Halifax, West Yorkshire
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*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...
OUR FRENCH CLASS IS ON TUESDAY MORNINGS.
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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 ...
Tom Keating: the most moral art faker?
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This is the strangest Faked Art story I've ever seen. *Tom Keating*
(1917–84) was born into a poor *London *family. His father worked as a
house painter, a...
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...
Don't Stay Under the Coven Tree
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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...
Could I persuade you to meditate?
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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...
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...
Return to Valetto by Dominic Smith
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*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...
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 ...
distance
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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...
Uber Diaries: Respect the Grind
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(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...
Tuesday, September 11
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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...
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...
Cara Mengatasi Paru Paru Basah
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Paru-paru basah merupakan penyakit yang serius. Jika tidak segera diatasi,
maka penyakit ini akan menimbulkan akibat yang fatal pada tubuh manusia.
Cara ...
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...
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 ...
At the end of a decade...
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In about a month I will celebrate my 75th birthday.
For the last ten years I have shared regularly, entertained some difficult
themes, grappled with diffi...
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...
Finding Words
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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 ...
..hello...
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..hello...my name is lori...and how i loved blogland and this space, so
many lovely friends...still hoping to come back...still have the same
issues wit...
My Happy Diversion
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All over the world today, there is trouble. Every news headline, every post
on Facebook, every Tweet serves to remind us what a dangerous place our
planet...
Make A Green Choice
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Life is precious, yet so very fragile. We see it on the news, we
read it in the papers, we feel it every time we think about our loved ones,
we
even not...
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 Kinn...
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 ...
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...
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?
*...
NaNoWriMo: Day 3 (Bad, bad day)
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Migraines: 1 (big fat mumma of a headache!)
Analgesia: (almost) anything that came to hand
Daily word count: zero
Total word count: 3167 :((
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...