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petruska13
@petruska13
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We are like bubbles floating around, we touch only lightly and burst without sound.
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August 31, 2016
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petruska13
south-africa
2018-09-11 11:13
Lawrence Green - Tavern of the Seas - Book Review
Lawrence Green: Tavern of the Seas Own Image Own Image This was Lawrence Green's third book and today it is viewed as a valuable addition to South African literature. Being Born as I was under the shadow
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quotation
2018-09-11 07:13
See the light in others.
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petruska13
zimbabwe
2018-09-08 10:30
Book Review: When a Crocodile Eats the Sun by Peter Godwin
As South Africa enters a very uncertain phase in her history, the relevance of "When a Crocodile Eats the Sun by Peter Godwin" should be obvious. When live on a continent where uncertainty is
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quotation
2018-09-08 07:56
Wise Words from Einstein.
The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it. —Albert Einstein Image Source
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petruska13
south-africa
2018-08-24 12:47
An Introduction to the UFO Phenomena
Very often I am asked by friends who know of my interest in the UFO phenomena, “Why do you believe in the reality of UFO’s?” I usually try and answer them to the best of my ability. UFO’s don’t automatically
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petruska13
south-africa
2018-08-21 13:16
Book Review - The Blank Slate - Steven Pinker - Nature or nurture?
The debate on nature or nurture has been going on for many years. Every decade or so the popularity of one idea or the other gains favour then is replaced by a new idea from the other camp. Own image This
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petruska13
south-africa
2018-08-19 14:31
Book Review - Sowing the Wind - Shirley De Villiers - Well worth a read.
Sowing the Wind – Shirley van Zyl. Copyright 1986. Published by Hooome & De Villiers CC Own image Sowing the wind gives an insightful look into the second Boer war 1899-1902. It describes the concentration
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history
2018-08-15 20:13
Book Review - The Coburgs of Belgium - Theo Aronson
The Coburgs of Belgium – Theo Aronson – Hardcover with Wrapper – First Edition 1969. Own Image Own Image In 1830 after a successful rebellion against the Dutch, Belgium gained her independence. The country
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petruska13
bookcollecting
2018-03-12 18:45
Book Collecting – Looking at Bindings
Book Collecting – Looking at Bindings The first thing we see when we pick up a book is the jacket (if it has one) but soon we look under the jacket and look at the binding. Image Source The dust jacket
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petruska13
south-africa
2018-03-10 11:45
Wildlife in the home revisited
Yesterday evening I heard a familiar call from my lounge, " Peter there is something crawling on the floor." From experience this could be almost anything, from a snake to a large beetle. This
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fantasy
2018-03-09 14:31
Fantasy Castle Build 1
One of my hobbies is building castles, various medieval buildings, and the odd bit of siege equipment. Living in a small flat, I don't have much of a storage area and if you have been following my blog
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music
2018-03-08 06:12
Music that reaches your heart
I came across an article recently about music and the emotional response it elicits in different people. When I listen to certain types of music or see a particularly talented performer on stage, very
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bookcollecting
2018-03-07 06:58
A video tour of some of my books
A video introduction to part of my book collection. Since I have been doing a fair amount of writing about books over the last six months or so, I thought some of you may be interested to see something
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bookcollecting
2018-03-06 05:40
Caring for your book collection.
Caring for your books Following on my first article on book collecting here is some practical advice. The first step in caring for your books is to keep them out of the sun. Sun is an enemy of books; it
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south-africa
2018-03-05 11:16
Wildlife in the home
My wife and I live in a ground floor flat with my daughter @onetree. As she has mentioned before we live on the edge of town and beyond us there are no further houses only farm land. Own Picture It is
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bookcollecting
2018-03-04 10:56
Introduction to Book Collecting.
Book Collecting for fun and profit Here I am once again apologising to myself mainly for being really bad at keeping to a schedule. I have no excuses so on with my next post. Image Source Being an online
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petruska13
newyear
2018-02-19 10:57
Rambling and Writing
The year so far has gotten off to busy start. I started the year with good intentions, not New Year’s resolutions; I gave that up years ago. One of the things that were right on top of my list was more
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science
2018-01-08 07:50
Successful ZUMA mission and return of the fist stage.
Just finished watching the successful launch of of the Falcon 9 carrying the ZUMA space mission. The payload is a highly secret military satellite built by Northrop Grumman. This is the first launch this
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science
2018-01-07 06:23
The Falcon Heavy nearly ready for launch, we wait in anticipation
At the end of January SpaceX plans to launch the Falcon Heavy. After many delays, Elon Musk himself admitted that building Falcon Heavy was much harder than anyone imagined, it now seems as though the
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year1954
2018-01-06 06:59
The Year 1954 - Sh-Boom to Ka-Boom
Don't we all wish that we could have our lives over? How carefree life was. I would turn seven in 1954 and memories from that time are clearer. Our house I remember, had a small step from the back door
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