May peace shine on the day.
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*click photo for full-size image*
*photo by Donald Kinney*
Confession time here... I painted each light that red color--the peace sign
wasn't actually ill...
Witch hunts
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I am in two (or more) minds as to whether or not to buy this handsome and
well-executed oil portrait of Charles Dickens, seen through the window of
the ant...
The Release of the Raspberry Pi Computer is Nigh!
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Tweet The release of the Raspberry Pi computer is almost here! The first
production batch of boards will sport a 700MHz Broadcom SoC chip, 256 MB of
RAM, a...
Meissen: the town and its porcelain
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Being a passionate collector and admirer of early European porcelain, I had
been very interested to read how Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony and
Chi...
Working through Anxiety at Work.
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*Two weeks ago when I began freelancing at a new ad agency, my heart
started racing. New people. New assignment. Pressure to do amazing. Here we
go again...
THE OSCARS
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Well, it's over for another year. The Academy Awards. The Oscars. The
glitz. The glamour. The guys in basic black tuxedos. The gals in
gorgeous gowns...
Got Milk?
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Sandwiched
at the checkout
by Mennonites,
I am conspicuous
in white linen,
bright MAC red.
One in a bonnet
that could double
as a dinner napkin,
tu...
Landscape in mixed media
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I started a watercolor and was not happy with it so I took a box with soft
pastels I hadn't used in years.
Here is the result.
Size approx 4O x 6O cm.
Here we go!
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I've got a list of more than 300 families to go over at work, verifying
that the nomenclature of the mutation is correct, and that all the right
tests were...
Brutal hilarity in The Lonesome West
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Reblogged from life with more cowbell: You always hurt the one you love.
Martin McDonagh’s play The Lonesome West is a dark comedy about the
battling Conno...
Tea, I Do Not Have To Wait To Go
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As most people know, I am no poet. Once or twice I have tried to be
poetic, but quickly I have come to the conclusion that poetry is one of
those things...
Signs of the Time
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I saw this posted on an email list I'm on.
"I think Congressmen should wear uniforms, you know, like NASCAR drivers,
so we could identify their corporate s...
MYSTERY WIRING
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I find French electrics both fascinating and terrifying.
The electrics in our little house have obviously been through several
incarnations of bodging on...
fun with pockets ~ a tutorial
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thank you so much for the sweater love. i'm happy that the pockets were
liked.
if you'd like to try adding pockets to your knits too, here is a photo
tutor...
an enigmatic state!?
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*
*
Happiness. Contentment. Joy. Pleasure. These are words we throw around, but
I wonder if rarely do we really think about them and mean them? Understand ...
The importance of names
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Just realising that the names in my books are pretty randomly chosen and I
need to think more carefully about them. A name can tell so much about a
person,...
Much Marcle, Herefordshire
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Growing your own buildings
I used to smile at Arthur Mee, the author of a series of mid-20th century
county guides called ‘The King’s England’ who, whenev...
Looking Into The Sun
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I can hardly believe it. In my last post, which was admittedly two weeks
ago, I was drawing messy I Heart U's in the snow, trailing my fingers
across cryst...
Almost There
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Last night I relaxed. Seriously. The tightly bunched fresias I'd picked up
hurriedly during the week had opened, their blossoms far more numerous than
I ha...
the Underside
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My characters, it seems, aren't too keen on me jumping into Book Three
just yet. First, Gordon asked me to help him with his memoirs (*Enharmonic
Interv...
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Perhaps I'm too focussed lately on the "wild" turkeys that live around here
but they do make themselves a center of interest. Or maybe that is a center
o...
Drop the bridge and let us pass!
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These old timers at the entrance to a car show for the local Rotary Club
announce their good intentions, with their smiles. I like being greeted
when I e...
A Change in Weather
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After what could only be explained as a perfect day yesterday, we're in for
some cooler weather here on the Island. Maybe even a flurry of snow! We do
w...
Back from NYC
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Central Park in February
Growing up in NYC, I vacationed in the country, but now that I live in
Maine, I crave urban vacations. I actually sleep better ...
Words from the Wise...
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*
*
*"It is a salutary discipline to consider the vast number of books that are
written, the fair hopes with which their authors see them published, and
t...
SEX MATTERS
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*
*
As a couples and sex therapist with over 25 years experience I have heard
some fascinating stories about the many sexual difficulties that pre-occupy
...
Orchid's progess
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Thought you would be interested by our winter garden's progress. Two more
buttons seem to be ready to bloom.
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IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I'VE HAD A BATTER DAY.
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Yesterday was such a good day. Though, like most days that are 'marked' as
different it began with a hospital appointment for pre-assessment before
Friday...
142) Sonny and Cher – “I Got You Babe”
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The Byrds proved the burgeoning counterculture could be prettied up for the
mainstream, but Sonny and Cher watered it down and sweetened it enough that
con...
Something really profound is going on around here.
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Hello,
My name is Molly Potter and this is me on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pjRQ5JBx-M
Sometimes, the world seems like its turning upside do...
No. 94
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Another drop of sadness.
The media fusses on about Newt Gingrich "winning in South Carolina as it
the event had deeper meaning.
All it means is, certain R...
Bah!
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It’s been close to 2 years. I think of the blog often and never write in
it. Passing beauty, small joys, adventures, cats, questions, all half
written in m...
Across the seas...
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...and back! I absolutely love to travel, I especially love flying and
everything associated with it...but it's good to be home...for now anyway ;)
Next...
and Endings
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This is my final post at *She Writes*. I will be setting the blog to
private and not writing here anymore. I have chronicled the last few years
of my life ...
Just a quick note..
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To let anyone who's paying attention know that I'll be switching all the
podcasts on iTunes from one host to another, so there may be some random
interrupt...
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...
Write your own memoir.
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You don't have to worry about writing everything down.
You won't remember everything, anyhow.
But, you can begin the journey very simply.
Get started.
RING TONE DEAF
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I heard Jon Stewart say something funny today and I thought it would make a
good ringtone. So here it is:
http://traffic.libsyn.com/faroepodcast/Daily_2.mp3
"STONE" Photography Challenge
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THE ALL NEW PHOTOGRAPH CHALLENGE!
I always look forward to new challenges, what ever they are. It has been a
long time (yet again!) and by popular ...
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 in ...
The Pandemic Business
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During the 1970s and '80s I was deeply involved in trying to help our natural environment
THE BUSINESS OF PANDEMICS
By Abraham Lincoln
This might come as a...
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...
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...
Life and Design
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Years ago, I came across a design book by architect Sarah Susanka called *The
Not So Big House*.
Susanka put into words what I had been thinking for years...
My Special Place
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*I think perhaps there is a place and time for all of us that caresses our
spirit more than any other place and time in our lives. A memory, a hope, ...
Postcard Friday #59 - Surprise!
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Looking for Postcard Friday? Surprise! Miss Beth over at The Best Hearts
are Crunchy will be hosting it! So hop on over there to post your paper
bauble f...
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...
Joyeux Noël
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Frantic activity in Chateau Prancelot today as we're busy loading up the
car ready to catch the ferry for our holidays in England.
We'll be spending some...
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...
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