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Julio the Waterhen

Posted by Rachel on Saturday, June 2nd, 2012 , Posted in Blog , No Comments »

Julio is a male, white-breasted waterhen. This beautiful creature hatched in my garden and has been coming into my house ever since he was a fluffy little black chick. Read More »

Last Night of Twelfth Night

Posted by Rachel on Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012 , Posted in Blog , No Comments »

I’ve just come back from a brief two-day visit to Singapore where I grabbed a bit of culture by catching the final night of a month-long performance of Shakespeare in the Park. Read More »

Lombok Gold Rush

Posted by Rachel on Friday, May 18th, 2012 , Posted in Blog , No Comments »

On my travels in Lombok this week, I witnessed one of the many illegal gold mining operations where mercury is used to extract gold from the rock and is then dumped, along with other mining waste including cyanide, into rivers and then flushed into the sea. Read More »

The Road Not Taken

Posted by Rachel on Thursday, May 17th, 2012 , Posted in Blog , No Comments »

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

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BLOGGING IS A JOURNEY

Posted by Rachel on Monday, May 14th, 2012 , Posted in Blog , 2 Comments »

Look at the world differently and you may be surprised at what you find Read More »