tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37121816738143538552024-03-06T00:41:32.236+00:00chunk of chocchocolategirl64http://www.blogger.com/profile/02933032339456792665noreply@blogger.comBlogger460125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712181673814353855.post-72490296271801255142023-12-28T11:16:00.003+00:002023-12-28T11:16:43.836+00:002+0+2+3=7<p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; width: 602px;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;">does the human body renew itself every seven years?<br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"> after about seven year of cellular replication</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;">you're an entirely new collection of cells, inside and out</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;">but is that true? </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;">not exactly</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;">cells in some organs and systems in your body are totally replaced in a matter of months</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;">but others remain much the same as they were on the day you were born</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;">so are we the same as we were 7 years ago?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;">we step out of 2023</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;">a year of logic, learning and spiritual growth</span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;">but also of ignorance, misinformation and absurdity!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;">the number 7 in numerology</span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;">is the bridge between the human world and the heavens:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;">doing the inner work to overcome obstacles </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;">and listening to your intuition</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;">relatable non?</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;">in the Tarot</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;">7 is the card of The Chariot</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCibUqEDnlZdsypCqA7nvX07z70hR7VQzEMkncstG2yBlV32jEUI2JET7P1tmMsYNBcL5WT2ufifuYtrw_T6eeZU22AleV_UXFMPRK4QAzVj-29qz8p8lFHpUlJk0yOZZPisFdLl8Qn-6Apb_yGEsnDksOA9lpK3NO9Azo6hnSOxsewL6VPqvy5oKzg9wu/s904/chariot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="904" data-original-width="476" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCibUqEDnlZdsypCqA7nvX07z70hR7VQzEMkncstG2yBlV32jEUI2JET7P1tmMsYNBcL5WT2ufifuYtrw_T6eeZU22AleV_UXFMPRK4QAzVj-29qz8p8lFHpUlJk0yOZZPisFdLl8Qn-6Apb_yGEsnDksOA9lpK3NO9Azo6hnSOxsewL6VPqvy5oKzg9wu/s320/chariot.jpg" width="168" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;">taking control of those sphinxes</span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;">and moving in a positive direction</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;">into 2024 ......</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;">2+0+2+4=8</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;">eight is a number of authority and inner wisdom</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;">and desire for peace:</span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;">finding balance and learning from our previous</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;">2023 experiences</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"><span style="text-align: left;">where we tested the limits in number </span><span style="color: #660000;">seven</span>,<span style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;">eight takes it to the next level </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;">it dissolves and transforms into something more tangible</span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;">in the Tarot </div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;">8 is the card of Strength<br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgErfyLySkLPtFpzRrrPqW_9uL37Vo4-fkGX5jGmoi2YSAKgmUHuVlwP7NGmJNcBkzOWWO0pRKmxgidlzx9W_HrjAV3pnDan_epJDK1PPkLnwe9nmWI4X7xTNeLOAwzBx4UHttUwdwBRVIL0YHOpP0l7QekzlVZWY0816Sw8bETjpPjEGaS6pToxE1ogidf/s302/strength.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="167" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgErfyLySkLPtFpzRrrPqW_9uL37Vo4-fkGX5jGmoi2YSAKgmUHuVlwP7NGmJNcBkzOWWO0pRKmxgidlzx9W_HrjAV3pnDan_epJDK1PPkLnwe9nmWI4X7xTNeLOAwzBx4UHttUwdwBRVIL0YHOpP0l7QekzlVZWY0816Sw8bETjpPjEGaS6pToxE1ogidf/s1600/strength.jpg" width="167" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;">taming the ego through compassion</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;">the energy of transformation</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;">but before that transformation can take place</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"><span style="text-align: left;"> there needs to be a </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">dissolution</span><span style="text-align: left;"> of all that exists</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;">an ending to make room for a new beginning</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"><span style="text-align: left;"> eight becomes the number of </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">evolution</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"><span style="text-align: left;">an </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">unending</span><span style="text-align: left;">, </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">infinite</span><span style="text-align: left;"> process that keeps going</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;">and helps the us transform over and over</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;">lets finish the year soft</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;">finish the year restful</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;">and be grateful for another crazy cycle on this earth</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;">because next year will be a time of</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana;">infinite possibility</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: "Google Sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 32px; text-align: left;">∞</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>chocolategirl64http://www.blogger.com/profile/02933032339456792665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712181673814353855.post-15730013340603384202023-11-06T09:52:00.002+00:002023-11-06T09:54:23.223+00:00before the year ends<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">how a year can change ~ season, energy, direction:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: arial;">it teaches you shit:</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">it SHOULD teach you shit:</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I learned that gratitude and grief can exist side by side:</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">when my heart was shattered, I learned to be grateful for the pain because it means </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I’m alive and </span><span style="font-family: arial;">I know how to love deeply:</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">there’s no need to hide from life so I put my self completely into crazy messy hard but honest living:</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I can still love the life I live and still ride those waves of emptiness </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">navigate past questions that there are<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: arial;">no answers to:</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">the paths I didn’t take and the people that are no longer walking that path with me:</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">my horse and cart, with my shit and no-one else’s:</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">the dreams I once had, needn't be abandoned but tweaked:</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">I've done it before and I can do it again:</div></span><p></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">remember this ~ we don’t know that the last time we do something is going to be the last:</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">it can happen unexpectedly or you don’t see it coming because you sweep the signs aside:</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">the raw truth too hard to face eye to eye so you divert and digress:</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">inevitably, you can’t avoid the last times but you can love what you have right now ~ more:</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">the heart can handle so much more that we give it credit for:</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">it’s far stronger than I realised and while sometimes I wish it didn’t have to be in situations<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">where it needed to be strong </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I am truly grateful for it’s beat to remind me that I am still alive</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I am still here</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">and in it’s chambers and ventricles and blood<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">in the joy and heartbreak ~ it has known love</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">it knows love</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSkki1o3pbZ-6gKeMiS7iOPm3yrL7w81G_t8SN_e_08PlSa5N7vaqByKKC0WM0xjYsZC0rrx2YG_TFzuHrMvE7ZetSDnJ2MXxTCqA0pEEIEO91dCGmjsR7hJOLMvDNUGb3mugjrS0vsjv39TqiFvIBFMuJFkoLk4me3axq4eEoVoExR9ZFX1dJquZPfJLK/s2448/IMG_7528.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSkki1o3pbZ-6gKeMiS7iOPm3yrL7w81G_t8SN_e_08PlSa5N7vaqByKKC0WM0xjYsZC0rrx2YG_TFzuHrMvE7ZetSDnJ2MXxTCqA0pEEIEO91dCGmjsR7hJOLMvDNUGb3mugjrS0vsjv39TqiFvIBFMuJFkoLk4me3axq4eEoVoExR9ZFX1dJquZPfJLK/s320/IMG_7528.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>chocolategirl64http://www.blogger.com/profile/02933032339456792665noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712181673814353855.post-17282084861702827842023-07-27T12:53:00.002+01:002023-07-28T00:25:21.572+01:00the green green grass <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">it's been relentless heat <br />so in the need to reset my inner thermostat:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">one of my best friends moved to Ireland</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">3 years ago and for those 3 years<br />I have been promising to visit<br />so the time felt right to book a flight</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM_3rwHFpd-jXzWEgFj5-1ePim1jTAZXgct2E-ulcZkyWhbdWNFMWHQg2xkPlI0GYQgkNVTit2QptQBDOCNXgM9gopZlWqDkZBaSIop6-lLgICpK6KDI5rVQfrPWzsHSGi9QW7QK4NCQEzKwTW9H_UrVwzwJiEmD1tDTj2DO0NZDNjYZb_YROaWSSYqGRP/s4032/IMG_1008.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM_3rwHFpd-jXzWEgFj5-1ePim1jTAZXgct2E-ulcZkyWhbdWNFMWHQg2xkPlI0GYQgkNVTit2QptQBDOCNXgM9gopZlWqDkZBaSIop6-lLgICpK6KDI5rVQfrPWzsHSGi9QW7QK4NCQEzKwTW9H_UrVwzwJiEmD1tDTj2DO0NZDNjYZb_YROaWSSYqGRP/s320/IMG_1008.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">hello Emerald Isle</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwJvabEmP4cHv13Z-0M2Hjej1XQfNs-eq2I9HQuTlWdJjsEktO098e2KwYFMadY1g8WO_DF0wj4dnw3jCDL2atHPkl3GwsL9f2fB3YP4Kv2TsN36OrT9K5OEISaz2JJ1d2HgkcWnUgI6m_KNEsrB3tiqGwduV1Stt-cDdKVvP5FUUtNtwtCOvsCQflO2OF/s4032/IMG_1010.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwJvabEmP4cHv13Z-0M2Hjej1XQfNs-eq2I9HQuTlWdJjsEktO098e2KwYFMadY1g8WO_DF0wj4dnw3jCDL2atHPkl3GwsL9f2fB3YP4Kv2TsN36OrT9K5OEISaz2JJ1d2HgkcWnUgI6m_KNEsrB3tiqGwduV1Stt-cDdKVvP5FUUtNtwtCOvsCQflO2OF/s320/IMG_1010.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">gaelic words look so complicated</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXhg-sxng5AXFclaacyk24ytSLPo59i1hnpsNf3ZCqzr33rQmVJrTQ59Ht0PQIP-X9AmYtTRUGoqYdP5AirPVw4SyK8UTDTKXIyMPhlcvF1Rg0KUR5IQB_wLaw3unK6GbyQm5TwvSOsxaY1FPHWzYo2gFSrKAUkPSCAIkxMgCsy5_M4Ro6x2zxm4SBjYE3/s4032/IMG_1054.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXhg-sxng5AXFclaacyk24ytSLPo59i1hnpsNf3ZCqzr33rQmVJrTQ59Ht0PQIP-X9AmYtTRUGoqYdP5AirPVw4SyK8UTDTKXIyMPhlcvF1Rg0KUR5IQB_wLaw3unK6GbyQm5TwvSOsxaY1FPHWzYo2gFSrKAUkPSCAIkxMgCsy5_M4Ro6x2zxm4SBjYE3/s320/IMG_1054.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">home for 8 days<br />all that green grass!<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPtp0FZMNwu5171iknrd3VL3Ub4_Rde1VTjPKqoAdqC1bUs5p1PZIJF8nEm5SfN_GN5V6wXulTd8oln9ienTHYYiGKSZbVUrRsC-qn1rWWQKoFswJCiP5wIpuANGNTaehp1EoZ9RcQYegBj8DvJZEBmoZkUpvRyNXQ9wKJN-eJ14wlabP1ZVK3nEmITM6o/s4032/IMG_1245.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPtp0FZMNwu5171iknrd3VL3Ub4_Rde1VTjPKqoAdqC1bUs5p1PZIJF8nEm5SfN_GN5V6wXulTd8oln9ienTHYYiGKSZbVUrRsC-qn1rWWQKoFswJCiP5wIpuANGNTaehp1EoZ9RcQYegBj8DvJZEBmoZkUpvRyNXQ9wKJN-eJ14wlabP1ZVK3nEmITM6o/s320/IMG_1245.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the landscape is breathtaking</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">little houses<br />sheep, cows, horses, peat piles</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">lakes</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv3aU6fIKZtAafITZ7woF2xMly1SLJHqHx-fL1Vz4Udxb7vXEU-2SGDnzGjRFB6hx-MhvJp8koilwFMTMQme7NjBzrgZRsP-xDro8OptbcbQnPX2lR5THnzThvZBFzRqUV-QST554I03TyCXJ0goftqqlHZzeUHcLZ9MMlGqWjEHLnRwbP-LaN9SzBSZay/s4032/IMG_1273.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv3aU6fIKZtAafITZ7woF2xMly1SLJHqHx-fL1Vz4Udxb7vXEU-2SGDnzGjRFB6hx-MhvJp8koilwFMTMQme7NjBzrgZRsP-xDro8OptbcbQnPX2lR5THnzThvZBFzRqUV-QST554I03TyCXJ0goftqqlHZzeUHcLZ9MMlGqWjEHLnRwbP-LaN9SzBSZay/s320/IMG_1273.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">photos don't do it any justice</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5WpS61qOqL2FXCxUHBW40yXDHUsKZNH8yGy70TxfYgKd5DngDu_WMA-huX2ef4nBWp_cRWp0VfMDy4X1cU33umkV7NhvatYRyTlb_HtZxtrBgDwua72QuqHfALW7LZaCq8jW-70hBXozqLZ6RBw1EgyjgMVdMKEVp3D3UCyaTfgUZfMLCm4fGmGpUA9-h/s4032/SJKG9075.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5WpS61qOqL2FXCxUHBW40yXDHUsKZNH8yGy70TxfYgKd5DngDu_WMA-huX2ef4nBWp_cRWp0VfMDy4X1cU33umkV7NhvatYRyTlb_HtZxtrBgDwua72QuqHfALW7LZaCq8jW-70hBXozqLZ6RBw1EgyjgMVdMKEVp3D3UCyaTfgUZfMLCm4fGmGpUA9-h/s320/SJKG9075.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">enniscrone</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSv2gTzHOHo9YXYnl15arkzk-xIjjviU37i8CpqiGoRB6B2CnN-MAGpYEktB_E2dyTI7UwQECwUi1qXf3MPLgLGGyPMY5_kp-GnzzG81sEG2de4eai2MWPr9tZDecYMaQoNAUj6ieEBvORNItCWnHGO_TKrR9c2bzqqnCU09BPCMkV9VtE5Lns_v3foPjY/s4032/IMG_1180.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSv2gTzHOHo9YXYnl15arkzk-xIjjviU37i8CpqiGoRB6B2CnN-MAGpYEktB_E2dyTI7UwQECwUi1qXf3MPLgLGGyPMY5_kp-GnzzG81sEG2de4eai2MWPr9tZDecYMaQoNAUj6ieEBvORNItCWnHGO_TKrR9c2bzqqnCU09BPCMkV9VtE5Lns_v3foPjY/s320/IMG_1180.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">achill island</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFVYv_yk5UtY6tDf-H_EcwQUEH_26bPicUpBWbIncrOtVmGuEomuD5znbfanHrqz5gLfxxPB6IPs7j6rjme74P_VvWN7pol822jx_U8DawcWOZ7KS4W_ewzkUvHG_0Qm6Lg-7NRKbNGnKcijGS2bfCzZjLPCtGhArS6svSHy9f-OFACTGuhEevLGxS6jq_/s4032/IMG_1205.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFVYv_yk5UtY6tDf-H_EcwQUEH_26bPicUpBWbIncrOtVmGuEomuD5znbfanHrqz5gLfxxPB6IPs7j6rjme74P_VvWN7pol822jx_U8DawcWOZ7KS4W_ewzkUvHG_0Qm6Lg-7NRKbNGnKcijGS2bfCzZjLPCtGhArS6svSHy9f-OFACTGuhEevLGxS6jq_/s320/IMG_1205.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">clare island</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHAzgqj0rasbhsSokhbJaxnsm-PP-IhXpXQhptr_IRK4UuLQt4MvEbi9W0eBJj9hIKEhBdz11_ndHRM3fwZwuDWCPUeEzkbgMGu_WkC7MR3nTbMCTxJW4KgH-gctUrvQDbCkC2FHc-amFrBtStgTCuO2s-nCaf9j4Vq3yHyIRsDz3grSLAnSNUG5ZFzKYk/s4032/IMG_1214.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHAzgqj0rasbhsSokhbJaxnsm-PP-IhXpXQhptr_IRK4UuLQt4MvEbi9W0eBJj9hIKEhBdz11_ndHRM3fwZwuDWCPUeEzkbgMGu_WkC7MR3nTbMCTxJW4KgH-gctUrvQDbCkC2FHc-amFrBtStgTCuO2s-nCaf9j4Vq3yHyIRsDz3grSLAnSNUG5ZFzKYk/s320/IMG_1214.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">cullanamore</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOv01lGeKKTYyrqdxUz6P-DNm58DIwPQnx3Nith75BNG_XcWRscPTyUmjIAIl1dyCoJpyyyN8dbl66WVSUkwc48_gbcHt5OE9w5R8tEPVl76xagk2hCBa1qM-YkB5HZbP33xBOql0csob0goMZJKBWnxCHeusyBCjDWK_QZoA-drOvpWkj2_JNB5niKbsI/s4032/IMG_1106.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOv01lGeKKTYyrqdxUz6P-DNm58DIwPQnx3Nith75BNG_XcWRscPTyUmjIAIl1dyCoJpyyyN8dbl66WVSUkwc48_gbcHt5OE9w5R8tEPVl76xagk2hCBa1qM-YkB5HZbP33xBOql0csob0goMZJKBWnxCHeusyBCjDWK_QZoA-drOvpWkj2_JNB5niKbsI/s320/IMG_1106.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">portavade</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">reminded me so much of the thames estuary</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">where I lived for most of my life</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">cockles, mussels, samphire, bladderwrack</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPtp0FZMNwu5171iknrd3VL3Ub4_Rde1VTjPKqoAdqC1bUs5p1PZIJF8nEm5SfN_GN5V6wXulTd8oln9ienTHYYiGKSZbVUrRsC-qn1rWWQKoFswJCiP5wIpuANGNTaehp1EoZ9RcQYegBj8DvJZEBmoZkUpvRyNXQ9wKJN-eJ14wlabP1ZVK3nEmITM6o/s4032/IMG_1245.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPtp0FZMNwu5171iknrd3VL3Ub4_Rde1VTjPKqoAdqC1bUs5p1PZIJF8nEm5SfN_GN5V6wXulTd8oln9ienTHYYiGKSZbVUrRsC-qn1rWWQKoFswJCiP5wIpuANGNTaehp1EoZ9RcQYegBj8DvJZEBmoZkUpvRyNXQ9wKJN-eJ14wlabP1ZVK3nEmITM6o/s320/IMG_1245.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">driving through the lost valley</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">it really is like a place that time forgot</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvhS_C-r4p_aGbhupOmm0pIfGfafx6i64dFhREsnejMSn6gU7sH9sWS9X7oVS0DbyP3Ig1P6LBoAqiTe1_oAGQUKt8mHVQSXIlM4jDdRdj8mjIetutIIX2NqNyc3j8-OREQ2AAetO0ROaft2Jue-0FQaf8E0ILR_RRaomLMWsNWiSt8Aeb4-f5V9DpnngV/s4032/IMG_1229.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvhS_C-r4p_aGbhupOmm0pIfGfafx6i64dFhREsnejMSn6gU7sH9sWS9X7oVS0DbyP3Ig1P6LBoAqiTe1_oAGQUKt8mHVQSXIlM4jDdRdj8mjIetutIIX2NqNyc3j8-OREQ2AAetO0ROaft2Jue-0FQaf8E0ILR_RRaomLMWsNWiSt8Aeb4-f5V9DpnngV/s320/IMG_1229.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the wide open beach to the atlantic</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to silver strand</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPCz0FCHJyY1ixRpcRh60eEjOo3pGloXuiUgGD0KdZXV631vGvA2DoUK4Q-g7lyg0MZ57E_gurRAVKMVXo6rgtjBGjoEFVGrTt0wPTcp6T73djqKelTIg4KXBUCY7UVCUoOyAczsPCTB2X-FVLsBanWr1Re8t_mOHLYCiqJY393pgTLzn55OPGJAH4IgJV/s4032/IMG_1294.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPCz0FCHJyY1ixRpcRh60eEjOo3pGloXuiUgGD0KdZXV631vGvA2DoUK4Q-g7lyg0MZ57E_gurRAVKMVXo6rgtjBGjoEFVGrTt0wPTcp6T73djqKelTIg4KXBUCY7UVCUoOyAczsPCTB2X-FVLsBanWr1Re8t_mOHLYCiqJY393pgTLzn55OPGJAH4IgJV/s320/IMG_1294.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the weather wasn't always kind</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">lashing rain didn't stop me walking up to </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">downpatrick head</div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixuPhGKrS4w5fzk3626afzy4_FrNiEl8cTRpP2ZLjM0eIZ0PaLBAd8NIYaWPdjJBhMuZhG1gxpGi-9fQyHwI6y6VnPqqDP3HyscQtVwGL5N5fzBdAyAzkf1wMswmogoQhvdMA8Tg0rskP7ifat1I7Cj3bfHAfQg_Nst4WjncPgzIAWMsRya-IVTeYXtdPi/s4032/IMG_1290.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixuPhGKrS4w5fzk3626afzy4_FrNiEl8cTRpP2ZLjM0eIZ0PaLBAd8NIYaWPdjJBhMuZhG1gxpGi-9fQyHwI6y6VnPqqDP3HyscQtVwGL5N5fzBdAyAzkf1wMswmogoQhvdMA8Tg0rskP7ifat1I7Cj3bfHAfQg_Nst4WjncPgzIAWMsRya-IVTeYXtdPi/s320/IMG_1290.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">there are many legends about this huge rock</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">on the wild atlantic coast</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO4mQOHkRZ1F_yID9M_G8PdUNwCPqC3GGPI0wjnPvmHmB1sIVzxoq8eTz4VrIOiCvIUm8w56oC5r0Kpir3Vw-t7KYa36BQ2HcfLogMmWRxObhXsq2iuQ538JJFDpgQ_fjDOkbUCAY1ie7qcImN412MGXkQOjYgcRrqcJAl9saEBYPBwKkQkvc1rLDwYJ-M/s4032/IMG_1316.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO4mQOHkRZ1F_yID9M_G8PdUNwCPqC3GGPI0wjnPvmHmB1sIVzxoq8eTz4VrIOiCvIUm8w56oC5r0Kpir3Vw-t7KYa36BQ2HcfLogMmWRxObhXsq2iuQ538JJFDpgQ_fjDOkbUCAY1ie7qcImN412MGXkQOjYgcRrqcJAl9saEBYPBwKkQkvc1rLDwYJ-M/s320/IMG_1316.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">hearing the sea crash through the fissures</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKaXj8tZGT25Ze8EYmb9lLMLzQ96ORmnw2qWVkn1edgmde4U7E93oQ6VSq-hW3HMfDs7qVoxzcYn32sQN91VqH9h0JtpVmZtcQezDHsPHOGa5AHqhS2LdUa2J9JaIJd7g0HWRfHHNrjQPTXhl8UVedWhwYkAAyEKTOfm8iXyekiJpjOaLN3lR0QOmniEhZ/s4032/IMG_1335.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKaXj8tZGT25Ze8EYmb9lLMLzQ96ORmnw2qWVkn1edgmde4U7E93oQ6VSq-hW3HMfDs7qVoxzcYn32sQN91VqH9h0JtpVmZtcQezDHsPHOGa5AHqhS2LdUa2J9JaIJd7g0HWRfHHNrjQPTXhl8UVedWhwYkAAyEKTOfm8iXyekiJpjOaLN3lR0QOmniEhZ/s320/IMG_1335.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and of course you have to visit one of the many</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">bars</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho6k7ekPR9fR-ehAFCuK1uoaQpie4JVEJ_aZsmUJVnveXvmZpu5Omq5p42ZnYyTnqZmFIVDzJlZAIpqKRtqmmgqBzG1TqdKq-1f-eg73jinCtaRNt9DEsXqyB2RWiCqC4s-pj6ELMOpSIJ67QyHrUwikoDL2zbJKRC_fbnWRWbnnzSd_5kQ3f5EAXuhCUu/s4032/IMG_1340.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho6k7ekPR9fR-ehAFCuK1uoaQpie4JVEJ_aZsmUJVnveXvmZpu5Omq5p42ZnYyTnqZmFIVDzJlZAIpqKRtqmmgqBzG1TqdKq-1f-eg73jinCtaRNt9DEsXqyB2RWiCqC4s-pj6ELMOpSIJ67QyHrUwikoDL2zbJKRC_fbnWRWbnnzSd_5kQ3f5EAXuhCUu/s320/IMG_1340.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and have a guinness!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0zecuNfsJJ4XS3VvoTKGQwOatDCNjRfOln2Bbe03uO7zEwGtVbaHx7pyGMwAuQNXF0_rVfEU89igN19cT5T-bxOfl-KPCLmXGdXazULgrAETZbQrxS7UYF_ZsBqeR5rPk8B2J997dl9lJZYmOhI_fk_v1A7GUTX7P7715Ip7yhVhohIiNxN5RUiJ8DI8O/s4032/IMG_1259.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0zecuNfsJJ4XS3VvoTKGQwOatDCNjRfOln2Bbe03uO7zEwGtVbaHx7pyGMwAuQNXF0_rVfEU89igN19cT5T-bxOfl-KPCLmXGdXazULgrAETZbQrxS7UYF_ZsBqeR5rPk8B2J997dl9lJZYmOhI_fk_v1A7GUTX7P7715Ip7yhVhohIiNxN5RUiJ8DI8O/s320/IMG_1259.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">a country rich in history</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and still in touch with it's roots</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_-6T671-kq78foaDGqjkWs2sNZDBzyYKA8TS396D1SRvxKCH0ArkWGDWRepkVm0xgd1-Zd8Y5jrnTBt4zBD3D1pdkJ_dS-PZ1kyxVtMF9pqPdoR3RtVRDtzh79QKwZyTrAGEznhRASuDu8sNfXdCxqhQBDGUFQ_TnAZmD09iREbTSy3zIpZ1e2aI12KrT/s4032/IMG_1145.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_-6T671-kq78foaDGqjkWs2sNZDBzyYKA8TS396D1SRvxKCH0ArkWGDWRepkVm0xgd1-Zd8Y5jrnTBt4zBD3D1pdkJ_dS-PZ1kyxVtMF9pqPdoR3RtVRDtzh79QKwZyTrAGEznhRASuDu8sNfXdCxqhQBDGUFQ_TnAZmD09iREbTSy3zIpZ1e2aI12KrT/s320/IMG_1145.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">it won't be my last visit for sure<br />~~~~~</div></div><p></p>chocolategirl64http://www.blogger.com/profile/02933032339456792665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712181673814353855.post-35555385298346531132021-06-28T11:32:00.007+01:002021-06-28T11:37:51.326+01:00to sleep perchance?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaMQh01-lu79Lb7HUtIxI2GVeWE3rcZuTSP2EomthzEZgnR_09AK9g_UQ-ChyVJ-D6gQ73IJTkkR22YwASBBWQPRoskIUL5qytA2Ioxfg3FivfczemjasqjL2pArjpYm7tgZZZvLGGUkmF/s1024/C53E85A0-FDE4-4FE4-88DC-359A8529BF11.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="724" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaMQh01-lu79Lb7HUtIxI2GVeWE3rcZuTSP2EomthzEZgnR_09AK9g_UQ-ChyVJ-D6gQ73IJTkkR22YwASBBWQPRoskIUL5qytA2Ioxfg3FivfczemjasqjL2pArjpYm7tgZZZvLGGUkmF/s320/C53E85A0-FDE4-4FE4-88DC-359A8529BF11.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"> here we are</p><p style="text-align: center;">in this time of strange</p><p style="text-align: center;">and I am wondering</p><p style="text-align: center;">have we forgotten to dream?</p><p style="text-align: center;">not the dream of sleep</p><p style="text-align: center;">but the dreams we have of something to achieve:</p><p style="text-align: center;">a place we would like to visit beyond that of home</p><p style="text-align: center;">of family or friends:</p><p style="text-align: center;">a notion of learning something outside of our comfort</p><p style="text-align: center;">or a big idea that has been perculating:</p><p style="text-align: center;">when did our dreams become so contained? </p><p style="text-align: center;">most people dream a dream when they are asleep:</p><p style="text-align: center;">you have to dream intentionally</p><p style="text-align: center;">when you are awake </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>chocolategirl64http://www.blogger.com/profile/02933032339456792665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712181673814353855.post-48337779699282695322020-11-06T12:30:00.004+00:002020-11-06T12:30:41.178+00:00*.*.* here, there and everywhere<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">it's been a month since I moved <br />from the house I called home<br />to a temporary rental by the sea<br /><br />living out of a suitcase</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">just the bare essentials<br />my belongings in a shipping container<br /><br />my apartment is being built at lightning quick speed<br /> I have no idea when it will be habitable<br /><br />I am feeling unsettled<br />I'm between places<br />I miss my own bed<br /><br />some days are harder than others<br />but I know it won't be forever<br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGB3oKs4cPzVuKnjgqcos8s429Hc6810hznwYk7_o9vkHhLAKNVxHvtg9-Y-CFvT2jWpPOUZGf-TB96EH4No3_PHgoKtOO8ZD2BT1_mN5MwThd0QGPXrPAYXRtN3MfEHNs7-TeKF4dk6qY/s2048/62610336880__6734D3E5-451C-412C-B794-79B7F6DB3F20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGB3oKs4cPzVuKnjgqcos8s429Hc6810hznwYk7_o9vkHhLAKNVxHvtg9-Y-CFvT2jWpPOUZGf-TB96EH4No3_PHgoKtOO8ZD2BT1_mN5MwThd0QGPXrPAYXRtN3MfEHNs7-TeKF4dk6qY/s320/62610336880__6734D3E5-451C-412C-B794-79B7F6DB3F20.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>chocolategirl64http://www.blogger.com/profile/02933032339456792665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712181673814353855.post-37499355603477569722020-10-16T09:51:00.001+01:002020-10-16T09:51:44.223+01:00|^^| let's create a living space <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">seems I always move house in October<br />except this time I have moved temporarily</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">into a holiday rental by the sea</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfvBOiXD7_8O6xYHJSdAV9fRnEN0erABP5aVOhxHxhtPsNYxRf7uiiB-I2WUlJnqlCIRVlWvALEXsd68eQyu8bow-aOkaguCt65nwnAVk3o2GGLi4dwQffdNOyT9Q__hhjPt1NRrHTD81v/s2048/IMG_9484.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfvBOiXD7_8O6xYHJSdAV9fRnEN0erABP5aVOhxHxhtPsNYxRf7uiiB-I2WUlJnqlCIRVlWvALEXsd68eQyu8bow-aOkaguCt65nwnAVk3o2GGLi4dwQffdNOyT9Q__hhjPt1NRrHTD81v/s320/IMG_9484.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">sea, sand and mountain views</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhElfH2PO_k-JVsYUfRkxUrdHLft6mVSLxxSab-jJ_0W21bv-rqBidx5UnDMW_TYYkDVvhgIe2OyauNP8_6f5350ts0_vkJq5Wj3EfEpRR24IRoTs5khSsLt_9UYe4QQt3BnKEogadOxrv3/s2048/IMG_9519.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhElfH2PO_k-JVsYUfRkxUrdHLft6mVSLxxSab-jJ_0W21bv-rqBidx5UnDMW_TYYkDVvhgIe2OyauNP8_6f5350ts0_vkJq5Wj3EfEpRR24IRoTs5khSsLt_9UYe4QQt3BnKEogadOxrv3/s320/IMG_9519.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and treasure to be found</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKeHSBEfZfEm59asoBbviAUTgdO4YpzCh1EKBIh7eJfK4xkb64-4NAzDZQna9GLcFkoxbG6DqJWHePR0c-kW-3hHnzs5Y6Pmm7GSYeqNsZNZDtr9rzDPiNhDM4nfOmV1M07IMdyXUi-Zzr/s2048/IMG_9454.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKeHSBEfZfEm59asoBbviAUTgdO4YpzCh1EKBIh7eJfK4xkb64-4NAzDZQna9GLcFkoxbG6DqJWHePR0c-kW-3hHnzs5Y6Pmm7GSYeqNsZNZDtr9rzDPiNhDM4nfOmV1M07IMdyXUi-Zzr/s320/IMG_9454.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">that'll do while the work is going on in my apartment</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxCRYIjItDrdZhHd7E_N1HHeCCEup38MTZn_Vhh7Ca5puUZUxyj0jix1v0BTGMDId-kZkUDEeEU-KIu9Ho92A' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">city living means small streets</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijzBYvHBYUAXQkoy-Cj4CIIFg8LJuZ2g9nuNOV826yaZ6mW4hNB8PhTKBLasgNVdvca9IFJPJuW1RddjO1196vJ5rtwwbBzI2eiTw_ZrLuXf9H9otnCnFRpYzX6wf1yt7Q_UXQMtCTx9jU/s320/IMG_9562.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">today they begin the stud work</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmNZlbfIElC8ryDR0dMNV3IyP8B0vdtzIfr_p2nvW0xfqiluL7UR3YpLFnNWWmW7dKOjp0Wtg_PaahyphenhyphenLh5YtpW4Opg4z9FznYI3ARUwJ8_lRmYb-I2jib-96bgPeNNuw5SSsa07zokpc89/s2048/IMG_9571.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmNZlbfIElC8ryDR0dMNV3IyP8B0vdtzIfr_p2nvW0xfqiluL7UR3YpLFnNWWmW7dKOjp0Wtg_PaahyphenhyphenLh5YtpW4Opg4z9FznYI3ARUwJ8_lRmYb-I2jib-96bgPeNNuw5SSsa07zokpc89/s320/IMG_9571.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">it's organic<br />the builder puts out his thoughts<br />I say hmmm can we do that, but with this extra<br />he rarely says no<br />he knows what he is doing<br />and I know what I want<br />a good team<br /></div> <p></p>chocolategirl64http://www.blogger.com/profile/02933032339456792665noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712181673814353855.post-11046968107241426572020-06-30T08:30:00.000+01:002020-06-30T08:32:19.999+01:00\/\/\ when love breaks down<div style="text-align: center;">
something happened yesterday<br />
it had been building for a little while<br />
I knew it<br />
he knew it<br />
I've been living a story for the last year or so<br />
today, with a big feather quill<br />
I'm dipping it into the pot of ink<br />
and writing a false stop<br />
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no regrets, no sadness<br /><br />
<i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "tnyadobecaslonpro" , "times new roman" , "times" , serif;">“I believe that love is the indispensable fuel for us to go on living. <br />Someday that love may end. <br />Or it may never amount to anything. <br />But even if love fades away, even if it’s unrequited, <br />you can still hold on to the memory of having loved someone, <br />of having fallen in love with someone. <br />And that’s a valuable source of warmth. <br />Without that heat source, <br />a person’s heart would turn into a bitterly cold, barren wasteland. <br />A place where not a ray of sunlight falls, <br />where the wildflowers of peace, <br />the trees of hope, have no chance to grow. <br />Here in my heart, <br />I plan to use these memories <br />as my own little fuel source to burn on cold nights, <br />to keep me warm as I live out what’s left of my own personal life.”</span><br />Haruku Murakami</i></div>
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chocolategirl64http://www.blogger.com/profile/02933032339456792665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712181673814353855.post-21802894409931872832020-06-15T14:32:00.001+01:002020-06-15T14:32:16.869+01:00=^..^= <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
one of the best gifts I have ever received<br />was this crazy little kitty</div>
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abandoned then found </div>
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<br />chocolategirl64http://www.blogger.com/profile/02933032339456792665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712181673814353855.post-47766484008926914802020-04-01T15:59:00.000+01:002020-04-01T15:59:27.782+01:00?? strange days ??<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
here we are in our third week of 'lock down'<br />social media flooded with figures and theories<br />our usual patterns disrupted</div>
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it's not so easy to keep upbeat ....</div>
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but if you look you can see</div>
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that people are being creative</div>
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in the ways they interact<br /><br />musicians <a href="https://youtu.be/nNBtwsPigcc"><b>performing</b></a><br />virtual pub quizzes<br />discos and dances<br />birthday parties<br />any kind of party<br />playlists<br />film clubs<br />yoga and meditation<br />art, language, cooking classes<br />tips and help<br />facetime<br />zoom<br />instastories<br />all from their homes<br />even the technophobes are learning!<br /><br />this pause will shape how we have been<br />how we will be in the future<br />soon we will be free from our little bird cages</div>
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<br />chocolategirl64http://www.blogger.com/profile/02933032339456792665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712181673814353855.post-48995752983056619072020-01-25T11:44:00.000+00:002020-01-25T11:59:34.585+00:00**** it's never goodbye <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
this man came into our lives when I was small</div>
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taking on three children</div>
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giving us his name</div>
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before giving us a little sister</div>
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bringing laughter and fun into our lives</div>
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the memories</div>
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rest in peace my silly Pops<br /><br />"hey there Mr Blue<br />we're so pleased to be with you<br />look around see what you do<br />everybody smiles at you" </div>
<3 br="" nbsp=""></3>chocolategirl64http://www.blogger.com/profile/02933032339456792665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712181673814353855.post-76586479690799103552020-01-16T11:13:00.000+00:002020-01-16T11:13:41.920+00:00- - - - en promenade <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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the time of year when resolutions are made<br />I never go by that<br />instead I'm retaining an intention </div>
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the intention to keep walking</div>
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sometimes more</div>
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time to think, breathe</div>
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and listen to the sounds around me</div>
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no targets</div>
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no regime</div>
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just walking</div>
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when I want</div>
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where I want</div>
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~~~<br />2019 = 652km </div>
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one day you are at possibly the most famous place</div>
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that you saw in those reference books at the library<br />that you couldn't borrow</div>
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the surreal feeling</div>
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of seeing it in reality</div>
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a vast structure</div>
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a fitting day to end to our time in Greece</div>
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back home </div>
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I packed up my life</div>
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and moved into a rental house<br />my stay for a while<br />until I decide my next steps</div>
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so we named her Astro<br />when I was settled in my new home<br />she came to live happily with me<br />~~~~</div>
<br />chocolategirl64http://www.blogger.com/profile/02933032339456792665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712181673814353855.post-53351374455220472122019-11-07T14:16:00.002+00:002019-11-09T12:45:56.884+00:00^~^~^~ endless blue<div style="text-align: center;">
how to challenge your fear of open water</div>
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take a 7 day sailing trip</div>
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around the Saronic Islands in the Aegean Sea</div>
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on a small boat</div>
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with 6 women and a male skipper</div>
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of course I was nervous</div>
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having never been on a boat smaller than a ferry</div>
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those fears melted away</div>
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as we visited islands everyday</div>
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docking at different a harbour</div>
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waking up to the sounds of sail masts</div>
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the bustle of water side life</div>
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then setting off to a bay for swimming</div>
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a new found love of being on the sea</div>
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sleeping to the sound of the water</div>
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lapping on the side of the boat </div>
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and gazing at the changing shades of blue</div>
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each Island very different</div>
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like the ladies I travelled with</div>
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who were forgiving my quirks</div>
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and so very encouraging</div>
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as I dipped my shoulders under the Aegean water</div>
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sunrises/ sunsets</div>
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yoga, laughter, food food food</div>
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music, boats, dolphins,</div>
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flying fish, sea<br />
our fantastic skipper Petros</div>
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and blue </div>
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endless blue</div>
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again next year maybe?</div>
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Islands & bays we visited ~~</div>
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Poros, Docos Bay, Hermione, Metoxi,</div>
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Tolo, Nafplion, Astrous, Zagoria, Spetses,</div>
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Hydra, Peloponese, Soupia, Aegina, Lagouses, Alimos</div>
chocolategirl64http://www.blogger.com/profile/02933032339456792665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712181673814353855.post-62350853679744526622019-09-04T15:20:00.000+01:002019-09-04T15:22:16.423+01:00@@@ love the life you live<div style="text-align: center;">
this little window</div>
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play boule</div>
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with Portuguese neighbours</div>
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one shares the same initials</div>
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the sound of the river</div>
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dogs run free<br />
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chocolategirl64http://www.blogger.com/profile/02933032339456792665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712181673814353855.post-41981896606028286152019-08-18T12:35:00.000+01:002019-08-18T12:35:16.459+01:00face your fear<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
the brain is a peculiar thing<br />it holds deep memory<br />it pushes negative things into the recesses<br />and brings positive to the forefront<br />if you allow<br /><br />despite living beside the seaside for most of my life<br />I don't swim but adore being next to the sea</div>
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a lake, a river, an ocean</div>
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I have a fear of being in or on open water<br />born from a childhood incident<br />that I really don't remember<br />but my brain does<br />I walk the shoreline<br />dip my feet and ankles<br />but that's as far as I go<br />until this week ....<br />I felt the time was right to face my fear<br />with my hand held<br />I walked into the lake, to my waist<br />and dipped my shoulders under the water<br />looking at the mountains from the water line</div>
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calm breath, a smile<br />for a short moment I lifted my feet from the sand<br />I was safe<br />and it felt amazing</div>
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<br />chocolategirl64http://www.blogger.com/profile/02933032339456792665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712181673814353855.post-43379766745057104752019-08-02T08:57:00.000+01:002019-08-02T08:57:17.457+01:00^^^ no holds barred <div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">life is a journey</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">as long as you keep moving forward</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“the free soul is rare, but you know it when you see it - </span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">basically because you feel good, very good, </span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">― Charles Bukowski, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/1789163">Tales of Ordinary Madness</a></span></div>
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chocolategirl64http://www.blogger.com/profile/02933032339456792665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712181673814353855.post-7960403383812184752019-07-25T16:08:00.000+01:002019-07-25T16:08:24.058+01:00--- oui ou non <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the tug of war between definitives<br />questions<br />invites online<br />rsvps<br />we want answers now<br />yes<br />or<br />no<br /><br />or maybe<br />now this word has been good to me<br />the get out card of commitment<br />a nice bold question mark</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've over used it<br />it was my knee jerk reply<br />until recently ....<br />in realisation that good opportunities can be seized<br />when they come your way<br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the value of feeling able to assert your boundaries<br />forgiving yourself when you don't have an answer<br />saying yes more often<br />and giving yourself time to think<br />if the answer is fuzzy<br /><br />and remembering my mantra<br />'you are allowed to change your mind'!</span></div>
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<br />chocolategirl64http://www.blogger.com/profile/02933032339456792665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712181673814353855.post-15064919345061104872019-07-10T14:58:00.002+01:002019-07-10T15:00:11.483+01:00*.*.* water everywhere <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">the Chateau d'Eau in Toulouse</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">to the public fountains in the city<br />in 1974 it became one of the first</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Currents Shift<br />is an exhibition that explores<br />the concerns connected to the social<br />and cultural exploitation of the seas<br />and their surroundings</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Marie Lukasiewicz's work </span><br style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">looks at the scientific and clinical</span><br style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">impact of the economic values of oceans</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">there's something sinister</span><br style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">and sexy</span><br style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">about her images</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">the focus on coral</span><br style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">one of our endangered species</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #660000;">bringing a clinical</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">but aesthetically pleasing<br />dimension to her </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">images</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">as we look out to sea </span><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">for reflection</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">in this century he is beginning to realise that</span></span></div>
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chocolategirl64http://www.blogger.com/profile/02933032339456792665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712181673814353855.post-44733924274067051162019-06-06T13:31:00.000+01:002019-06-06T13:31:29.834+01:00*.*.* have we known each other forever?<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">us humans are good at recognising patterns</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">we make decisions about future patterns</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">on the bias of our previous experiences</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and expected behaviour</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"think of those, who not by fault of inconsistency </span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">but by lack of effort, </span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">but only live as they have begun" </span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">just because you have always taken one path</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">it takes courage to do things differently </span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">it can be people who effect the change</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">walking right in to your life</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">bringing back the you</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">you'd forgotten to be</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">until you travelled to a new home</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"we travel because we need to</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">because distance and difference </span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">when we get home</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">home is still the same</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">but something in our mind has changed</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and that changes everything"</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>Jonah Lehrer ~ Why We Travel</i></span></div>
chocolategirl64http://www.blogger.com/profile/02933032339456792665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712181673814353855.post-35547498503648182682019-05-30T09:59:00.001+01:002019-05-30T09:59:59.559+01:00**** one decade later <div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #660000;">this day 10 years ago</span><br /><span style="color: #660000;">I wrote my first blog </span><a href="https://chocolategirl64.blogspot.com/2009/05/time-to-share-some-treats-and-thoughts.html"><span style="color: #0c343d;">post</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">so here I still am</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">with a message for myself </span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3650 days ago</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">if time travel becomes a thing</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">dear Denise</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(yes you will finally be called </span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by your real name </span><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and like it)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">so much will change in the next years</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">your eyes will be opened</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">you'll move away</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">move on</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">heartbreak, heartache</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">arm breaks</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">you'll lose people along the way</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">tough times will be replaced by easier</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">you'll meet some amazing people</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">on your journeys</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">see some beautiful places</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">fall in love with mountains</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">add the things that bring you joy</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">plan less, go with the flow</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">listen, watch, see</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">be interested </span><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and open </span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">to those who deserve it</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">sift and shift</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">your life will be what you make it</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and right now it is </span></div>
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<br />chocolategirl64http://www.blogger.com/profile/02933032339456792665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712181673814353855.post-41313303881775884722019-04-23T13:09:00.000+01:002019-04-23T13:09:18.875+01:00~~~ above the water line<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">fancy going to a road trip?<br />who am I to say no!<br />we drove to the Herault<br />to an abandoned village by a lake</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Celles is on the shore of Lac du Salagou<br />merely 143m altitude</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">it should have disappeared<br />submerged in the late 1960's</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">but this didn't happen</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">with its deep red soil and basalt black rock</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Celles remains abandoned</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">but protected by chain fences</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">asleep<br />maybe one day reawakened </span></div>
chocolategirl64http://www.blogger.com/profile/02933032339456792665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712181673814353855.post-67031618608198412432019-04-21T13:35:00.001+01:002019-04-21T13:35:58.208+01:00:::: lost in translation<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">you pick up the slang, the abbreviated</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and the nuances of regional dialects</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">here being Occitane, Ariegois and Catalan<br />you worry less about the le and the la<br />the correct tense and endings<br />you just go with it</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">it ain't bright and breezy to bubble and squeak, treacle<br />~~~~ </span></div>
chocolategirl64http://www.blogger.com/profile/02933032339456792665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712181673814353855.post-18396106248345352712019-04-15T08:41:00.001+01:002019-04-15T08:41:13.742+01:00~~ keep your balance<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the human body is full of bacteria<br />some good<br />some bad</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">it is the most studied of all bacteria<br />a sequence of 4,288 genes on its chromosome<br />but we don't entirely understand <br />its relationship with humans<br />and their normal flora<br />both host and bacteria benefit from each other<br />and the feeling is mutual<br />nutrients, a stable environment, protection<br /><br />there are also parasitic flora<br />who live at the expense of the host<br />opportunistic infectors<br />striking when defences are let down</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">sometimes the relationship between them <br />can't be deciphered<br />where there is no apparent benefit or harm to either<br />a commensal relationship<br /><br />thinking on this<br />when you visit a new country<br />or become close to people<br />your flora can be unbalanced<br />your normal shaken up<br />it takes time for you to adjust</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">getting back my reading mojo<br />delving into books<br />I never thought I'd enjoy<br />or get past the first few pages</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">or even understand</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">but this book </span><br style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" /><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I can't put down</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">carbon-14 is in all living things</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">when living things die</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and so the radioactive clock is reset</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">reliable detective work for carbon dating</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">if the thing is less than 60 000 years old</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">we all know about counting tree rings </span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">changes in climate, weather, illness</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">trees keep growing until the die</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the creationists debunk<br />the conspiracists conspire</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">instead of convincing us it's not true</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">maybe show us how it is?</span></div>
chocolategirl64http://www.blogger.com/profile/02933032339456792665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712181673814353855.post-58312975555947819722019-03-17T11:27:00.002+00:002019-03-17T11:27:56.180+00:00^^ above <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">right up there<br />is Montsegur</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I can see this Chateau<br />most days</span></div>
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you go up when you're supposed to go up and down when you're supposed to go down: </div>
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when you're supposed to go up, find the highest tower and climb to the top: </div>
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when you're supposed to go down, find the deepest well and go down to the bottom:</div>
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when there's no flow, stay still:</div>
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if you resist the flow, everything dries up:</div>
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if everything dries up, the world is darkness'</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">― </span><span class="authorOrTitle" style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">Haruki Murakami, </span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"></span><span id="quote_book_link_11275" style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle</span></div>
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