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Sunday August 2nd, 2009 at 10:57 | Rating: 5 | Report
I enjoyed reading about your walk down the canal, and your description of the metal, wooden and mechanical parts of the locks was so lucid that it brought memories of the sweet smell of grease that lubricated some old locks from my childhood into my living room here. I remember reading about how Sir Richard Branson used to live and operate out of a canal boat, and one of my favourite groups (which helped me to survive my teenage years) Pink Floyd made a recording on a barge and used the sounds from the canal to potray the Signs of Life. Is it coincidental that a lot of your travel destinations centre around water?
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Thursday July 16th, 2009 at 12:46 | Rating: 5 | Report
Shrimp.. squeezed lime.. olive oil.. minced garlic.. fresh cilantro.. red pepper flakes.. mix together... Your picturesque recipes fire the imagination and make me hungry!
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Wednesday July 8th, 2009 at 12:31 | Rating: 5 | Report
Hi! I read your post about the mangoes and saw the photo. They are huge, almost as big as the crouching guy's head! Bet you have get endless pleasure trying to finish one!
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Tuesday July 7th, 2009 at 13:28 | Rating: 5 | Report
Great blog! Please indulge us - have more daughters!
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Tuesday July 7th, 2009 at 13:19 | Rating: 5 | Report
Hi! I like your post about embarrassing your children. I was walking down a road in a foreign country once. I walked past a beggar who was sitting on the sidewalk. As I passed him, he caught my hand and motioned me to sit beside him. Of course, I hesitated. However, something inside me felt that if I refused his invitation, I will send him a message that he and I belong to different classes of human beings, and we shouldn't be caught sitting together. So I sat down him. He beamed me a broad smile. I sat with him for a while and as I watched a variety of legs strutting by, collected a good view of the world from a beggar's perspective. Surprisingly, most people are very generous. I managed to collect a heap of cash, not to mention an assortment of fruits and foodstuffs! Finally, I had to go, I handed over my collection to him, and with sign language asked him to meet me for dinner at an eatery close by later that evening. He was not there and did not turn up for dinner. This incident was followed by a series of strange and ruminative events later during the trip. Upon return to my country, I related this to one extra-ordinarily thoughtful friend who always had a different twist in looking at things. Now you may not swallow this, but to my friend, the beggar could have been an angel sent on a mission! Well, regardless of whether he was or was not one, according to my friend, the message he carried was that I will always find the resources I need and helping hands no matter where I go and what I do all my life. Now, this happened way back in 1993, and my friend's prophesy had turned out to be mostly true. Do keep an open eye with visitors to your knitting sessions. You won't know what blessings they may bring. To you as well as your children. And may they realize it too someday.
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Saturday July 4th, 2009 at 12:49 | Rating: 5 | Report
I love the short situational excerpts posted on this blog. They are very reflective.
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Saturday July 4th, 2009 at 12:33 | Rating: 5 | Report
I love driving down to small towns whenever I can find the time. It helps me to leave the hectic and meaningless rush out of my life even if only for a brief time. I enjoy the view from your webcam. It gives me small doses of calmness every time I look at the idyllic scene.
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Tuesday June 30th, 2009 at 13:53 | Rating: 5 | Report
Hi! Your blog certainly made me smile. It's so full of innocence and enthusiasm for life - joy de vivre. I have forgotten what this sense of innocence is, I was reminded when I read your blog today. I hope you get to keep it all life long!
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Monday May 25th, 2009 at 03:16 | Rating: 5 | Report
Hi! Your photographs are really good. I like the collection of bearded men. The beards are almost the same but they wear different attitude each.
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Saturday May 23rd, 2009 at 07:33 | Rating: 5 | Report
Hi! This is a great blog and your how-to tips are very helpful. I wonder if you can share tips on how to break procastinations - like how to get started working, and then KEEP WORKING, on something you dread doing - Caffeine works wonderfully, but now it's off-limits? ha ha :)
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The Lion and The lightning Bolt - Astrology
Friday May 22nd, 2009 at 23:39 | Rating: 5 | Report
Hi! I am keen to learn more from your knowledge of the Water Houses. I had a close affinity with Water as a child but has since lost most of that as I moved through the daily rush of adulthood. (I have been carrying a swimming trunk in my briefcase for almost 2 years intending to drop by and swim at a fabulous pool after work. The swimming trunk has yet to touch water.) I am a Cancerian like a crab out of water, so people who do not know thinks I am a Leo.
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Sunday May 10th, 2009 at 15:52 | Rating: 5 | Report
I learnt a new thing today - HSPs, from this blog. I wonder what's the percentage of people around me who goes through this thing, without people like me ever knowing. I wonder then, if we are treating them unkindly because we do not know or understand their conditions. I also think about people (many of whom I know) who may have the exact opposite of HSP - people who are below the average in their sensitivity for others. And I think of about how we may mistake them for HSPs (now that I know of their existence) and how I may yield them much undeserved patience and tolerance by mistaking them for HSPs. In summary, more HSPs should speak out, as Digit did, so that we can all understand and identify them better.
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Sunday May 10th, 2009 at 15:16 | Rating: 5 | Report
I love the candid pictures. Tells life the way it is. You live in a very beautiful place. I can't find the comment section though.
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Saturday May 9th, 2009 at 16:18 | Rating: 4 | Report
There isn't anything much on this blog yet, nevertheless I will be following it as I think it would be interesting to read about the life of a cowgirl who had been working as almost anything. Looking forward for more!
