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I made the papers
I am giving a photo presentation of my trip to Tristan da Cunha at the Mississauga Central Library on Tuesday 29 April. The library's publicity department sent out a press release and last Thursday I gave a telephone interview with a reporter from the Mississauga News. I was told that the article would appear on the paper's website first, then ( Read more... ) -
Tristan da Cunha blog
If you are looking for my Tristan da Cunha blog, please visit:
http://wrongradical2.livejournal.com/
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The Western Lands
I read The Western Lands by William S. Burroughs while aboard S. A. Agulhas II en route to Cape Town from Tristan da Cunha. I associate it with the trip of a lifetime, 23 days on the island. As soon as I started the novel I had a sense of déjà vu, as within the first chapter Burroughs discusses the seven souls of the ancient Egyptians. I had heard ( Read more... ) -
Tristan da Cunha photos
I am finally able to upload photos from my 23-day trip to Tristan da Cunha. The Internet on the island left me with very s-l-o-w connections and I could not post any photos along with my travelogues. While I am in Cape Town for the next few days I will add new travelogues accompanied with photos from this incredible journey to the most isolated ( Read more... ) -
Be My Guest
I picked up Be My Guest by Conrad Hilton when I stayed at the Milwaukee Hilton several years ago. Guests of Hilton hotels in addition to finding the standard free soap and shampoo also receive a complimentary copy of Hilton's memoir, originally written in 1957. I started reading Be My Guest while aboard S. A. Agulhas II en route from Cape Town, ( Read more... ) -
Go to WrongRadical2
Today I boarded S. A. Agulhas II and saw my cabin, and took photos of the ship. I also walked around the old Muslim community of Bo-Kaap which clings to the side of Signal Hill. I took many photos, too many to upload in this entry without blowing my photo capacity. To see what my next six days' accommodation at sea will be like, and to see where ( Read more... ) -
New LiveJournal blog
Over the last few months I have been alerted by LiveJournal that the remaining available memory in my photo scrapbook has been dwindling. Very recently, when I attempted to upload a photo with a new journal entry, I was alerted that my memory quota had been used up. I managed to increase my memory bank by either deleting duplicate photos from my ( Read more... ) -
I have arrived in Cape Town
On Monday morning I awoke to my alarm. I was using a different alarm clock as the smaller one I usually use was already packed for my vacation. I worried that since I was getting up so early (I had set it for 3:30 a.m.) I might forget to pack it. The one I had set was chunky and octagonal in shape, and when I picked it up, I was startled when I saw ( Read more... ) -
Leaving for Cape Town
It is a few minutes before 4 a.m. as I write this on Monday, and I am getting ready to leave for the airport. Mark and my mother came over yesterday night for dinner, and Mark stayed over and will be driving me to the airport. I have a 6:30 flight to LaGuardia in New York. As a result of a regretted last-minute flight change beyond my control, my ( Read more... ) -
More translations of Le Petit Prince
I have just photographed the covers of all the books I picked up while on holiday. When I have more time (perhaps while I am on Tristan) I will write an entry about all of them. I probably will write about the books I acquired in each country, thus in five separate entries. By far the most books I bought were in Luxembourg, where I went crazy ( Read more... )