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Sunday, July 19, 2009

'Where the bee sucks, there suck I'

‘if bees were to disappear, the same would happen to man only a few years down the line.’ Albert Einstein. If this drastic prediction is true then the human race is on its last legs. In the U.S.A. 50% of the bee population has died of an illness which the experts call Colony Collapse Disorder.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Babel talk.

1782 people from 61 countries will attend the 94th Esperanto World Congress in Bialistok, Poland from the 25th July to the 1st August. http://www.ejpress.org/article/37719 How many interpreters will we need? None! Will 'Google Translate' solve our communication problems? No, no! How will we... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, July 18, 2009

Gran's groggy - tut, tut!

Entertaining friends or enjoying a relaxed family meal on a Saturday evening the table would seem bare without a bottle or two, or three or even more of wine. After a glass or two you feel so relaxed, so liberated and every thing is within your reach. At the end of the evening you fall into bed and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, July 17, 2009

My four Russian visitors have gone. Their next stop will be the International Esperanto Youth Congress in Liberec in the Czech Republic. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Youth_Congress_of_Esperanto It was an enriching experience meeting these young Russian urban professionals. Eating... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, July 16, 2009

‘Remember me by having a ball!’

Even frail senior citizens can be trend-setters! It seems that more an d m ore people living in D ani sh retirement homes are leaving their fortunes to fellow residents instead of their relatives. There is just one condition though; the money must be spent on parties and other luxuries.... 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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