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On the tube
Living in London, I spend a hefty percentage of my time on the underground. Generally I hate it, but I also realise it’s one of those things that I will really miss about London when the time comes to leave. The next train is for High Barnet. Barnet is British slang for ‘Hair’.
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Gloria Swanson’s star
“I know your face. You’re Norma Desmond. You used to be in pictures. You used to be big.” “I am big. It’s the pictures that got small.”
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Maori Art and other beautiful New Zealand things
A common site in rural NZ; charming colonial churches. Perhaps not beautiful to everyone, but the Lampard flats in Upper Cuba Street, Wellington, were built by my Grandfather in the 1930’s. Carving in the Meeting House at Te Papa, Wellington. Tai Chi at sunset at Tahuna Beach, Nelson. Wadestown, Wellington, from the ferry.
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Bucket Fountain, Wellington
Long ago I promised I would put a photo of Wellington’s Bucket Fountain on the site: