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Zanepost: Venice in the rain
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Notes and illustrations about life, current affairs, travel and other topics. Venice in the rain. It's a rainy evening. When its wet for an extensive period of time and I start to carry my umbrella every day, my mind turns to memories of other cities I've seen in the rain: Seattle, London, Milan, Venice. Have you ever been to Venice? Venice, whether water-logged or dry, leaves an impression and is worth preserving. Like so many visitors, American writer Paul Theroux. I took a water-bus from the Lido to V...
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Zanepost: September 2011
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Notes and illustrations about life, current affairs, travel and other topics. The "Miracle on the Hudson" on January 15, 2009, then, was all the more amazing for the fact that a fully-loaded commercial airliner crash-landed in a New York river and all 155 people aboard survived. Captain Chesley Burnett "Sully" Sullenberger. Is the celebrated pilot of US Airways Flight 1549. Who successfully ditched the Airbus A320 into the cold water of the Hudson River after a flock of birds disabled both engines. 1 The...
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Zanepost: Vancouver rain
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Notes and illustrations about life, current affairs, travel and other topics. While these growing conditions are perfect for plants, the constant precipitation can make humans rather gloomy. Regan D'Andrade, a Vancouver writer and teacher, wrote about this a few years ago. Her little essay was inscribed on a rock at Kits Point. Overlooking English Bay. Her words are worth sharing. The inscription reads:. Venice in the rain. Ottawa rain and a storyteller from the past. 18 July 2011 at 20:52.
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Zanepost: The Big Hole
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Notes and illustrations about life, current affairs, travel and other topics. A large gem was cut from that original crystal and it was given the name of Eureka. For its historical significance. A year later, it had achieved fame and was shown at the 1867 Paris Exhibition. The shepherd had found a large crystal of 83.50 carats. Van Niekerk sold it for $56,000. It made its way to Europe and was fashioned into the spectacular 47.69 carat, pear-shaped Star of South Africa. It started a Southern diamond rush.
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Zanepost: An award for a pioneer and a salute to children's television programming
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Notes and illustrations about life, current affairs, travel and other topics. An award for a pioneer and a salute to children's television programming. I was so pleased to hear that Linda Ellerbee will receive a prestigious award next month for her lifetime of work in broadcasting and journalism. It's especially nice because it highlights the importance of news programming for children. She is the pioneering journalist who created Nick News with Linda Ellerbee. In many ways, Ellerbee has maintained a chi...
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Zanepost: Ottawa rain and a storyteller from the past
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Notes and illustrations about life, current affairs, travel and other topics. Ottawa rain and a storyteller from the past. It's a rainy evening in Ottawa. Umbrellas have appeared on the sidewalks and the historic buildings look stained because the stones are wet. The figures on the monuments shine in the gathering darkness. This June evening brings back memories of a short story written by Ernest Hemingway in the 1920s. He called it "Cat in the Rain," and the beginning of it went like this:. Ottawa rain ...
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Zanepost: June 2011
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Notes and illustrations about life, current affairs, travel and other topics. We talked recently about some San Francisco. Impressions. Now that I've lived in Vancouver for a while, I've done a lot of walking around and, naturally, have accumulated impressions about this city as well. Yes, it rains a lot. But the air off the Pacific Ocean is always clean and the summers are never muggy. It's a place and time that soothes in so many ways. Thanks to Jason Antony, who made his shot available at sxc.hu.
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Zanepost: October 2011
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Notes and illustrations about life, current affairs, travel and other topics. Reasons to experience different destinations. Allow me to flip back to a 2008 post that ruminates on the benefits of travel. Travel, as we know, is a change of place, an alternative experience, a break from the daily routine. There are some good reasons for moving around:. The New York Times. Initiative in its travel section: the paper has a regularly updated photo project appropriately called, "Why we travel" that captures per...
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Zanepost: August 2011
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Notes and illustrations about life, current affairs, travel and other topics. You may have heard the story before. Fry and Spencer worked at the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, also known as 3M. From that simple idea the company developed the product that we all know as the colourful Post-it. Notes, now sold around the world. This story illustrates a point about ingenuity. As Apple founder Steve Jobs summarized: “Creativity is just connecting things.”. How to foster creativity. I was so pleas...
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Zanepost: March 2011
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Notes and illustrations about life, current affairs, travel and other topics. I've been giving a little thought to this concept of "mindfulness," the idea that we should live in the moment and clear our minds, keeping free of distractions. It's an age-old concept that has been practiced by followers of various philosophies and religions. It's a form of meditation that helps many cope with the accelerating pace of life in modern times. So in the end we can't devote ourselves completely to the practice of ...
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