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Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the places and moments that take our breath away.80

Three Summers in a Row

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the places and moments that take our breath away. I left school at the age of 16 years and went straight into work. Now, in 2009 I find myself with...

2 comments    travel writing travel retirement
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It's Later Than You Think, Part Fifteen

Sheila was propelled 300 years into the future from the frozen foods section of her local grocery store.  From there, life started to get a little complicated.  If you woud like to start her story from the...

20 comments    writing fiction story
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Paris a city for all

Watching a city like Paris, it is easy to appreciate why, the millions of visitors, are amazed at just how diverse and generous enough the city is to satisfy everyone. There is no other city on this earth...

0 comments    paris travel writing
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It's Later Than You Think, Part Twelve

Life has become rather more complicated for our heroine since she was pulled from the year 2010 three hundred years into the future, and then returned to the year 2007.  You can start her journey here. I...

19 comments    writing science fiction earth
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Ecuador volunteer work

 On the fourteenth of April 2007 at about 9.30 at night, Ecuador’s mountain capital, Quito hummed with the sounds of its traffic. Buses were crammed together on the wide central highways, interspersed with...

0 comments    jungle ecuador travel advice
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It's Later Than You Think, Part Eight

Lost in another century, Sheila is trying to find out why she has been brought to this sterile future. . . I checked vids after lunch, on a whim, and could find no mention of anything resembling the Middle...

15 comments    writing books earth
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The Mechanics of a Good Travel Article

 You are sharing your experience with someone who may never visit where your are; make them want to go. Give them reasons to want to go; add interesting side trips, activities and restaurants. Give links to...

6 comments    travel writing articles
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THE BENEFITS OF BEING STUCK ON A BUS IN A TRAFFIC JAM - WHAT WOULD BUKOWSKI SAY, OR DICKENS FOR THAT MATTER

Okay, it started off great, I jumped on a 148 bus to Victoria, got there, and damn! Climate change march, phoned my friend, gonna be late, no problem, we met, had lunch, kissed, said goodbye and I waited for...

4 comments    life travel politics
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It's Later Than You Think, Part Seventeen

All Sheila had wanted to do was buy a frozen TV dinner; instead, she wound up 300 years into the future, where life began to become a little complicated.  If you would like to begin her adventure, click...

23 comments    entertainment writing creative
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Scribbles: the writing life

With Father's Day next weekend, here is something for grandfathers that I wrote for a book called The Catfish King. The Catfish KingBy Susannah WollmanIn the peace and quiet of the morning,He walks on the...

0 comments    travel poetry writing
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