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Kindergarten Competition – Viewfromtheside's Blog
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Views from the side of life, stories, thoughts. February 24, 2014. February 24, 2014. The Food Bloggers Indaba (see previous post) went very well. We arrived, ate, drank, chatted, laughed, awarded prizes for anything and everything, had a game to hand out the “goodie bags”, and then…. We had a creative competition. The friend is Lyndatjie – she of the ‘frog lady’ fame on the media24 blogs – way back when. The competition was to make a frog on a meringue. Posted in General Ramblings. She is such fun.
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The lure of old science fiction – Viewfromtheside's Blog
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Views from the side of life, stories, thoughts. September 7, 2014. The lure of old science fiction. I am so often delighted to find old science fiction (not the sort with scary alien monsters) but those that turn a fanciful eye to either the future or alternate lifestyles in the same of different worlds. I had a delightful trip in time this weekend in the company of one J McCullough in his book Golf in the year 2000, or, What we are coming to , which was first published in 1892. The biggest of all was th...
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People watching – Viewfromtheside's Blog
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Views from the side of life, stories, thoughts. March 5, 2014. I have recently had the privilege of working closely with 2 men, quite different in background, but both intelligent and thoughtful. That contract is about to end, and I will be sad to lose the almost daily interaction with them. One in his 30’s the other in his 60’s and both with a sense of humour that has made some difficult work a pleasure. Those are the times I realise how fortunate I am to be able to observe each in turn. I have no idea ...
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Take me on your journey – Viewfromtheside's Blog
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Views from the side of life, stories, thoughts. March 14, 2014. Take me on your journey. So many misunderstandings come from people not having followed the same ‘journey’ in getting to where they are. I see this so often in groups arguing or seeming to agree and then doing completely different things. Of course then the difficulty is spreading the word of how their logic together got them there. Same problem, just a bigger pool of people……. Posted in General Ramblings. March 14, 2014 at 12:44 pm. Another...
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We Shall Overcome – Viewfromtheside's Blog
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Views from the side of life, stories, thoughts. January 29, 2014. Reading the news this morning I discovered that Pete Seeger, the man who wrote We shall overcome has died in his 90’s. I loved his stuff as a youngster, it spoke of possibilities, hinted that we could be better than we were but not in a polite mealy-mouthed way. When I emerged from the classroom, papers for marking in my briefcase, I discovered the canteen in an uproar. The police had raided ON TO CAMPUS! We queued for the phone, and then ...
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Creating the competition – Viewfromtheside's Blog
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Views from the side of life, stories, thoughts. February 21, 2014. Some years ago, blogging on a South African site I met many other South Africans. Some I loved, some bored me silly. Out of that experience I have retained some wonderful friends. We would meet in greater numbers, every time discovering that the real people were pretty much like their blogs, except for the few who plagarised most of their content. There were even some MOB events organised by the web site owners, the Media24 group. Now als...
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Lessons from the Universe – Viewfromtheside's Blog
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Views from the side of life, stories, thoughts. March 15, 2015. Lessons from the Universe. Then today I went to a film with a friend. She chose what we were going to see, and she selected Still Alice . So here I am again at the end of a weekend, wondering what lesson the universe has put in my way. Of course along with wondering is the scary look at myself and wondering. 25 thoughts on “ Lessons from the Universe. March 15, 2015 at 8:48 pm. March 16, 2015 at 7:14 am. March 16, 2015 at 10:20 am. That cat ...
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Secret Valentine – Viewfromtheside's Blog
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Views from the side of life, stories, thoughts. February 16, 2014. His first Valentine’s day in South Africa. Off to the shop on the way home, to pick up 26 identical little boxes, each with 2 chocolates and a little red rose. In to the office ahead of everyone – quite difficult to achieve, these South Africans always started work an hour too early for his taste. On each woman’s desk, one little Valentine’s present. The next year. February 14th, there it was again. Another anonymous Valentine car...Never...
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Weekend theme – Viewfromtheside's Blog
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Views from the side of life, stories, thoughts. January 26, 2014. So many corrupt politicians, so few assassins. So many rays of sunshine, so few solar panels. So many happinesses, so little to cry over. So many Maltesers, so little mouthspace (This one for Tilly Budd). Posted in Weekend Theme. 4 thoughts on “ Weekend theme. January 26, 2014 at 7:52 pm. Love the first line in particular! January 26, 2014 at 8:52 pm. January 27, 2014 at 6:04 am. It was the quickest to come to mind. Enter your comment here.