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Saturday, October 31, 2009

Meet a cool princess!

P hotos are springboards to stories! Meet Princess Marie of Denmark! This monument inaugurated in 1912 can be seen on Langelinie. It was sculpted by Carl Martin Hansen in honour of Princess Marie the wife of Prince Valdemar of Denmark. Prinsesse Marie Amélie Françoise Hélène d'Orléans was born at... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, October 29, 2009

Pride and grief

Yesterday afternoon the sun came out. So abandoning my computer I packe d m y camera and took off to Copenhagen. First of all I walked along the ramparts of Kastellet overlooking the harbour, and then retracing my steps, I passed the Little Mermaid and walked along the harbour to the Danish... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Poets of the world unite!

Poets from many countries of the world have contributed to this site. Read about them and enjoy the English translations of their selected poems. Best wishes to you all wherever you are and thanks for reading this post. Sign in to see full entry.

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Home sweet home!

Sometimes I wish it were possible to invite you to pop in and visit my typical/atypical D ani sh 'home sweet home.' We could drink endless cups of tea and talk ourselves hoarse! Pie in the sky be it pumpkin or apple! However thanks to the net you can virtually visit my home. Here we are! Wishing you... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Pumpkin Pie Danish

Children and fun-loving adults are looking forward to Halloween. This festival, that has been traced back to the Celtic New Year’s festival Samhain and declared a Christian festival by the Pope Bonifacius the 4 th in 610, was an official holiday in Denmark until 1770. Since then and until recently... 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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