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Friday, November 27, 2009

Comments prompt comments.

Thank you to those of you who read or commented on this recent blog. It seems that one thing we have in common is our horror, fear and disgust about such events as took place in Fort Hood, Texas just a few weeks ago. Here are three of the comments an d m y comments on them. sam444 wrote: ‘I am... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, November 26, 2009

One festival after another.

Yesterday a mail arrived from my pen friend in Morocco. He wrote that he is looking forward to celebrating the four day long Festival of Sacrifice Eid ul Adha with his family and friends this weekend. The festival celebrates Ibrahim’s (Abraham’s) willingness to sacrifice his son Ishmael at the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Best wishes for Thanksgiving.

Before the majority of Blogitville residents get busy with the turkey, cranberry sauce and all the other things, I should like to wish you a joyful, peaceful and pleasurable Thanksgiving. Perhaps you would like to get into the mood by watching this video. Thanks for reading this - see you again on... Sign in to see full entry.

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Reflections inspired by Nautikos' blog

It oftenhappens here that after reading a blog one is inspired to write a new one. Thisis what happened to me when I read Nautikos’ most recent blog, in which he reflects on comments, including mine, on his post about Nidak Malik Hasan. Islamo-Fascist terrorism is a fact and it seems that this... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Needle in a haystack.

One of the most memorable travel experiences in my life was when I visited Odessa ( Ukraine ) in 2006. I was on my way to attend an Esperanto conference/course in Yalta and spent a three days in the city where my grandparents (paternal) had lived until round about 1883. I had an envelope with the... 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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