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Musings on advertising
Studying english does make you read everything you see slightly differently. Mind you, England is a fascinating place to view packaging. They really have gotten it all down to a fine art.
I bought a scotch egg. The packaging does not allow me to see the contents, let's face it a scotch egg is not very pretty. But it does have a photograph of a ( Read more... ) -
Sharing a poem with you for White Ribbon Day
This poem is by Jamaican poet, journalist Jean Wilson and has become a bit of an anthem for the movement for the elimination of violence against women, and is entitled
"No more smalling up of me"
No more meekly saying 'yes'
When my heart is screaming 'no'
No more taming of my feelings
So my power won’t show
No more hiding my exuberance
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Redbubble art on sale
As you know, I have a redbubble site where you can buy postcards, posters, prints and cards of photographs that I have taken across the world. Well in a fit of enthusiasm, the site has given me a special discount voucher to share with you, which is purely for buyin my photos. To use it, head over to my redbubble site, and use this discount code ( Read more... ) -
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So I went away to this sort of retreat up in the mountains. It was organised by my singing teacher and had a mixture of singing practice, and an introduction to the "Methode Resseguier ( Read more... ) -
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Today, for my sins, I am sitting in an interminable meeting. All that keeps me from running screaming from the room, is the fact that at least I only have to be here for one day of this five day meeting. Tomorrow I am off to a five day singing workshop. I haven't ever done anything quite like this before, so I am a little nervous, and very ( Read more... ) -
Privacy
My statement on anyone thinking of crossposting from my livejournal: DON'T. My facebook and LJ accounts are separate for a reason. Do it and you will rapidly lose any access to me on either. -
Making a small step...
I have had a photograph printed in a book recently, http://www.knowitall.ch/ and that inspired me to create a RedBubble shop, to sell prints/cards/posters of some of my photographs.
http://www.redbubble.com/people/kiriel
It is a fascinating experience to go through my photos with a different eye. Most of my shots have been taken with a view to ( Read more... ) -
J J J Julia
YAY! I honestly thought it would not happen in my lifetime. I hoped, I wished, but I didn't think it would. But it has. We have a female PM. Now what I really hope for is that she can be the first ELECTED female PM. Cmon Julia, we are behind you... go for it! -
of books, DVDs and the joy of catalogues
I got my copies of Readerware. So far I have scanned in most of my DVDs and all the books that are in the apartment, but not the ones down in the basement or the BOOKS which I keep at work ( Read more... )