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June 16, 2014

1 Day 1 World Project: 6:00 pm –7:00 pm

http://nwframeofmind.com/2014/06/15/1... Lisa’s international project is meant to give rise to scenes that are going on around the world at the same time – meaning, of course, that world times will mean all degrees of light and darkness ! This week’s entry is my first fully dark hour; andas it’s also the hour during which I […]
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Published on June 16, 2014 03:56

I lost my heart at the Farmer’s Market

Originally posted on Chasing Rabbit Holes:
Saturday, after the Flag Day ceremony, I went to our local Farmer’s Market with my friend, Maureen B. We sauntered up and down the rows, eying lavish displays of produce, gawking at the size of radishes and Walla Walla Sweet Onions (just for you, Kanzen!). They looked as though…
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Published on June 16, 2014 00:02

June 15, 2014

A graph and a half ! [grin]

When my friend over in Perth sent this in one of his broadcast emails, I almost fell off my chair laughing. I must’ve reached that final bit, I reckon.:-DFiled under: fun Tagged: idiotic humour
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Published on June 15, 2014 23:45

Black & White Sunday: Time

Time for Paula’s weekly project … http://bopaula.wordpress.com/2014/06/... (Everyone knows that most of the photos I post aren’t my own but Stringer’s, and I hope that doesn’t upset readers. We were one person, anyway; so they might as well be mine.) Today’s is a very old film shot that I DID take myself – wonder of […]
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Published on June 15, 2014 13:03

June 14, 2014

Putting it all in perspective

That Budget and some alternatives. (‘Sea Eagles’/’Broncos’ are football teams !)Filed under: Uncategorized
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Published on June 14, 2014 13:55

Those bloody ‘Likes’ !

A whileback I opted out of ‘em. Since then I’ve been bloody ASSAILED by readers grumping at me, pointing out that it isn’tfair; that they want to “say hello” but either don’t have the time to do more than that, or can’t think of anything to add to comments already made. I’ve had many I […]
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Published on June 14, 2014 13:31

June 13, 2014

The Daily Post Photo Challenge: Extra, Extra

A beautiful photo is one thing, but a photo with an unexpected detail has personality and pop. This week, share a photo that has a little something extra. http://dailypost.wordpress.com/dp_pho... So there we were in Arezzo, and having a high old time of it, too ! We’d been finding as many locations from “La Vita è […]
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Published on June 13, 2014 14:34

Small pleasures …

My Swedish blogging friend Katarina Wohlfart(many of you follow her) recently spent 3 months in Peru withher boyfriend Martin, who was carrying out a kind of apprenticeship with a world-class restaurant in Lima. During this time she let me know that she’d tried at home to get a copy of ATLMD and failed miserably. In […]
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Published on June 13, 2014 12:55

Red sky in the morning …

Filed under: photos, Pyrmont Tagged: home
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Published on June 13, 2014 03:03

How we Killed Leo

Originally posted on howardgoldenberg:
Leo was an asylum seeker.Let us put aside that weary term and see what Leo was and how we came to know him. Leo was a Tamil. That means he was born into that minority in Sri Lanka which gave rise to the Tamil Tigers. The Tigers rebelled violently against the…
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Published on June 13, 2014 00:30