Miscellaneous Musings

  • What’s in a face?

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    The most beautiful woman I have ever encountered, was a Romany woman in Sicily many, many years ago. She was staying in the same campsite that my friend Louise and I had found ourselves in for the summer. One morning we awoke to find our tent surrounded by caravans and our little space absorbed into

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  • Alphabet Day

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    My day so far, in alphabetical order A: Annapurna trek – making last minute plans to hook up with my pal there in 2 weeks time B: BBC – takes a beating from Blair over their “gloating” coverage of US plight post Katrina C: Coffee, coffee, coffee D: David Blunkett – under scrutiny again E:

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  • Uncommon Places

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    In 1972, Stephen Shore set out from Manhattan bound for Amarillo, Texas. As his friend drove, Shore stared out through the frame of the car window at the landscape around him and was mesmerised. Having come from the setting of Warhol’s artists studio in New York, this American landscape was a strange and unfamiliar one

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  • “Self evident truths”

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    So today President Bush George Bush said he took “full responsibility” for government failures in dealing with Hurricane Katrina. It’s an astute move, given the anger and disbelief that has been roused in the wake of the inept federal response to events. However it is action on the ground, and not pretty words from Washington

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