Oh America !
Engand and France have their beauty,
But nothing like spectacular U.S.A.
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Aurel's laurels 2008 to 2012
Blogs I love. I can only keep up with this list by reading the most recent.
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THE BIDDING WAR - REVIEW OF 2024 CROW’S THEATRE PRODUCTION - Reviewed by James Karas Many years ago, I was having lunch with a friend on a busy commercial street in Toronto that had numerous real estate offices. He a...
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Museum Opening of 2021: Carnavalet Paris - The *Apollo Awards* have been celebrated since 1992 with fine ceremonies. It’s still as important as ever to celebrate outstanding achievements in the m...
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Halifax, West Yorkshire - *Wool and stone and dancing light* They would not have called it a trading hub in the 1770s, when it was built, but the Piece Hall in Halifax was just t...
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OUR FRENCH CLASS IS ON TUESDAY MORNINGS. - We usually catch up on our homework first thing. Sometimes it's harder than others, and nothing to do with the verbs! It's very Novemberish weather here ...
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Just a simple message - I am writing on behalf of Tom Stevenson. He wanted to tell you that he has been ill for the past 5 weeks and he is still recovering and will need help f...2 weeks ago
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Don't Stay Under the Coven Tree - Now here in the shade of the Coven Tree-- Just Bilbo, and Thorin, and Gandalf and me. Bound for trouble--*sic transit gloria*-- Our quest simple--a tas...5 weeks ago
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Could I persuade you to meditate? - I know, I know - where are you going to make time to meditate? (The irony being that if you meditate, time feels less 'stressy' and squeezed as your min...2 months ago
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Check out Another Angry Voice on Substack - During the Another Angry Voice heyday I was getting huge amounts of traffic from Facebook and Twitter, but I've gradually been tuned down to such an exte...
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Return to Valetto by Dominic Smith - *Return to Valetto* by Dominic Smith is a virtual vacation to one of my favorite places in the world. Years ago my parents rented an Umbrian villa to cel...
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What Size Are Party Invitations - What Size Are Party Invitations. Be it invitation size, leaflet size, letter size, or poster size, it is necessary to choose the right size for the best ...2 years ago
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Interview #3 with Leslie McBay, intimacy director for Alumnae Theatre Company’s production of Sarah Ruhl’s “In The Next Room, or The Vibrator Play”. - Alumnae Theatre Company’s production (running April 8-23, 2022) is directed by Victoria Shepherd, who also gets a few Q&As. Interviewed March 30, 2022 by ...2 years ago
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New stories about the crazy people who shop and work in supermarkets. - Just when you think there are no more stories of crazy customers or even crazier shop workers, as illustrated in my book Supermarket Creatures, along,...
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distance - I called this poem the 6 foot social distancing love Waltz Blues.... Waltz Come close, but not too close That's good No, that's 5 foot 10 inches Step back, a...4 years ago
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Found Word OTD: AAKMRUZ - MAZURKA: a lively Polish dance in triple time. I actually found this one while playing HQ trivia. Anyone else into that?5 years ago
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Uber Diaries: Respect the Grind - (Note: This is a story I wrote for an upcoming book. This one didn't make the final cut, but I still like it.) Pickup: Sentinel Hotel The passenger is ave...5 years ago
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Tuesday, September 11 - In the morning we join the other guests and the large orange cat on the terrace for breakfast. This cat is as big as my two cats together. Why do I end up...
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Thank you for the music... all good things come to an end... - Happy to be home! For those of you who have been diligent and followed my journey and stories and long winded essays, you will know I have revived this blo...
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ELLE - The reality of true sado-masochism is not a bit of BDSM fun and games in the bedroom, it is the horrific brutality of violence and rape and the complex psy...7 years ago
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PR in 2017: buy a bunker - In PR we talk about reaching out and cutting through. We craft messaging that will engage that poised and docile mob we call ‘the public’. In 2016 –a year ...7 years ago
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Finding Words - Something that I have started doing in the last year is writing poetry. I was struggling with a novel (my usual state) and decided to take a step back, to ...8 years ago
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grandson sander - [image: Image Hosted by PicturePush - Photo Sharing] [image: Image Hosted by PicturePush - Photo Sharing] monochrome acrylic 2O x 2O cm. on canvas.11 years ago
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TheSartorialist.com RSS Feed - Hi guys, Thanks so much for the feedback. It’s been great seeing the response and really hearing about how people use the site. One thing we’ve been getti...13 years ago
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The Victorian Bushfires - Remembering - A peaceful space and supportive thoughts. It's an entire year since the devastating bushfires in Victoria, Australia - when so many families lost their li...
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String Theory: The Final Quote - On this final day (okay, night) of BBAW, here is one last bookish quote, from the inimitable Virginia Woolf:“Books have a great deal in common; they are al...
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A Makeovah - Yes, I did spend my entire summer in Los Angeles. Yes, it was incredible. No, I didn't blog about it, and here's why: I BARELY HAD TIME TO EVEN EAT. Serio...
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3 comments:
Ah, America the beautiful.
I do think we all have a touch of "the grass is greener" thing, though.
It is a gorgeous land. You can find everything here from high desert plains to swamplands, from snowy mountain peaks to the tropics.
I once climbed to the top of Half Dome (the easy way-around back)and I remember it as one of the most remarkable sights. My mind could not completely absorb the perspective from above; I still reflect on its quiet power.
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