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July 16, 2014

New sticky = 400th post !

Seems right, eh ? – that whenI finally published what I’d been saving as a draft for days and days, up came the sign telling me it was my 400th post. PLEASE NOTE something I’ve only just realized: when you first look at any new post of mine, the sticky won’t be there ! BUGGER […]
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Published on July 16, 2014 04:23

The new sticky was the 400th post !

Seems right, eh ? – that whenI finally published what I’d been saving as a draft for days and days, up came the sign telling me it was my 400th post. And that was only the beginning … PLEASE NOTE something I’ve only just realized: when you first look at any new post of mine, […]
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Published on July 16, 2014 04:23

Off-line after dinner, for a bit

Gotta do it: I can’t make such radical changes cold. Don’t have the guts. Off to watch some telly and make a nice stir-fry, and then I’ll summon up what courage I have and re-order what might be called the front page, but which will actually be simply the top of the blog. Off-line, I’ll […]
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Published on July 16, 2014 00:51

Julie does it again !

Another brilliant photographic offering from Julie’s site – I cannot prevent myself from DEMANDING that you take a look. If you have a heart (and you wouldn’t be reading this if you were not possessed of one), you will simply love it, I promise … Filed under: The blogosphere Tagged: birds, ninaochiolino.wordpress.com, photography
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Published on July 16, 2014 00:42

July 14, 2014

When needs must: another excuse

They were at it again, the horrible little things ! They knew full well I have another plea (regarding all the time I’m taking re my new nav system)to get across, and they took advantage of me because of it. PLEASE disappeared out the door before I’d even started looking for him;UNDERSTANDING, one of the […]
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Published on July 14, 2014 23:11

Experimenting with Windows Live Writer

Taking a bit of a punt, here, team: does anyone out there know about this … ahh … ‘application’ ? Moi non; but Titi told me about it when I asked about tables in posts; and I’m not one to look a gifthorse in the mouth – sorry, Titi: horses don’t sing ! [grin] So […]
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Published on July 14, 2014 13:43

The Daily Prompt: Now ? – later …

We all procrastinate. Website, magazine, knitting project, TV show, something else — what’s your favorite procrastination destination? http://dailypost.wordpress.com/dp_pro... I am ashamed. Ashamed to the point of embarrassment. I do [gasp !] all of the above ! I come here; I knit (but crochet, more); I watch the telly; and I also do other things. I […]
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Published on July 14, 2014 12:49

July 13, 2014

Artworks by Florent Diverchy of WordsnClouds, with M-R’s ...

Artworks by Florent Diverchy of WordsnClouds, with M-R’s gratitudeFiled under: Uncategorized
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Published on July 13, 2014 22:18

July 12, 2014

If I seem unfriendly …

… blame it on my OCD. I deleted all the Categories and Tags on my site (yesyes, I do know about how that will render totally useless all SEO links, etc., in the long-ish term; but I figure “Who finds me by searching on categories or tags ?!”) and, having created nine only Categories, am […]
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Published on July 12, 2014 19:31

Following yesterday’s post …

… is another photo that shows you what Castiglione d’Orcia itself looks like: – the RoccaIS the hill ! And we were right up there on the very top ! Twelve years back, that was – the trip wherein we spent the whole time in Italy; and it was absolutely wonderful … We didn’t make […]
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Published on July 12, 2014 14:18