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Monday, October 26, 2009

'If pigs could fly!'

Do I pay attention to rumours? That all depends! When it’s about my hobby-horse (Esperanto) I do. It seems that some people in the U.S.A.are under the impression that President Obama would like to introduce Esperanto as a first foreign languagein American schools. Please read the following which is... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, October 24, 2009

How to see the world cut-price.

Dear financially threatened globetrotters and other adventurous bloggers! Even though the dollar is weak and you’re too worried about finances to think about planning a holiday, there are ways of seeing the world an d m eeting other world citizens without breaking the bank. Check out the following... Sign in to see full entry.

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Did this writer believe in honoring his father?

This is not the post I intended to write today, but once in a while I get sidetracked. Just now this turned up. To save you the trouble of clicking here is the relevant paragraph. ‘ Voyages D'Etudes by Jules Verne. Verne wrote 50 pages, and never finished the rest. The book was rewritten by his son... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, October 23, 2009

Fairy Tales!

Were you one of the 10 million who watched Oprah’s programme about Denmark? It has not been shown here yet, so yesterday evening I watched part of it on the net, a video about Oprah Winfrey’s visit to a typical D ani sh family living in a typical D ani sh home. Here it is Myreactions were very... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, October 22, 2009

We are too busy for the Grim Reaper.

There is so much to do, so much to see, so much to achieve, but the clock ticks on relentlessly. For privileged citizens in the more fortunate countries of the world life expectancy tends to increase, but we still crave more an d m ore time. According to the following report our grandchildren will... 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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