Category Archives: News

Honey, I’m Home

Posted on May 26, 2010 by Karie

I am home after three days working in Yorkshire. The sun was out the first two days and our surroundings were beautiful and very rural. During one meeting I spotted a pheasant walking about on the small hill outside and … Continue reading →

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Don’t Dream It’s Over

Posted on May 11, 2010 by Karie

It has been a day of upheaval here in Britain. Gordon Brown resigned as Prime Minister and then Britain finally got its new government five days after the election. And Neil Finn sported a moustache on BBC’s Later With Jools … Continue reading →

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The Candle in the Window

Posted on May 4, 2010 by Karie

I put a lit candle on my window-sill tonight. It is a Danish tradition to do on the evening of May 4 in memory of May 4, 1945, the evening the Nazi Occupation of Denmark ended. I lit the candle … Continue reading →

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The Shape of Things To Come

Posted on April 23, 2010 by Karie

In time you’ll recognise that love is larger than life And praise will come to those whose kindness leaves you without debt and bends the shape of things to come that haven’t happened yet One of the loveliest things ever … Continue reading →

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The Skies, Now Undisturbed

Posted on April 19, 2010 by Karie

The wise elders would explain that inside the aircraft, passengers, who had only paid the price of a few books for the privilege, would impatiently and ungratefully shut their window blinds to the views, would sit in silence next to … Continue reading →

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Linkage

Posted on April 16, 2010 by Karie

A few links to tide things over: A few weeks ago a perceptive blogger wrote about volcanic activity in Iceland. Seeing as Northern Europe’s airports are more-or-less shutdown due to a massive cloud of volcanic ash coming from Iceland, you … Continue reading →

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Shall I Compare Thee to the Great Pele?

Posted on March 18, 2010 by Karie

After the years of Andrew Motion being poet laureate, him whining about it and his “official” poems going “Better stand back / Here’s an age attack, / But the second in line / Is dealing with it fine”, it is … Continue reading →

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Something of Beauty

Posted on February 11, 2010 by Karie

“..there is beauty in everything. What ‘normal’ people would perceive as ugly, I can usually see something of beauty in it” – Alexander McQueen British fashion designer, Alexander McQueen committed suicide today. He was only forty years old. McQueen was … Continue reading →

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The Catcher in the Rye

Posted on January 28, 2010 by Karie

J.D. Salinger has died. I wonder what unpublished works he has left behind?

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Losing Its Reputation

Posted on December 16, 2009 by Karie

“Denmark is losing its reputation for being a good world citizen.” – Naomi Klein Danish police arrest 150 demonstrators as world leaders arrive at Copenhagen conference. Mainstream groups such as Friends of the Earth have been barred from the conference … Continue reading →

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