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Ponderings While Pulling Trees

A little light musing, interspersed with pictures of the garden.. I was digging up a tree yesterday. It’s the sort of work that I used to love when working at the legal coal face. It meant I couldn’t actually think about … Continue reading

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The politics of the playground #1000speak @1000speak

I wrote here the other day about being bullied. As a growing youth I was tall for my age. My parents had a chart that said ‘if you are X at ten you will be Y at 18′ Another of … Continue reading

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Plastic Bottles and the Kaiser – a plea #1000speak @1000speak

I’ve often wondered at the way the world is set up and the conflicts inherent in it. History, power, colonialism, they have all had a part to play in the dominance of nations and nation states in the current construct. … Continue reading

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