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22-01-2018
Even though it is only the 3rd week of January outside all thinks Spring is coming. Lets hope those birds and plants are right. Just finished a book called ‘A gentleman in Moscow’. The writer Amor Towles has written only one previous book ‘Rules of civility’ which was great as well. Though this one is…
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19-01-2018
<span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;” class=”mce_SELRES_start”></span><span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;” class=”mce_SELRES_start”></span><br /> Yesterday we had a Big storm going over Europe. Global warming is showing itself in storms like this and all the other many extreme weather and forest fires we have had the last…
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18-01-2018
Strange to live in a time when I prefer the president of a communist totalitarian state to the president of a so called free world. I was raised a Socialist by my father who also believed strongly that religion is poison for the people and that Communism will not work if it is dependant on…
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16-01-2018
Amazing how politicians get away with murder. Interviewed in a luxurious car dressed in a very expensive ensemble made up to the nines the lady politician was asked what she had done over the Christmas holidays. She answered glowing with pride:” Oh I did not have time for a holiday as I had to go…
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Room with a view
The first thing I did when I arrived at our apartment was open the doors to the balcony to take full advantage of having a room with a view. There it was: a magnificent view over the Sardinian Bay. For a change, the travel guide had not exaggerated. Before me miles and miles of glittering white…
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Memories
Memoires Introduction My parents met at a dance organized by an Air Force colonel, my mothers’ uncle. After finishing his training as a teacher my father was fulfilling his draft as a sergeant. It was love at first sight. To impress her he made his men march up and down the road she lived. After…
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15-01-2018
My Harbour City story volume is doing a George.RR.Martin. It takes ages to finish. The problem is me researching my extensive historical library and then getting caught up with that. Often when I read a really good book such as A gentleman in Moscow or Commonwealth I despair of ever writing something remotely readable, but…
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The 1940s (Decades of the 20th Century)
Decades of the 20th Century. Photographs from the Getty collection. Fascinating photographs put images of the power of an event or the zaniness of new trends right before the viewers’ eyes. The force of war and political conflict is just as important a theme as world-shaking innovations in science and technology. These are accompanied by…
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