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Today is Sunday and this is the plan
*** artwork on display until it starts to rain*** As expected, the forecast for today is not promising sunshine and gentle breezes. This will be a ‘play it by ear’ kinda day, a wait and see what happens by 1 … Continue reading
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I feel like a tourist in my own country
Apparently, I am now the owner of a Funny Accent. It has something to do with my d’s at the end of words like “would”, “could” and “should.” I’ve also been struggling to string together a coherent sentence, swapping British … Continue reading
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2010 in review
The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Fresher than ever. Crunchy numbers A helper monkey made this abstract painting, … Continue reading
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‘He was a handsome man.’
This is what I know about my grandfather’s grandfather. He was a handsome man. And he was tall. I have located him on the family photograph with dozens of solemn faces staring back at me. They are lined up in … Continue reading
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A history of the wife
Recently I was loaned this book as one of my friends thought it was relevant to my research. I had never thought about this particular topic. I just always took it for granted that they’ve always been around. This author, … Continue reading
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Not as quiet as I seem
It has really been too long since I last posted on this blog. The quiet does not reflect the activity. If anything, I have gone on overdrive to catch up to my timeline and the blog has suffered a silence. … Continue reading
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Angry artists hit out…
Well, my schedule of planning and application filling out is seriously suffering after the events of the passed two weeks. There was a slight hiccup in that I spent most of last week trying to retrieve artwork that was wrongfully … Continue reading
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The scribblings of an unorganised mind
Papers with names. Scribbled on scrap envelopes with email address of contacts. Newspaper margins filled with to-do lists. I would usually decribe myself as a very organised person, but for some reason I just can’t seem to gather it together … Continue reading
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The thrill of the chase
My husband hasn’t seen me for days. Well, he sees me, but I have hardly been communicating with him, such is my fixation with the ancestors search online. Background sounds don’t even touch me, although I do suddenly regain hearing … Continue reading
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His Handwriting
I held the photocopied paper in my hand. The writing was so familiar to me, yet I hadn’t seen it for over two years now. It was my grandfather’s handwriting, photocopied, name listed, dates, cities, marriages, deaths. There was a … Continue reading
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