My poor Barmah hat has failed. A nasty hole has opened up at the seam and my trusty rain hat, my portable shelter for four years or so now has given up the ghost. So today searching for hope through the route of repair, I contacted Barmah’s Canadian representative, Brian Smith, who resides not far from me on the Sunshine Coast, on the west side of our inlet. I sent him the picture and he commiserated and we agreed that at times entropy has to have its way. But for being a good sport he offered me a replacement hat …
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At the end of a week in california with the family, capped off by some short hikes and a rock balancing session in Joshua Tree National Park. Beautiful, but disturbing. This photo is of a rock balanced at 4800 feet overlooking the Coachella Valley which is filled with smog that blows in from the Los Angeles basin. A little bit of balance restored.
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Other than blogging, probably the first social networking site I used was delicio.us. When it was launched I was in my traditional “second-to-early adopter” position and I relished it. Now with news that Yahoo is going to shut down the social bookmarking site, I’ve decided to let it go. I’ve downloaded all of my bookmarks in one html page and stored it in Evernote, which is the program I use for note taking. If you are interested in having a look at my archive, click the “Currently Reading” link on the right or, if you view my blog in a …
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A continuation of my exploration of the past six months. The goddess who consumes all exhausts herself I myself have witnessed the esoteric language of one under the influence of the goddess This state is profound The release intense — Taupouri Tangoro Lele Kawa: Fire rituals of Pele The smoke and steam of Kilauea rise from a crater held within a vast caldera many miles across. You can approach the rim of this caldera in various places and see the crater containing lava a few hundred yards away. At night, the steam and smoke glows from the …
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Never forgotten: Geneviève Bergeron, Hélène Colgan, Nathalie Croteau, Barbara Daigneault, Anne-Marie Edward, Maud Haviernick, Maryse Laganière, Maryse Leclair, Anne-Marie Lemay, Sonia Pelletier, Michèle Richard, Annie St-Arneault, Annie Turcotte, and Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz.