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The Bra Ball by Emily Duffy - Photo: Sibila Savage72

Oddities: Weird bra stories (with a dash of poetry)

by AuraGem

2000 bras strung along a barbed wire fence! Pink bras in a pepper tree! Bra art metamorphoses into gallery art! The ultimate - a Bra Ball! And are bras poetry in motion? published 7 months ago

21 comments    poetry funny poem

Images from William Ricketts Sanctuary - Dandenongs, Victoria - Australia71

Australian Art Oddities: Not all art is in an art gallery!

by AuraGem

Australian art can be found in the most unexpected places. Undervalued art is art found outside the respected sophistication of an art gallery; it could be found in unexpected places in the city or the far reaching countryside. And as you wander these unexpected places, your whole view of "what is art" may totally change. published 7 months ago

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Oddities of Nature: Our future - Amphibians are more precious than gold

by AuraGem

Locked in the world of amphibians may be the key to our future existence, our very survival. The humble frog, the salamander and caecilians may "sense" the state of our world far more effectively than humanity's most advanced technical sensors. published 7 months ago

4 comments    animals nature the future

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Oddities: Greetings and Crime - The "rape" of Namaste?

by AuraGem

Namaste is a beautiful greeting. "The God in me greets the God in you." "The Light within me greets the Light within you." But this spiritual connection is undergoing a radical commercial make-over. published 7 months ago

5 comments    arts spiritual greetings

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Oddities: Kopi Luwak - Dream or nightmare? + (for a little bit of laughter) - "Coffee Song"

by AuraGem

Kopi Luwak is "the latest news" on the coffee scene. The word "kopi" means "coffee". And the word "luwak"? Therein lies a fascinating story. Imagine the jungles of Indonesia. Night has fallen. A hungry animal is on the prowl published 7 months ago

3 comments    funny coffee indonesia

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Australian Poetry - Oddities: A Dial-Up Swan Song

by AuraGem

Remember the days when dial-up was young And the world basked in the new internet sun The old raucous schoolyard Became a room Of marble faces And cold screens And communication was as close As 3 hour linking... published 7 months ago

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