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Monday, July 6, 2009

London 7/7: Significant anniversaries.

Goo d m orning World! Today is the 7th July 2009. Many of you will spend the day remembering Michael Jackson and his contribution to rock music and will witness his funeral ceremony on T.V. However please take a few minutes to remember the 7 th July 2005 when 52 people died in a coordinated... Sign in to see full entry.

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An agnostic’s dilemma.

Perhaps some of you remember that I took part in an Esperanto mini-congress in Iznik, Turkey. One of the other participants was a gifted young Turkish artist who org ani sed an exhibition of her paintings. A month ago a message was circulated telling us that she had been admitted to hospital for... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, July 5, 2009

Confession

I am one of those people who have always tended to believe that ‘Heaven helps those who help themselves.’ (Samuel Smiles ‘Selfhelp’ 1859) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Smiles Therefore reading the following article made me think that perhaps I should start modifying my opinion.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, July 3, 2009

Congratulations U.S.A. on your 233rd Independence Day!

Between 1820 and 1978 340,000 Danes emigrated to the U.S.A. This was 0.7% of the total immigration in that period. This may seem like a drop in the ocean, but considering that Denmark ’s population has only just passed the 5 million mark it has meant a lot to the Danes.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, July 2, 2009

Summer camp and summer grumbles.

After grumbling about grey skies and heavy downpours; we are now sweltering. Yesterday evening I put my grandson to bed at 8 p.m. and told him I was going to bed too. Who fell asleep first? I suspect it was me. Well after 10 hours sleep we are ready to face another scorcher! The following article... 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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