Writer, tour leader, creative writing teacher, reviewer and freelancer. Author of Destination Saigon and Destination Cambodia.
Sydney, Australia
Joined April 2008
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Walter Mason retweeted
Your country might be great but does it follow Australia’s lead by colour-coordinating its currency with the nation’s favourite snack foods?
Hmmm - I get a bit testy hearing people say we should learn to endure pain. What’s the bet they like a little pain relief when they go to the dentist or when they break a limb? But somebody else needs to pay with this pointless “endurance” of pain they are not experiencing (yet!)
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I have three separate hobbies:
1. Reading books.
2. Buying books I’ll probably read someday.
3. Wandering around bookstores and libraries just to admire all the books.
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It's a Jungian Life: thisjungianlife.com/search-f…
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AirBNB had its place and time, but it’s over. Had a lovely stay at a Hyatt last night, left trash in the can, towels on the ground, and am confident my corporate overlord isn’t going to light me up with a guest review video. A professional exchange of goods for money. The AirBNB hosts did this to themselves and the platform lost control long ago.
its just bonkers the new policy @airbnb is trying to put in place. Putting the dishes in the dishwasher, taking out the trash, pulling the sheets off the bed....they are just standard things any normal person would do when staying at a house. Why wouldn't a host be allowed to say that?
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Der „Naumburger Meister“ machte Uta von Naumburg (Uta von Ballenstedt) zur Legende. Die Statue (13. Jh.) gehört zu den zwölf Stifterfiguren des Naumburger Doms und gilt als eines der bedeutendsten plastischen Werke der deutschen Gotik.
Uta starb an einem 23. Oktober vor 1046.
Practical advice: Lie down. Soften the body. Stop the thinking. Bring all your attention to the in-breath and the out-breath. Feel the air entering… feel the air leaving. That is all. No need to chase sleep. Just be with the breathing
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Henri Rivière’s Thirty-Six Views of the Eiffel Tower (1888–1902), French lithographs of the then brand new structure and its environs, in the style of Japanese woodblock prints: publicdomainreview.org/colle…
Walter Mason retweeted
One of the hidden benefits of reading old books is that they rescue you from the arrogance of the present.
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We acknowledge that no one has the bandwidth for this, but if it helps:
-It’s ‘sleight of hand’
-It’s ‘bated breath’
-It’s ‘lo and behold’
-It's 'buck naked'
-It’s ‘brass tacks’
-It’s ‘free rein’
-It’s ‘toe the line'
