Category: The World
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But… but…!
It is day two in my challenge to post every day. Day two. Three hundred and sixty three days to go. And my mind is blank. Arrgh! There is nothing in there at all. Nothing. It is completely empty. Hollow in fact. It makes a nice change, to be honest… No! Think about this post……
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Endings and beginnings
Ah, the New Year is upon us! 2010 ends and 2011 begins! The time of writing this is 20.45 UK time, and some parts of the world are already into 2011, but I’m still in 2010 right now. Not stuck in the past, but moving forwards at my own pace! Nice and gently, I’ll get…
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What I’m trying to say…
Some people may say: God jul or Geseënde Kersfees or even Gleðileg jól and then again Vesel Božič or Nadolig Llawen and perhaps Buon Natale and occasionally Среќен Божиќ and Joyeux Noël or Καλά Χριστούγεννα or חג מולד שמח others may say Nwèl fete or Frohe Weihnachten or Wesołych Świąt or even Feliz Natal and then again Feliz Navidad or…
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Pink skies and Moonrise…
I’ve just discovered that in 1638 there was a Total Lunar Eclipse that fell on the same day as the Winter Solstice. 372 years later and we have another one. Lunar Eclipses happen quite regularly, and there is nothing unusual in that. It is much more rare that they occur on the Solstice. What is…
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Blizzards!
It’s snowing again here at Aquatom Mansion. It takes a while for the snow to normally reach this neck of the woods, but yesterday lunchtime we found ourselves in the middle of a blizzard, and Scotland were basking in glorious sunshine. OK, maybe basking is the wrong word to use, but it was bright there.…
The Mansionic Perspective 