Category: The World
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One Minute Ramble: Click for click’s sake!
Does anyone use the WordPress reader at all? The reason I ask is because mine seems to have changed. Before the changes, I’d go to the reader and click on the link to be able to read the latest post on the blogs that I follow. Bish bash bosh, as simple as that. Now, when…
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John Johnson and the Winter Queen
During the cooling latter days of the year, a pesky plan was afoot to cause a right royal commotion. A servant by the name of John Johnson was using his utmost stealth and skill to smuggle and store gunpowder into a cellar, in readiness to blow up both the King of England and Parliament. He…
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Winter’s Back!
Today saw the first frosty morning of the winter. Usually, things take a gradual approach, so one morning there would be a gentle covering of dew, then the next morning a subtle layer of ice, gradually getting thicker and heavier as the days pass by. But no, not this morning. Oh no, we may as…
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NaBloPoMoNaNoWriMo
I was debating whether to join up for NaNoWriMo this month, as a way of kick-starting my book that I keep promising to write. Part of me was geared up for the challenge, but the other two parts were more than dubious about the whole thing. Not the challenge itself – it seems a good…