Monthly Archives: February 2011

Publish and be proud

Posted on February 25, 2011 by Marina

  I often question whether I spend enough time writing my blog posts.  I tend to draft them fairly quickly, usually handwritten with a fountain pen, then type and edit them by tweaking here and there.  Then I hesitate for … Continue reading →

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Weekly photo challenge: refuge

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Marina
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Technology – friend or foe?

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Marina

I never used to have a desk at home! There are days when I think technology’s great.  It’s now so easy to find out information, keep in contact with people, travel around, take and print photos.  I could go on…and … Continue reading →

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Weekly photo challenge: Curiosity

Posted on February 13, 2011 by Marina

I think, at a child’s birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity. Eleanor Roosevelt

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I’ve got the power

Posted on February 12, 2011 by Marina

  We all have our beliefs but also our disbeliefs, those things that you refuse to accept as true because you’ve never experienced them and, no matter what others say, you refuse to shift your stance. I’m as guilty as … Continue reading →

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Weekly photo challenge: Boundaries

Posted on February 6, 2011 by Marina

And it is only physically that you are constrained by the limits of time and place; mentally, there are no such boundaries.                                                                                                                Menachem Mendel Schneerson

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What I read in January

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Marina

First, the fiction I’ve read in January. Sister – Rosamund Lupton – 4.5/5     Beatrice’s sister goes missing and she vows to find out what has happened to her.  I found this an extremely well-written and cleverly executed novel.  The reader … Continue reading →

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