Happy 183rd Birthday, Emily Elizabeth Dickinson; December 10, 2013.


Happy birthday. We love your writing. Thanks for sharing. Hugs, Barbara

Kaligrafi Bismillah


A beautiful blog.

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Arabic Caligraphy

Dengan menyebut nama Allah Yang Maha Pengasih lagi Maha Penyayang

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Edinburgh: Reality and Theatre


This is a terrific blog. I have had fun reading it this morning. Thank you for sharing with us.

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Farmers, merchants, mayors, prostitutes, drunkards and brigands once stumbled down this cobbled pathway; laden with history and lying proudly in the shadows of the city’s grandiose Gothic architecture, today it is known by most as the Edinburgh Royal Mile.

Thousands swarm from all sides like theatre-starved minions, a man in stripes is seemingly suspended from the sky, a psychic in space goggles clasping a pigeon waves a sign promising to reveal prophecies for food, the Most Pierced Woman in the World sits hunched in a doorway, cradling back and forth behind a parasol and a red skinned magician delicately twirls his crystal ball into mid-air whilst vibrantly clothed street players in top hats passionately shake their arms and proclaim Shakespeare is not dead- the eclectic mix of comedic, theatrical, musical and acrobatic street performers one encounters on the Royal Mile during the world renown Edinburgh Fringe Festival are as equally eccentric…

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Saurai-je?


This is a beautiful blog. Thank you for sharing. Hugs, Barbara

Esther H.'s avatarHortus Closus

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Painting by Kathy Fincher

Saurai-je guider
Ma Sarah sur le chemin,
La faire s’éclore?

Saurai-je lui chanter la
Vie, la beauté du monde?

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Epic Notes: How coffee went…


This is a great song and it needs to be heard.

Flatliner Books's avatarFlatliner Books

Orange British Academy Film Awards 2012 - Press Room

Open to see video from the home page.

From Epic Failure’s perspective.

Cast: Chris Hemsworth as Epic Failure

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Taking a Stand: Human Rights Day, December 10, 2013


Petchary is a woman who holds the torch on her path of peace and freedom.
In harmony, Barbara

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December 10 marks the 20th Anniversary of the establishment for the mandate of the UN HighCommissioner for Human Rights.

Caribbean Development Activists & Women’s Network in partnership with Quality of CitizenshipJamaica, Caribbean Vulnerable Communities Coalition and Jamaicans for Justice is organizing a stand on human rights day with other NGOs, youth leaders, students, and interested persons.The aim of the stand is to call for the improvement of ALL areas of human rights including,social, economic, civil, political, environmental, sexual and cultural rights.

The 2011 Concluding Observations of the Human Rights Committee, reports of Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, plus local civil society organizations have noted that many citizens of Jamaica are not guaranteed respect, dignity and equality and inalienable rights as human beings. We note the following:

  •  the under-representation of women in decision-making positions in the public and private sectors;
  •  stigmatization of persons living with HIV/AIDs;
  •  the high prevalence…

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