Arctic on Fire

3 million hectares!   Putin sends military to fight Siberia forest fires Russian president reacts as 3m hectares burn and state of emergency covers five regions  A jet prepares to pour water on to a forest fire in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. Photograph: AP The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has called in the army to fight the […]

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Babushka/Baba Yaga

Wiki : Baba Yaga   All OVER Slavic lands are the legends of BABUSHKA. Or is she Baba Yaga? A witch or a wise woman? The Divine Kate Bush chose the wrong name for this song (?) A true Babushka would NEVER do that!

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Mad as a Box of Frogs…

…yes. I may be. But– Never, ever, now way, nahuh, nope – if I was being held captive, head-shaved, in fear of my life – would I stand there happily, smilingly posing for photographs. It makes NO SENSE to me. Mad. Box. Frogs   :o)  

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Dubai : Expectation vs Reality

Interesting little BBC News piece. I’ve been several times. The place always made me profoundly uneasy. Beneath all the shiny glitter, there’s much darkness. I lived in the Burj Khalifa for a week…..on the 900th floor (or thereabouts) ! Not good for someone scared of heights :o) The CONTROL is everywhere. In plain sight. Very […]

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Prayer Wheel

Another gift from my youngest – from the same place that he bought me my singing bowl. A Prayer Wheel. Not the image above but one exactly like it. It is on my kitchen wall! You Cannot Make This Up. Everything is Connected :o)  

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Mr Static

:o)  

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Half a league, half a league, Half a league onward.

I may’ve mentioned, somewhere hereabouts, that Alfred. Lord Tennyson was born and raised just down the road from me. And, he married a local girl. He lived in a rectory…as I do. Local Legend says that he left this area because “everyone was illiterate.” I beg to differ local legend! Anyhoo –   The Charge […]

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Time to Choose

The oldest, longest battle ever fought. Make your choice… Good or Evil Love or Hate Truth or Lies Light or Dark……. ,,,,,,,etc etc blahdeblah Newflash – This is WAR.  

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Go Away and Leave Me Alone….

….like I don’t have MORE than enough to do! OK. I will throw this out there. Lewis Carroll…Nasty Paedophile or Saviour?   Wiki : Charles Lutwidge Dodgson   “But I don’t want to go among mad people,” Alice remarked. “Oh, you can’t help that,” said the Cat: “we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad.” […]

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Sick World

OK. I am totally lost. WTF can you do when a good friend’s 20 year old son moves from heroin to ketamine? Ketamine? It’s a horse tranquilliser. Google it. The pages that come up will make you as sick as me. Generation K? Sick, Sick Sick. Sick. Sick World  

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