Day after day, day after day,
We stuck, nor breath nor motion;
As idle as a painted ship
Upon a painted ocean.
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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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Liverpool, Royal Albert Dock - *The red and the grey* An 1840s complex of vast warehouses and numerous smaller structures around the water, the Royal Albert Dock is the masterpiece ...
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Temple To Steam - While we’re on the subject of ancient monuments (see yesterday’s post), what about this fine obelisk? Built as a temple to Steam, the god of industry,...
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WERTHER – REVIEW OF 2026 CANADIAN OPERA COMPANY PRODUCTION - Reviewed by James Karas Jules Massenet’s* Werther* has had a rocky history, but it has joined the standard repertoire even if it is with infrequent produ...
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Who'll win 2026 Booker Prize, by John Self - 2026’s International Booker Prize shortlist writers are a diverse group, both geographically and in style, from main-stream blockbuster to experimental wit...
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OLD STUFF - This is a selection of stuff from recent brocantes. Some of it is old, some not so old. On the day of our own village brocante the weather was terrible...
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All Good Things Must Come to an End - It is with great sadness we wish to inform all of the Catalyst's (AKA Bruce, AKA Grandpa) passing. This is Bruce's granddaughters. Bruce left this worl...1 month ago
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Christmas 2025 - Our 2025 Christmas card for all friends my bloggers who deserve a happy Christmas. I suppose to be don't getting better with the stroke, but never min...5 months ago
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HANSEL ON A LEAD - My uncle with Hansel Couldn't find a picture with Hansel at their feet, but he was there! Papa, everyone you love will be there. I tell you this, not bec...
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FOUND WORD OTD: ACEHOOT - OOTHECA: an egg case of certain insects [n] Seen on a local farmer’s Instagram page, apparently this is the egg sac of a mantis? Wild. As for hooks, pl...
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Donald Trump's 100% tariff threats against BRICS could seriously backfire - Donald Trump has announced the threat of 100% tariffs on imports from BRICS countries unless they commit to the perpetual superiority of the US Dollar ...
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Inauguration Day - *It's in the Wing Span, Stupid!* Reason can take you only so far-- A stone, even a stone, isn't certain to stay uncut. Birds like us, with shallow br...1 year ago
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What do YOU do with anger? - My father was prone to angry outbursts! By that I mean that whether he was feeling humiliated, vulnerable, fearful, powerless, disappointed, anxious, hurt...
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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 ...3 years ago
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Do you prefer to spend Valentines Day dining at home or in a restaurant? - With many people watching their money - flashing the cash - in a restaurant for Valentines Day can be a spend too far. Would you prefer to have a nice meal...
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Alumnae Theatre Company Director Chronicles: Brenda Darling on “The Trip To Bountiful” - By Suzanne Bowness Following up on our first post about The Trip to Bountiful, here is a Q&A with the show’s director Brenda Darling. Brenda’s past contrib...6 years ago
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The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee - Stacey Lee is one of my favorite authors because she imagines vibrant characters to recreate the forgotten chapters of American history. Her latest young...
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Monday, September 10 - 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...
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summer tea haiku - summer crescent moon smile June twenty first forever silent porch shared tea *S*mall wonder haikus await your gaze at *recuerda mi corazon,* exclusive...6 years ago
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Love Remembered - 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...7 years ago
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Reflections, Regrets and Resolutions... Hello 2019! - 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...
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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...9 years ago
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Tips For Damaged Skin Care - 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...
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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 ...9 years ago
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The Joys of Aging - 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...9 years ago
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RIP, Wonderful Wilder - 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...
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The self, the others, and the next election. - 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...
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Uber Diaries: Uber For Rich People. - 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...
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Don't Mess With Tradtion - 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...
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Cenotaph - 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...
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:: forever and ever :: - 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...
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Chop Chop - 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...
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Weird - 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...11 years ago
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Postscript One - 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...
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that blazing ball of fire in the sky - *click photo for full-size image* *photo by Donald Kinney* *click photo for full-size image* *photo by Donald Kinney* *NEWEST EDITION - * *Donald Kin...11 years ago
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182) The Turtles – “Happy Together” - 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...11 years ago
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Madiba sunshine. Amandla ! - 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...
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Are you tired of being lied to? - 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...12 years ago
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¿Inspiración? - 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 ...
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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.13 years ago
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A Winter Wonderland - 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...
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Neurotic mothers - 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...13 years ago
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In Loving Memory - 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...13 years ago
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New Blog - 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 ...14 years ago
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Move Over, Ronnie Burkett - 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...
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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...14 years ago
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Lancashire, where women die of love. - 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...15 years ago
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Must the Winter Come So Soon? - 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...
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Shaving Kit Supplies Vintage - 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...
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Happy New 2011 - Wishing everyone a peaceful and productive year ahead. Speaking of productive times, I am writing. Actually writing. This is thanks to many writing websit...15 years ago
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Ultima Lezione. - *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? *...
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I really do mean to write but it ain't gonna happen - 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...15 years ago
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That Is All - 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...
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"All That's Left Behind..." - *The Cheshire Cat begins to fade away, it's his smile the last to go...*
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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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Hello - 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....16 years ago
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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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I'm counting the days till fall.
In the fall I'll fix my bike.
In the fall I'll smoke the French cigarettes I bought in Paris.
In the fall I'll think about taking a course.
In the fall my year begins again.
And we'll be out of the Doldrums.
You're a man after my own heart. I could have written this myself word for word.
I set the bird photo as my desktop background, too. Looks marvelous, if I do say so myself! :)
The days are flying by now and I just do not know what the immediate future holds. Let us hope neither you nor I run aground.
Oh God bless Google...
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Thanks.
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