SATURDAY SALUTE
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It's finally arrived.
Oh, no, not Christmas.
You still are blessed with a few more days of the Catalyst's Christmas
Comedy Cavalcade.
What HAS finally ar...
Bruno Bettelheim: a brilliant psychologist?
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Bruno Bettelheim
Tantor media
*Bruno Bettelheim* (1903–90) was born in *Vienna*, son of a middle-class
Jewish lumber merchant. He entered Vienna Uni, but...
Kelsale, Suffolk
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*Craft and harmony*
In the Victorian era, church restorations were regular, bread-and-butter
work for many architects. The ideas of the Oxford Movement a...
Musical Conflagration
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It must have been the same day as the "Fire In Halifax" photos I featured
earlier this week as this image is on the same strip of negatives. This,
howev...
What do YOU do with anger?
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My father was prone to angry outbursts! By that I mean that whether he was
feeling humiliated, vulnerable, fearful, powerless, disappointed, anxious,
hurt...
THERE'S NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT
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For some time now I have been thinking about winding up the blog. I can
hear my mum saying "there's no time like the present". She was a wise
woman!...
To the Victor Go the Spoils
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America, here's the [art of] the deal [with the devil]--
"I offer power. If you want harlotry in fancy dress, power will get it for
you. Admiration?--a w...
MESSY BOOTS AND POCKETS OF JOY
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Do you recall two movies starring Kate Winslet titled 'Hideous Kinky' and
'Kinky Boots'? The first was based on a memoir by a woman whose mother
cobbled ...
Just a simple message
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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...
Check out Another Angry Voice on Substack
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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...
What Size Are Party Invitations
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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 ...
The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee
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Stacey Lee is one of my favorite authors because she imagines vibrant
characters to recreate the forgotten chapters of American history. Her
latest young...
Monday, September 10
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Monday morning bright and early: time to go On Vacation ! Would have gone
on the weekend, but the Card Player and I had card playing to do so we
stuck aro...
Love Remembered
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My mother left when I was only a girl. I wish I could say she got in a car
and drove away. That would be an easier story to tell. But that isn’t the
route...
Reflections, Regrets and Resolutions... Hello 2019!
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Here is to a BETTER year! It seems as one year ends and another begins,
that we, as humans in the western hemisphere, take stock of the outgoing
and assess...
Quackle!
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I was happy to discover that the best scrabble simulation software,
Quackle, was still available for download. Have you tried it? You can find
it here.
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January.
Gorgeous glittering snow.
Citrus season.
Sharp bright air.
Sharp bright and just sweet enough
fresh oranges, grapefruit, limes.
The Cara Cara orange...
ELLE
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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...
Tips For Damaged Skin Care
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Sunlight direct exposure topics your skin to sunlight damages, yet on the
exact same note, staying clear of the outdoors entirely is both almost
difficu...
PR in 2017: buy a bunker
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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 ...
The Joys of Aging
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Getting old is a royal pain in the nether regions. The systems start acting
up more and more. Bits and pieces of the machinery that were just getting
by be...
RIP, Wonderful Wilder
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I just read that Gene Wilder passed away today. He was 83, older than I
expected. For some reason I always supposed he wasn't much older than me,
probably...
The self, the others, and the next election.
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You are on a bike path, crossing a river, to get to another path, and
another crossing, to get to work after five miles of enchanted exercise and
good ai...
Uber Diaries: Uber For Rich People.
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Pickup: Portland International Airport.
The guy had airport ID and a "crew"tag on his bag, so I imagined he worked
for an airline, but I didn't recogniz...
Don't Mess With Tradtion
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My family goes for a very traditional Thanksgiving - turkey with all the
trimmings. However, they aren't picky about how the "trimmings" are
prepared. Th...
Cenotaph
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This place marks
a superb spot,
where everyone expects
me to reside,
to germinate undisturbed,
dispassionate, deep.
They do not know
it is an empty...
:: forever and ever ::
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hello dear friends, if anyone is out there still...thank you dearly for
reading...so much catching up to do, my poor blog. but this happened last
weeke...
Chop Chop
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I gave up performing my "folkish" music (accompanying myself on 12-string
guitar) in 1984 when I began studying classical composition. Except for at
part...
Weird
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Most students of English are familiar with the "i before e, except after
c" mnemonic rule of thumb. If one is unsure whether a word is spelled
with t...
Postscript One
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Except for the weather, and its aftermath, life seems to have slowed down
to a crawl for us, my husband and me, until last Thanksgiving. Thanks to
the Int...
that blazing ball of fire in the sky
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*click photo for full-size image*
*photo by Donald Kinney*
*click photo for full-size image*
*photo by Donald Kinney*
*NEWEST EDITION - * *Donald Kin...
182) The Turtles – “Happy Together”
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By the time the demo of “Happy Together” made its way to The Turtles, the
acetate was worn out. Roughly a dozen bands, including The Tokens, The
Happenings...
Madiba sunshine. Amandla !
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Mandela est là « Je suis fondamentalement optimiste. Je ne saurais dire si
c’est dans ma nature ou si je l’ai cultivé. Une partie de ce qui fait un
optimis...
Are you tired of being lied to?
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I have been silent for some time now. I was very busy sorting out all the
contradictory and devious informations being fed to me by mass medias all
more o...
¿Inspiración?
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Lo primero que me ha venido a la mente al ver esta fotografía de Grace
Kelly de los 50’s ha sido la similitud con uno de los diseños de Raf Simons
para la ...
A Winter Wonderland
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A village scene in the snow
It is a bit of a shame, but snow around my area is a rarity nowadays. We
only get a splattering maybe once every couple of ye...
Neurotic mothers
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I doubt I am alone in being a neurotic mother, but I felt I had to confess,
because my babies are now grown-ups, so it's not like I can do something
simple...
In Loving Memory
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It is with deep sadness that we write today as a family to tell you of the
passing of Moannie on Monday 8th October 2012.
We would like you all to know th...
New Blog
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I'm leaving Blogger and Google and moving to a new site. I'll keep this
blog up for as an archive. But this is the last post I'm making here. You
can find ...
Move Over, Ronnie Burkett
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Mention shadow puppets and most people think of making rabbit or cock
shadows with their hands during an overhead presentation in primary school.
But sit...
TheSartorialist.com RSS Feed
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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...
Lancashire, where women die of love.
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I'm currently reading a book with this implausible title, by Charles Nevin.
It's a wryly entertaining love letter to the county where, like me, Charles
was...
Must the Winter Come So Soon?
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As I type this entry, I'm looking out my bedroom window at the Storm of
2011, that has swept across most of the middle of the country. My yard is
covered i...
Shaving Kit Supplies Vintage
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I'm dusting off Please Sir and slowly returning to the blogosphere with new
aspirations and inspiring ideas. I apologize for the long absence, but I
needed...
Happy New 2011
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Wishing everyone a peaceful and productive year ahead.
Speaking of productive times, I am writing. Actually writing. This is
thanks to many writing websit...
Ultima Lezione.
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*Ti ricordi? Eravamo turisti con poche parole?*
Do you remember?We were tourists with few words?
* L'abbraccio nel vicolo?* The hug in the alley?
*...
I really do mean to write but it ain't gonna happen
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I know there's been nothing public here for six months, but I'm here every
day and I often start posts. Most of them just get deleted and a few of
them are...
That Is All
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I've decided to suspend this blog. I'm going to make it private as it is a
good journal of photos, and sources for me.
Thanks to all who have joined in th...
The Victorian Bushfires - Remembering
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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...
String Theory: The Final Quote
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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...
Hello
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I haven't been able to access blogger.com for two months now. Now it seems
we have limited access here. I still can't access others' blogs.
I'm doing good....
A Makeovah
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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...