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Encouragement
Yesterday was one of those perfect late summer days,and my watercolour painting class took off to capture,or maybe not,the beauty of the nearby lake. Although we are now only four pupils the course st… more →
Diamonds and Rust
Encouragement
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wrote 1 year ago: Yesterday was one of those perfect late summer days,and my watercolour painting class took off to ca … more →
The Most Dangerous Dog
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wrote 1 year ago: Solomon,was his name and he had big brown eyes but I still didn’t like him.Maybe it was becaus … more →
Porsche in the City
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wrote 1 year ago: When I was small I asked my Father what the difference was between the Tory and the Labour Party in … more →
Violet Blue
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wrote 1 year ago: My Father liked to grow roses.When I was still in my first decade we lived in the county of Surrey i … more →
Carla Bruni- Sarkozy and Her President in England.
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wrote 1 year ago: A State Visit to England always entails a lot of work when it comes to getting the brass polished, b … more →
St Patricks Day is on the Seventeenth
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wrote 1 year ago: Soon it will be time to wear “The Green” again. And as usual tears will come to my ears … more →
Women and High Heeled Shoes
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wrote 2 years ago: I do love shoes, I might even be a little irrationally devoted to them but there are quite a few wom … more →
On the Goddesses and Giants of the Seas
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wrote 2 years ago: “May God bless this ship,and all who sail in her” The families of my parents lived in an … more →
Do you want to learn to Ski?
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wrote 2 years ago: I got my first introduction to the joys of skiing outside of Charring Cross station in London. Invar … more →
"Lest we forget" it's Armistice day again.
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wrote 2 years ago: On the eleventh day of November 1918, at the eleventh hour, the Armistice Treaty that ended the the … more →
St Moritz Club memories, and how to live in Switzerland
wrote 2 years ago: If you are thinking of going to Switzerland there are two things you must remember; 1. If you ever c … more →
My Aunt Madges' Bobotie Recipe.
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wrote 2 years ago: Have you ever tried Bobotie ? Bobotie is a South African dish. To be correct it was a Malayan dish t … more →
The Sarie Marais and Apartheid
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wrote 2 years ago: My Sarie Marais is so far from my heart, and I’m longing to see her again. She lived on a farm … more →
My Mums Green Tomato Chutney Recipe
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wrote 2 years ago: If like me you grow your own tomatoes because the ones in the shops taste of nothing these days, you … more →
Pilgrimage
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wrote 2 years ago: We were nearly always in England around the 14th of August,his Birthday corresponded with the girls … more →
The Bad Boys
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wrote 2 years ago: If I see films of them while I’m in the company of Swiss friends I’m not too sure whethe … more →
Ernest Hemingway and his little Kraut Marlene
wrote 2 years ago: Apparently the John F. Kennedy Museum in Boston are showing 30 letters that Ernest Hemingway wrote t … more →
Peanuts and President Bush.
wrote 2 years ago: I personally hate Peanuts. This hate arises from the day in my childhood when the Sunday School chil … more →
On the horses
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wrote 2 years ago: I like to look at horses, prefer the looks of a full blooded Arab to a hardworking Carthorse,althoug … more →
