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solstice

December 22, 2011

solstice...

It’s the shortest day, the longest night. There’s a Waxing Crescent moon. Its Yalda, Saturnalia, Karachun, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and Yule. The pagans will be dancing naked [...]

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‘when there is nothing but tenderness and pleasure’*

July 2, 2011

‘when there is nothing but tenderness and ...

This is what I am looking at right now. I can’t take my eyes off the waves. I have a cold glass of a Margaret River [...]

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sawyer and the space-time paradox

June 2, 2010

sawyer and the space-time paradox...

(This post mentions Lost, but there are no spoilers. Promise). I am currently in mourning. For six years I watched every single Lost episode, (even when [...]

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the pale blue dot (or, perspective: i haz it)

May 19, 2010

the pale blue dot (or, perspective: i haz it)...

‘We succeeded in taking that picture from deep space, and, if you look at it, you see a dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. On [...]

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the good plates

April 20, 2010

the good plates...

The proposal, the ring, the celebratory soiree all admittedly, went some way to confirming our status as a future Mr and (ummm) Ms. But in all [...]

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| 19 Bantering Wittily
mantra for july (and forever)

July 1, 2009

mantra for july (and forever)...

‘Life is NOT a journey to the grave with the goal of arriving safely in a prettily preserved body, but rather, to skid in sideways in [...]

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the avenue

May 6, 2009

the avenue...

It is a 12 minute stroll to the tube station. Along a tree lined street, surrounded by ubiquitous west London red bricks. I know the houses [...]

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captured

January 22, 2009

captured...

Pakistani Christian children hold portraits of President Obama during a prayers ceremony for global peace in Islamabad, Pakistan on Tuesday, January 20th 2009. The Boston Globe [...]

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nothing further to add

September 25, 2008

nothing further to add...

‘The secret to happiness is this: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and personas that interest you [...]

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paradox: the epiphany

August 20, 2008

paradox: the epiphany...

At 4am this morning I woke up with a lucid and thundering realisation: we are all inherently alone, and yet we are all innately connected. I [...]

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11:11

June 17, 2008

11:11...

George takes a running leap from just inside the doorway, and lands with a heavy thud on the bed. He runs up my side and curls [...]

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cultivating curves

April 7, 2008

cultivating curves...

So apparently, according to FHM readers , and who wouldn’t trust the judgement of those boys, the perfect woman is a ‘rubenesque’ size 12 -14 (yay [...]

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