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Mar.09.2013
PROLOGUE
Nomad traces the fortunes of an aviation company conceived and established around the time of Papua New Guinea’s independence in 1975. That period of the country’s aviation history involved a struggle on the part of new operators to establish themselves alongside those...
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Nov.07.2012
In late October 2005 I worked for a newspaper and had gone to the office early to make some phone calls and get ready for a sales appointment that morning. Sitting at a desk outside the photo department, I could hear the police scanner barking a strange yet familiar address over the crackling...
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Jun.15.2012
June 15
IN THE MEADOW
Being the only tree in the meadow often leaves me feeling lonely. I tell myself of the camaraderie I imagine in the forest. These images are more poetic than real. I believe in community and support; I think of the woods as...
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Feb.28.2012
Beating off stiff competition from a very strong shortlist Rosie Garland won the Angels & Devils poetry competition with My Favourite Uncle.
Jam by Michael Ray and Last Memory, With Dogs by Juleigh Howard-Hobson were announced as the joint runners-up.
For more information & some nice...
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Feb.22.2012
Well, you heard if first here, last week (okay, maybe you heard it elsewhere first), but Amazon is getting physical.image via padgadget.comWell, we called it. At the end of last year, we listed seven predictions for Amazon in 2012, the first of which was: "Amazon opens its first store."
via ...
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Jan.11.2012
I am a huge fan of thrillers. I am particularly drawn to short thrillers of the Twilight Zone type. In fact, I believe that is where my love of thrillers began and I still watch the Twilight Zone TV series whenever I can. Today’s books and movies are lengthy, and while I enjoy them, I don’t have...
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Dec.21.2011
I had a great time presenting certificates and prizes to the adult winners of the Wight Fair Writers Circle Winter Short Story Competition at an Awards Ceremony held at Newport Minster on the Isle of Wight on Tuesday 20 December.
The event was organised by the Wight Fair Writers Circle and by...
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Nov.25.2011
Several recent blogs on aging have focused on, as one would anticipate, how one's overall outlook on life and view of self change over time.
As one over 70, the biggest change I've noticed, other than the obvious and inevitable physical ones, is a willingness to to be more open to and accepting...
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Aug.28.2011
Writing on the back porch porch, waiting for the sun to rise and enjoying the cool morning air while it lasts. Seventy-three degrees will turn into 93 in a very short time. Irene passed us by with some heavy surf and roiling clouds and is now sitting on the Jersey coast.
A note...
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May.23.2011
I have an antipathy towards spruikers, and yet I empathize with their predicament. After all, sometimes a vendor simply has no other choice but to shove their wares in your face and hassle you until you submit to the pressure and enter their store, at the very least. I admire the boldness and ...
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