saturday – Just a handful of the wonderful writers and artists that I have been delighted by this week.
Originally posted on Smorgasbord - Variety is the spice of life:
I have discovered new treats this week and of course been delightfully entertained and informed by those who I consider to be friends and regular hangouts.
I hope that you have had a tremendous week and thank you very much for stopping by on my blog.
I have updated the links for this week’s posts and you can find them here.
http://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/food-pharmacy/
http://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/food-pharmacy-food-preparation-and-food-myths/
http://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/turning-back-the-clock-anti-aging-programme/
http://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/the-afternoon-video/
Do have a great weekend and a wonderful week. Thank you again and I will leave you with a smile.
TEN Copies of Margaret Lynette Sharpe’s book of short stories ENCORE is FREE for Read / Review
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Meet New (to me) Authors Blog:
A message from Margaret Lynette Sharpe
Do you like family-oriented literature?
Well, I dare say you do, since this is a family-oriented blog.
So, lovers of well-crafted Short Stories, prick up your ears! You are needed!
I’m looking for folk who love to read and review, discover and spread the word.
‘Encore’, my sixth collection of Australian Short Stories, has been described by its reviewers as ‘lovely’, ‘elegantly-crafted’ and ‘a pearl of writing’. Included in these are words of praise by one of Australia’s most respected Book Bloggers, Shelleyrae at Book’d Out.
Despite this, the book remains relatively unknown and unloved. Will you help?
Can you spare the time to read and review (preferably on both Goodreads and Amazon) a pdf of ‘Encore’?
Chris, The Story Reading Ape, has already taken up the offer. Thanks, Chris, you’re a gem!
I will give away up to TEN copies.
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May 30, 2014
A Bit Upside Down
Even though I joke about my lateness around the interweb, there are a couple of things that I’m never late for. In fact, believe it or not, I really am not partial to people being late for anything when they can avoid it. I’m never late for appointments or social dates, and I’m never late doing something that I’m being paid to do on time. So. On Thursday the lights went out. I wasn’t particularly worried, because these things happen sometimes. Fast forward through a dark and chilly Thursday night, to yesterday afternoon when the electricity people finally came out to sort out the burnt out box thing on the sidewalk, and I was indeed a day late sending through an article I wrote. Not cool, but fortunately they were lovely and understanding, and didn’t bite my head off.
When I started researching my Ghost Writer series I found out quite a bit about freelance writing and ghost writing in general, so I dived in for some real life experience and started taking on paid writing work. These days I don’t actively seek these jobs out, but I mostly accept them when they come my way. I actually really enjoy researching and writing about topics that I don’t have a platform to share, but still find interesting. There’s the real kick of knowing that your scribbles are lurking around all over the world, and of course, the money more than justifies my other forays into the world of writing. This is the first time I’ve ever been late sending an article through though, and I’m hoping that it will be the last. Anyway.
So I’m going about my catchup in my usual back to front way today, and I spot one of my old blog posts floating around. I’d forgotten what it was about, so I opened it. WOW – DISASTER! My dillyness sometimes really amazes me. As we all know, I’m not the brightest spark when it comes to IT, and a little while ago I realised that the pictures from all the posts I’ve reblogged ended up in my media file on WordPress. There were quite a lot of them, so I thought a little cleanup would be a good idea, and proceeded to delete all the pictures there. It’s only now that I’ve realised that if a picture is not in your media library, it’s not on your post either. I’m a bit speechless right now to be honest, considering the time I spent building all these things up, and the fact that a lot of the photos I used back in the beginning of my blog were lost on my old computer. At some point in the future I’m going to have to try and go back a bit at a time and pop new pics in the old posts, but I have so much to do right now, I’m afraid to say it’s not going to be anytime soon. Dummy. Never mind – I just wanted to mention this just in case any of you lovely scribblers get any similar sort of idea. We can get up to some odd things lurking around in our fuzzy writers dens.
May 29, 2014
Sophie Has Leukaemia
Originally posted on Don Charisma:
It’s a testament to the good people I know to have people like Brian in my circles. Brian is a good man, caring father and leader in his work. We used to work together many moons ago, it’s how I know him.
I sent him a ping over the internet recently, it’d be too long since we spoke. Last time I saw him in person, I was having a challenging time myself, he took time out from his work to buy me lunch and a couple of beers. We had a chat as friends, which at the time meant the world to me.
He messaged me back on Facebook, it came as quite a shock to hear that his young daughter Sophie has Leukaemia. I didn’t know what to say, felt like I’d put my foot in my mouth really, what does one say ? Brian’s a good hearted guy and…
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