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Afghanistan Adventures #18 – Russian jeeps and hairpin bends ~ Mary Smith

Reblogged from Mary Smith’s Place: I had established a stock keeping system for the clinic and now was going to set up a similar one in Mubarak Shah’s neighbouring clinic in Malestan district. Jawad was to take me there – … Continue reading

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Feeling it at Holy Hill ~ G. Michael Vasey

Reblogged from The Magical World of G. Michael Vasey: By the time we reached the car from Templštejn, it was already early afternoon and after a quick stop for a late lunch, it was pretty much already dark. So we … Continue reading

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Discovering Templštejn ~ G. Michael Vasey

Reblogged from The Magical World of G. Michael Vasey: A prior trip to discover Templštejn ended with the realization that I had somehow taken a wrong direction – at least for a car – yet the end of that journey … Continue reading

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The Mysterious Řeznovice Church of St. Peter and St. Paul ~ G. Michael Vasey

Reblogged from The Magical World of G. Michael Vasey: This weekend, I was able to visit several sites around Brno. The first was the church of St. Peter and St. Paul in Řeznovice that I had noticed passing by on … Continue reading

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Something in the air? And three books by Alan Richardson

It was a surprise, said author Alan Richardson, to see her pop up on my Facebook page. He had just released a book about her… and we had just spent a weekend delving into the story of Gilgamesh, a ruler … Continue reading

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Afghan Adventures ~ Mary Smith #13 #Babies

Reblogged from MarySmith’sPlace: Although Hussain didn’t encourage house visits he could never bring himself to refuse, even though experience was teaching him the messenger’s ‘emergency’ was probably nothing worse than an indigestion attack. But there was always the fear that … Continue reading

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Guest author: Robbie Cheadle ~Anne Brontë

Robbie continues her series on the Brontë family. Click the links to read about Patrick, the patriarch ,  Charlotte Brontë and Emily Brontë. The Brontë family Anne Brontë Background Anne Bronté was the youngest of the six Bronté siblings and she … Continue reading

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Letters from Spain – numero tres ~ Joy Lennick

Reblogged from Joy Lennick: “All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” – Blaise Pascal Hola folks…I believe I left you back in 2005, when there was excitement in the air due to … Continue reading

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Afghan adventures #11 ~ Mary Smith

Reblogged from Mary Smith’s Place: A shorter post this weekbecause I’ve been running around like a headless chicken with the book launch. Plus, I felt this particular story needed to be told on its own. One day, Rosanna was awaiting … Continue reading

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Guest author: Robbie Cheadle ~Emily Brontë

Robbie continues her series on the Brontë family. Click the links to read about Patrick, the patriarch and Charlotte Brontë. The Brontë family Emily Brontë Background Emily Brontë was the fifth child of Patrick Bronte and Maria Branwell. She is known … Continue reading

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