Category: The World
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Yet Another Milestone Reached!

The final stats-related milestone has now been reached, for the time being, as it stands. I have now clocked up 25,000 visitors. Now, I’m not exactly one-hundred per cent sure on the difference between a visitor and a view, but looking at these figures I’m told that each visitor on average has viewed something on…
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Cute Critter Friday: A Bug’s Life of Riley

Pottering the other day, I came across this little Green Shield Bug having an afternoon snooze. I thought he was hibernating at first, but I soon realised he was only dozing as he began to wave his antenna at me. I didn’t want to annoy him any longer so I left him be. Apparently, this…
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Fear Here!

Three of the Four Horsemen have just saddled up, apparently. The other must be running a little late. The gates of Hell are on standby – well, the Gatekeeper of Hell is on standby – to open once the Apocalypse arises. The signs are everywhere. Uncontrollable change is taking place all across the globe. Scientists…
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Festive Beginnings

Ho! Ho! Ho! ‘Tis the season to be jolly, so let’s be at it then! Yes, I know that theme doesn’t begin until December, but I’ve had to decorate the blog in readiness for December 1st, otherwise it wouldn’t have been ready until December 2nd, and I didn’t want to miss the boat, as it…
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As the Mist Came Down

I went for a walk the other evening, just as it was going dark, and just as the mist was coming in. The mist added an eerie silence all around, yet at the same time odd noises echoed and reverberated through the silence. The place took on the feel of a different time, an ancient…