Monthly Archives: January 2017

Jonathan Pie on the inauguration speech

Posted on 22 January 2017 by

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Review: The Utterly Ultimate My Word

Posted on 21 January 2017 by

The Utterly Ultimate My Word by Frank Muir My rating: 5 of 5 stars I wish that I were this clever! 7 of 7 people found the following review helpful: I wish that I were this clever!, 8 Aug 2008 … Continue reading →

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Don’t be fooled by the rocks that I have, I’m still I’m still MDC from the block

Posted on 18 January 2017 by

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Originally posted on Ecuador in Munich:
Travel to Ecuador, don’t ask, just do it! Well I don’t really come from a block but from Quito and all the rocks I own are minerals BUT one thing I never forget is…

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Book review – a Slave narrative

Posted on 16 January 2017 by

Thank so Lucie for sharing this review, and especially for supplying the link to the summary of Vol. 1 which appears in “Documenting The American South.” I urge followers of my blog to take five minutes, for that is all … Continue reading →

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The Rolling Stones (1964)

Posted on 11 January 2017 by

This is priceless! Fantastic! And hilarious! 1964 – The Mike Douglas Show on US TV. Mike interviews the rather shy (!) Rolling Stones and introduces three overwhelmed fans on stage before the group perform Not Fade Away. It’s worth watching … Continue reading →

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Sally’s Cafe and Bookstore Author Update – Hugh W. Roberts, Yecheilyah Ysrayl and Bette A. Stevens

Posted on 10 January 2017 by

Originally posted on Smorgasbord Blog Magazine:
Welcome to the first of the bookstore author updates this week. To start us off is my own review of Glimpses, the short story collection by Hugh W. Roberts. Glimpses has been sat on…

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Publication #review of Sister Sister by Sue Fortin (@suefortin1) @HarperImpulse @TheRomaniacs

Posted on 6 January 2017 by

Originally posted on The Writing Garnet:
Blurb. Alice: Beautiful, kind, manipulative, liar. Clare: Intelligent, loyal, paranoid, jealous. Clare thinks Alice is a manipulative liar who is trying to steal her life. Alice thinks Clare is jealous of her long-lost return…

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The Incident of the Grenada Omelette

Posted on 5 January 2017 by

Exactly seventeen years ago to the day, just a few days after the turn of the millennium, my wife, Joy and I were preparing to fly back from a most wonderful holiday on the of Grenada. It came about because … Continue reading →

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Big parkrun Milestone

Posted on 2 January 2017 by

Since I posted this photo on my Facebook page yesterday, I have had such wonderful reaction that I thought it worth publishing in my blog. Please feel free to re-blog and share it in any other way you see fit … Continue reading →

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The Big Bash Competition 2017

Posted on 2 January 2017 by

Re-blogged from Sacha Black’s Blog. View original post here.  My Introduction Wishing all my fellow bloggers a very happy, and above all, healthy, new year. I went to my first Annual Bloggers Bash in 2016. It was an exciting event … Continue reading →

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