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Saturday, December 5, 2009

Pedal Power

As you may have heard Copenhagen is getting ready to greet thousands of visitors in the coming week. The hotels will be bursting at the seams and many of visitors will spend the next couple of weeks staying privately. Months ago I promised to accommodate a representative from one of the Israeli... Sign in to see full entry.

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What you lose on the swings, you gain on the roundabouts.

‘The capacity to be alone becomes linked with self-discovery and self-realization; with becoming aware of one’s deepest needs, feelings and impulses.’ Anthony Store. (Source: Thoughts on Being Happy, selected by Helen Exley.) A Christmas carol sung in the Malayalam language. Just wanted to wish you... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, December 4, 2009

A time to remember.

Reading my daughter’s journal in which she also writes about her father’s family story reminde d m e of our first visit to India in 1974 when she was five. My husband sent us off to India on our own and we spent three weeks with his father, whom we knew, and his brother and sister-in-law, whom we... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Excerpts from a 12 year old's journal.

Here are two excerpts from my daughter’s journal that she wrote when she was a student at the American High School in Vicenza, Italy. I have not corrected any grammatical or spelling mistakes; it is just as she wrote it. The teacher’s comments are in red. Background information: She was born in... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Looking back.

Yesterday Ariala reminisced about events in her life during the last decade. I too have been pondering about the past and preparing for the future. 2009 has been a momentous year for my family. The illness and death of my ex-husband has naturally been the most stressful event for my daughter, and... 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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