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Monday, December 21, 2009

Christmas Stamps

The tradition of sending Christmas cards to friends and acquaintances was as well entrenched here as it was in the United Kingdom where I was born. Many people decorated the envelopes with special Christmas stamps issued by a charity for underprivileged children. As you can read from the following... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, December 20, 2009

Christmas Bells.

H ere’s wishing you all the best today, the very last Sunday before Christmas! This photo of a Christmas bell reminde d m e of the following poem written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882). Christmas Bells I HEARD the bells on Christmas Day Their old, familiar carols play, And wild and sweet... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, December 18, 2009

Brief response to Nautikos

Dear Nautikos, you wrote 'Islamo Fascism – A Brief Post for Elinjo...' As you have offered so much time to write a 'brief' post for me, I go back on my previous promise/threat not to make any more comments. You see, I too regard you as one of my best friends on Blogit. Like you I belong to a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, December 17, 2009

Christmas post.

Have you ever written a letter to Father Christmas? I have! When I taught in a kindergarten we wrote him letters and he replied too; OK the replies came long after Christmas, but then with the billions and billions of people that plague him every year with their extravagant demands he must get a bit... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, December 16, 2009

My visitor

Perhaps you may remember that I am accommodating one of the NGO delegates from Israel. He is an extremely pleasant young man, who goes out early and comes home late. We have managed a few conversations at breakfast time and over a cup of tea in the evenings; enough to discover that we are in... Sign in to see full entry.

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My background is cosmopolitan and this will be reflected in the contents of this blog. Originally I filed it under the category fiction, however have decided to move it to 'Everything else', because it includes many different genres from short stories to essays, poetry, social comments and autobiographical sketches.

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