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  • December 21st, 2009
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    Have a lovely Christmas!

      2009! I Hope you have a wonderful Christmas, wherever you are!  May you have a glorious time! God bless you! [the first Christmas entry in this post was done in 2007] 2008-update This Christm…

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  • December 13th, 2009
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    At the Classics

    Results: Round 4 – Saturday 12th December On the way to the Olympia Centre – where the London Chess Classic is being held Black bird in a tree Hammersmith-area – traffic and weath…

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  • December 10th, 2009
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    Opus 8 at the Classics

    Magnus Carlsen from Norway - is he the Mozart of Chess? The Big Eight and…this is my ticket for Saturday! Click HERE for the Official site. The link will open in a new window. Standings a…

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  • December 3rd, 2009
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    Hello Friday

    Wish I could stay at home and just sit around playing chess! Things to do this weekend: I saw the stickies on Tracy’s blog and you can create your own too. Click here to create your own. Thi…

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  • November 27th, 2009
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    Let’s ride the wind

    Cape Town - with its surrounding beaches - is the place to go – for many tourists. If you haven’t been to South Africa, everybody will encourage you to go to Cape Town first.  There are…

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  • November 21st, 2009
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    Have a ball

    Alexandra Kosteniuk: The current Woman’s World Chess Champion – see her blog-link on my blog’s sidebar.   A nurse playing chess with a patient – WWI Women at Chess in London…

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  • November 16th, 2009
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    Noddy – BBC and SA

    This news article caught my eye immediately. As a qualified library teacher (too), part of my job was to make sure only quality books were available for the kiddies to read in the school’s libr…

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  • November 10th, 2009
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    How sweet the sound

    Read here on the site of Il Divo more about these Opera singers and their tours around the world. The link will open in a new window. I love this type of  music and these guys are just…Amazing…

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  • November 7th, 2009
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    De man of Delft

    Cornelis de Man of Delft, The Chess Players, c. 1670, Oil on canvas, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest – Source:mentalblog We all know by looking at evidence like art, poems, photos etc. we can tell…

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  • November 5th, 2009
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    Cat-man-do

    Nicky – My cat – looked exactly like this cat! Read on this link HERE  more and see more cat pics and read about all sorts of cat-books. Nicky was a cat like this kitty in this video…

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  • October 30th, 2009
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    Lekka Lekka ywe!

    English Readers - enjoy the chicken jokes in this post. This post is mainly Afrikaans. There is an Afrikaans song too – about chickens – sung by a Capetonion. I really enjoy this song and…

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  • October 29th, 2009
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    A Golden Load

    We drove off this afternoon – I wanted to keep my sanity, with all the marking of GCSE Coursework – and took the road down where we live into the countryside. The first photo was taken abo…

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  • October 24th, 2009
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    The South African Experience

    Wednesday, October 21, 2009               South African experience SIR: On Thursday October 1, 2009, the National Chairman of our great party Chief Bisi Akande; the Lagos State Chairman o…

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  • October 22nd, 2009
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    I like Dreaming

    Hier het drie groen rotstrolle gesit en vis eet. Een trol was baie vet en wou die ander heeltyd omstamp. Hy was sommer simpel. Ek hoop julle kan hulle sien op hierdie foto![Three rock trolls sat here…

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  • October 15th, 2009
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    Are we not all a pawn in their game?

     Bob Dylan Playing chess – Image:hardingsimpole.co.uk   Only A Pawn In Their Game - Bob Dylan A bullet from the back of a bush took Medgar Evers’ blood. A finger fired the trigger to hi…

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  • October 13th, 2009
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    Brilliant art

    An old school – An undiscovered gem: Gawie Cronje, South African landscape artist who lived in the Eastern Cape I’m a big art lover and have blogged before some of our very best artists l…

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  • October 11th, 2009
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    Blou lug

    This is my wordle – a few words to describe the blue sky in Afrikaans…you can create your own too. Follow the link. Have fun. Please click here to create your own wordle.

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  • October 4th, 2009
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  • September 28th, 2009
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    Rolling Eyes

    We all rolled our eyes when we heard today Ofsted Inspectors are in school on Wednesday and Thursday and lucky me… my class have their Assembly on Wednesday, so you can imagine those lovely insp…

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  • September 26th, 2009
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    Transformasie

    Transformasie Herfs het my wêreld stadig binnegesluip omhul in ‘n sluier van rooi en goud Ek snak na my asem by die aanskoue van die transformasie – die wonderlike natuur! Soete doudruppels g…

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  • September 18th, 2009
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    To do or not to do

    Die wind in die baai het gaan lê Die wind in die baai het gaan lê en rondom het dit oor Houtbaai, oor Kampsbaai en by Seepunt wit koppe bly waai. Maar, in die baai het die wind gaan lê: alles wil t…

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  • September 12th, 2009
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    Hitler and Lenin playing chess

    An etching of a young Hitler playing chess against Lenin 100 years ago Image:thetelegraph.co.uk The image is said to have been created in Vienna by Hitler’s art teacher, Emma Lowenstramm, and is…

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  • September 6th, 2009
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    US Women’s Chess Championships 2009

    Strong Field Set for 2009 US Women’s Chess Championship Wed, 09/02/2009 – 13:49 — CCSCSL Info ST. LOUIS, Sept. 2, 2009 – The 10-player field for the 2009 U.S. Women’s Chess C…

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  • August 30th, 2009
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    South Africa’s Woman Chess Grandmaster!

    FIDE has recognised the achievements of Melissa Greeff by indicating that she will be awarded the prestigious title of International Woman Grandmaster. CONGRATULATIONS Melissa!! You do us PROUD!  Bai…

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  • August 25th, 2009
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    Fill a shoe box for Christmas

    It is today, 25th August, 4 months before Christmas. These pictures about soft toys were taken in London with my old Olympus and it was taken in a haste, so I do apologise for the poor quality. I had…

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  • August 22nd, 2009
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    Strange strange world

    I’ve had the strangest “experience” about a week ago. I know my blog is the most interesting blog in the blog-world and people like it so much that for some reason they just can̵…

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  • August 14th, 2009
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    Afrikaans! Afrikaans! Afrikaans!

    Please click on this mosaic to see a clearer view of these beautiful images English readers: This is sort of a poem, but more thoughts. It is about South Africa. 14th Aug. 2008 was dedicated to Afri…

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  • August 9th, 2009
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    Countryside walks

    This footpath starts about 100m from our house. When walking about 50m down this muddy, slushy footpath, you suddenly get a sight that punches you in your face! You would never expect it, especiall…

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  • August 1st, 2009
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    Neighbours moving dogs parks etc etc

    We’re moving house and I’ll not be online for a few days from Sunday afternoon…till VirginMedia has reconnected us again! Moving house? Glad it’s not me. Image: Artexchang…

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  • July 26th, 2009
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    Have a bit of fun! – Lekker Pret

    Have a bit of fun by using the Graffiti Generator and create your own graffiti! I’ve chosen chess-words. On the 2nd and 3rd images I’ve written “skaak” which is the Afrikaans f…

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  • July 23rd, 2009
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    African Individual Chess Tournament 2009

      The African Individual Chess Championships are now taking place in Tripoli,  Libya. It started the 21st July and it continues till the 30th July2009. Alphabetical list of players 1 Abdulgader Am…

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  • July 18th, 2009
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    The nothing box

    I love this video from Mark Gungor! Watch this video and have a big laugh! You can also read my entry about the whole-brain-concept HERE.  

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  • July 7th, 2009
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    First Saturday

    Two of South Africa’s young chess players are now taking part in the First Saturday Chess tournament -in Budapest - to gain the title of Fide Master. Players have to gain norms to qualify f…

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  • July 4th, 2009
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    South African Open Chess Championship 2009

     CHESSA: Click on Chessa’s logo – first image in this post –  and it will take you to the official site of Chess South Africa. The link will open in a new window. Click here to fol…

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  • July 1st, 2009
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    Hounslow today

    I was in Hounslow this morning. I was glad I went early as it’s another boiling, hot day today. I ventured quickly through the shops as I knew the sun will start baking down on me and then it…

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  • June 28th, 2009
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    Die sterre gee nuwe krag

    Ek het ‘n vorige inskrywing gehad van die 1916-Huisgenoot en drie publikasies daarmee saam. Jy kan die link aan die einde van hierdie inskrywing vind en die publikasies in PDF aflaai. Hierdie ge…

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  • June 22nd, 2009
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    Gulliver visits Osterley Park

      Osterley House I have blogged about Osterley Park before, you can see beautiful images on this link – images from a different part of the park. Links will open in a new window. Twentieth Cent…

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  • June 20th, 2009
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    If you’re a dad!

      The greatest thing a FATHER can do to his children, is to love their mother. - Anjaneth Garcia Untalan If you’re a dad, have a wonderful day today!

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  • June 16th, 2009
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    London Chess Classic 2009

      The Chess Player- 1954: Andy Warhol This early drawing has a surreal quality created by the larger-than-life chess pieces and study of a face, surrounding the young man playing chess. In his later…

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  • June 10th, 2009
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    Omumbo-rombonga!

    Illustrations also by Joanna Troughton Tortoise had a dream…. He dreamt of a tree which was in a secret place. From the tree’s branches grew all the fruits of the earth - bananas, dates,…

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  • June 6th, 2009
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    Blues with Alice

    My blog is today 2 years old – taking in account the start at blogger before the move to WordPress – and I want to celebrate it with some blues music of Katie Melua… Far away…A…

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  • May 30th, 2009
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    Romancing the Knight!

    James Last: Tenderly Sweet People: Summer Dream It’s Saturday night…that time of the weekend and guess what…no, you can look at this entry and I don’t have to ask you to guess…

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  • May 26th, 2009
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    My Sarie Marais

    Sarie Marais (Mare) 1868 This adio file is Sarie Marais played by the Royal Marines Any South African knows this song very well. If someone from South Africa doesn’t know this song, then he pre…

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  • May 23rd, 2009
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    Wind beneath my wings

    I’ve come across this fantastic image. I love thunder/lightning and I do miss it here in London. You don’t get it here and if you do, you would think it was just another plane to touch do…

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  • May 16th, 2009
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    Aksioom

    Image: http://iasos.com/artists/annenberg/sell.html Do yourself a favour and visit the artist’s site to see the complete image. The link will open in a new window. This is an Afrikaans poem I tr…

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    Joan of Arc

    This song by OMD is one of my favourite songs. Coincidentally, it was also today Joan of Arc’s info which I’ve found on “this day in history”. Enjoy this song on this Saturday…

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  • May 9th, 2009
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    Klein Karoo – Little Karoo

    http://www.derust.org.za/gallery.htm The Karoo is one of the beautiful places in South Africa. If you travel from Pretoria to Cape Town, you have no choice of travelling through the Karoo too! There a…

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    MTel Masters 2009

     If you have thought you’ve seen all the “big game” of the Chess World the past week on my blog…then you haven’t seen these ”Chess Engines” of the Chess Wor…

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  • May 2nd, 2009
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    African Youth Chess Championship 2009

    Click on the logo of CHESSA - Chess South Africa - to visit the official site of Chess in South Africa. The link will open in a new window. Table Mountain, Cape Town Visit Cape Tourism and on thi…

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