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Hola a todos mis queridos y apreciados amigos de Flickr. Les comparto el enlace de la publicación de mi libro de poesía "Cuando Lluevan las Palabras".
Agradeciendo si me desean apoyar en este nuevo camino que emprendo.
Les dejo el link de la página para que puedan obtener mi libro, leerlo y comentar qué les parece.
De antemano, muchas gracias
Hello to all my valued Flickr friends. I share the link of the publication of my poetry book "When the Words Rain".
If you want to support me in this new path that I am embarking on, I will be very grateful.
I leave the link so you can get my book, read it and comment what you think.
Beforehand thank you very much
Disponible en Amazon:
Video en Youtube:
Hi All,
My first book "Dare to Bird - Exploring the Joy and Healing Power of Birds" will be out in June 2024 and you can pre-order it now on Amazon worldwide
www.amazon.com/dp/1771606541?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_dp_14CZ7Z...
www.amazon.ca/dp/1771606541?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_dp_7Y16H4R...
and on Indigo/Chapters.
www.indigo.ca/en-ca/dare-to-bird-exploring-the-joy-and-he...
You can read more about the book from the publisher's (Rocky Mountain Books) website rmbooks.com/book/dare-to-bird/
It will also be in local bookstores for those who don't like to shop online. A recent radio interview I did can be found here www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-91/clip/16010358
Thank you for supporting me, I truly appreciate it! I just wish my parents were alive to see this moment and to read the book. I dedicate it to them and speak about them inside.
go down into the garden,
wander the paths of the boxwood labyrinth,
heed the melody of the lily's trumpet,
the tinkling of the coral bells,
follow the trail of peony petals, scattered like bread crumbs,
search among the low-hanging branches of the white pine, for I was born in a garden,
and it there that I shall return,
legs tangled up among the roots, forever pushing downward,
grace resurrected,
sustained by wonder, I am home.
the pansies smile through tears,
the willow weeps with joy,
the mantis sings a hymn of praise.
what once was lost is found again. "
excerpt from my book Pénombre
www.blurb.com/b/10224394-p-nombre
text and image © Anne Renée Silver, 2020
I popped into the London Transport Museum on Saturday, 20th November to sign some copies of my new book. They had ordered in extra copies for me to 'autograph' and here they are on the counter ready to go out on the shelf marked as 'Signed'. I might try and get one more 'signing' in before Christmas if they sell sufficiently enough. It was pleasing to see someone buying a copy straight after because it was signed as well!
The London Transport Museum is now the main place to find books like this in London as both of the previous specialist transport bookshops in the capital have now closed. I found a copy in Waterstones on Piccadilly as well which I also signed but transport is badly catered for in most bookshops either being lumped under 'Sport' or 'Hobbies!'
Macro Mondays: Bookmark
an engraved bookmark, a gift from my former colleagues when I left our practice to move to France, sitting atop the photo book that I published last year.
How intolerable life would be without books.
Just a small selection of my beloved library.
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#MyBook #MyWorld #MyRebels #ReadMyWorld
A true rebel respects the power of cause and effect. There's no room for weakness, just the strength to rise above your circumstances.
True rebels understand that every action has a reaction, and they choose their battles wisely. No handicaps, no pity parties for anyone. Bad choices on any path you choose must have consequences.
I chased my dreams until I caught them.
I chased my thoughts until I stopped thinking.
And I chased my heart until I found You.
- i wrote this for you
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The three part series has come to an end. How bout' more?
Don't bleed in the woods. The sharks are hungry.
It's not always about punching villains in the face, it's also about being there for someone that needs support.
"You're right when you say we all come out of high school thinking we're going to save the world. And sometimes we do. And sometimes-- sometimes we don't. So you don't think about saving the world, you think about saving just one person. Because sometimes that's enough. All I know is that we have to try. That's what life is. We try. We push back against the darkness just a little.
If you think there's a chance--no matter how small--that there might be just one more happy day out there-- Then take my hand."
If you're interested in the details, you'll have to view the original (4515 x 980)-sized image.
and books on politics. My interests are all over the map. ;-)
I'm off to the dentist this morning. I'll be back later to Flickr with all my friends.
Winston: "Marshal Stalin, I believe God is on our side. At least i have done my best to make him a faithful ally."
Uncle Jo: " And the devil is on my side. Because, of course, everyone knows that the devil is a Communist and God, no doubt, is a good Conservative."
(Teheran Conference, November 1943)
NOTE: Here Stalin has contrived for NKVD spy Ana Pauker, (later to become Romania's Foreign Minister) to double as Roosevelt's hotel chamber maid... the devil never left to chance any such minor details!
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Churchill si Stalin la Conferinta dela Teheran, Noiembrie 1943:
CHURCHILL:
"Maresale Stalin, stiu ca Dumnezeu este de partea noastra, sau cel putin am facut tot posibilul ca sa fie un aliat de nadejde."
STALIN:
"Iar dracul este de partea mea, pentru ca asa cum se stie, dracul este comunist, iar Dumnezeu, fara doar si poate este un Consevator convins."
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During WWII Princess Marthe Bibesco (1883-1973), a sister-in-law of Lady Elizabeth Asquith, wrote several times to Churchill, on one occasion to pass on a request from the Romanian Government for a separate peace with the Allies. From recently released documents in British archives it appears clear that British civil servants were not keen to use Princess Bibesco’s offer, stating that such potential intermediaries ‘were not in short supply’ – a typical arrogance of faceless and myopic power broking civil servants at Whitehall at the sunset of the British Empire. Had they grasped the nettle, the political map of Europe might have been quite different, with eastern Europe not being enslaved and Churchill not having any reason to coin the expression ‘Iron Curtain’, as a metaphor for the division of Europe. But this was not to be and it is an instance where poets could show a better intuition than mandarins, or politicians.
Source; "Blouse Roumaine - the Unsung Voices of romanian Women".
This is my squeezy desk with my MacBook Pro 15", ancient 19" Viewsonic monitor, iPhone 3G 16Gb (in dock), 2 - Western Digital MyBook 500Gb external hard drives...and a 7-port hub to handle everything...oh, and a TWiT (This Week in Tech) wallpaper!
* 29th Nov 08* I just added a little 160Gb external for photos. Now there's a dedicated drive just for pics.
In Hong Kong our homes are tiny and so the desk is tiny too. =)
** The lid closing/open thing is sorted now...running monitor with MBPro lid closed no prob =) **
Oh yeah, added a 640Gb WD external early '09
One more added...a 640Gb Buffalo External HD...I think 2.5Tb should do for now hehe
...oh, and I just replaced (September 09) my original 120Gb MacBook Pro 5400rpm drive with a 320Gb 7200rpm drive. Did a bit for machine speed. =)
...for fun.
Eats, Shoots and Leaves. A funny book about punctuation and grammar! Whaat?
I know this book has been out for a while now, but it's one I've been wanting (and NEEDING) to read and just never got around to. Since I have been on Flickr, I have become very aware of my mis-use and abuse of punctuation, grammar, exclamation points, emoticons, etc.
So hopefully, this book will help me! ;-) (See what I mean?)
The book really IS funny - I love the wry British wit of the author, Lynne Truss. She makes learning about punctuation fun!
The cool coffee mug is new, too. I saw one by this artist on Texas To Mexico's photostream www.flickr.com/photos/7930204@N04/2288010112/ and just had to have one - or two. I found them online and ordered two different designs - I really like the bright colors!
I LOVE BOOKS! Ex libris - see my library detailed here.
~ Whenever I need some inspiration or comfort, I always dip into this wonderful book,
The Flowering of the Soul, edited by Lucinda Vardey: 'From Julian of Norwich and Hildegard of Bingen to Mother Teresa and Marge Piercy - an unprecedented collection
of prayers by women throughout the ages.'
[The lovely tea cup was a present from *my lovely mother.]
I LOVE BOOKS! Ex libris - see my library detailed here.
~ World Book Day today - 6 March!
Kalaam Baba Fareed Shakar Ganj, edited by Maqbool Anwar Daoudi, the collected Sufic Punjabi poetry of Baba Fareed.
I grew up knowing about Baba Fareed, as my father's family are serious devotees; they attend his mazaar at Pakpattan every year during the urs, and organise all kinds of gatherings in his name to collect money for charity, including qawaali meetings to which they would invite the late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan every year in Lahore. Baba Fareed is renowned by Punjabi communities all around the world, and of all religions, particularly
by Muslims and Sikhs. And this post is especially for my Father.
'Fareed'a burre da bhalla kar, ghussa man na handh'aah,
Dei roag na lag, eh palley sab kujh pa'h.'
...inside a dog it's too dark to read
~Groucho Marx~
Don't you like to change place to your books from time to time? I love to go over them and think "I could re-read this one, after all"...
A little break from my happiness project, but I'm still into it:D
Al di fuori del cane, il libro è il migliore amico dell'uomo...dentro al cane c'è troppo buio per leggere.
~ Groucho Marx ~
Non vi piace cambiare posto ai libri di tanto in tanto? Io adoro riguardarli e pensare "questo potrei rileggerlo, dopo tutto..."
Piccola pausa dall' happiness project, ma non è finita qui :D
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Morning. A 6AM upload.
Taken yesterday.
(I have another, more relaxed version, but this one is more suitable for flickr as you know me to be ehhh more like this jubilant person when it comes to books.)
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I will delete comments that contain either of the following: group awards, group invites, admin invites, other sparkly images or .gifs.
I block assholes.
Last night my computer gave me a little scare. When I tried to upload the photos of the day from my camera's SD card to Picasa there was a message telling me there was no disc space left.
When I looked at the C drive--using the explore feature-- I noticed that out of the blue & pink pie of used and available space I only had under 2 GB left. The circle was totally blue with only a black line designating available space.
I panicked.
Today I purchased an external hard drive (WD “Mybook” Essential Edition 250 GB External HDD) and have been deleting, recycling and transferring folders and photos left and right to open up some space so that my computer does not completely flake out and crash on me before I'm able to save over 14 GB of photos.
So, how do you save and backup your files? ;-)
Every January, I choose books from my shelves that I haven't yet read and make a plan to read them during the coming year. These are this year's selections.
I've already begun reading War and Peace—I'm participating in a year-long read-along on the Footnotes and Tangents Substack blog. The schedule is to read a chapter a day. Most of the chapters (361 of them) are short, so I should be able to keep up with this one.
The other books will be picked up throughout the year. I'm not sure which one I'll choose first. Suggestions?
Point & Shoot ... Volume 1 - China &... By Andy Wright Book Preview
I am in print - my pictures from my travels in and around China. If you would like to own a copy - then I LOVE YOU xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox, erm I mean - thank you very much for your appreciation of my work :)
Two books which I collaborated to write have just come out this month.
Two books are:
"Japanese Culture in America(right)" and "Transnational Japanese Mobility in the Modern Era: The Experiences of Overseas Japanese and their Descendents(left)".
SNOTGIRL # 2
Lottie lays low after last month’s alarming events, but she still has to deal with her stalker! “Sounds gross! Can you change the title?” say our moms. The hottest new series of 2016 is SNOTGIRL from BRYAN LEE O'MALLEY (Scott Pilgrim) and LESLIE HUNG!
SUPER F*CKERS FOREVER # 1 of 5 (From Aug 17, 2016)
The Superf*ckers are back in their first-ever monthly comic-book series! James Kochalka’s loveably profane heroes return in Superf*ckers Forever, an event series like no other!
TANK GIRL: TWO GIRLS ONE TANK # 4 of 4
Our hedonistic heroine and her long-lost chum come to blows as Two Girls One Tank reaches its tear-jerking terminus. Keep the tissues handy, folks; you're gonna need the whole box!
WEIRD DETECTIVE # 3
Det. Sebastian Greene fights for his life against an Innsmouth monster! And Det. Sana Fayez is hot on Greene’s trail, closer and closer to discovering his secret identity but hounded by fish-faced Mafiosi. Will they be able to survive long enough to stop the Juice Box Killer?
SLEIGHER # 2
Barreling towards Christmas Day, Sleigher receives a big ole buzzkill in the form of a giant demonic snowman and it's troll master. Delivering presents to the kiddos will have to wait, 'cuz Sleigher's gotta bang heads tonight!
All the signs are spread in front of me... I play hide and seek, but my self is out there guiding me to where I am supposed to be, another place of mind. I will finish this book. I know. I trust.
Unfortunately I missed the heavy fog this morning having not yet figured out a way to avoid working for a living but there was still a spot of it around when I took Dudley to the beach this evening. Do I like fog? Hell yeah.
I'm just being cheeky. This book is really good. One of my books that I'm trying to savor and not power through. Koda likes it too. ;)
I used to say that at my home, there is more books in the libraries than food inside the refrigerator...
I eat books! I could say...
These are some of my favorites... willbur smith's adventures... and other stuff...
Horizon # 1
Zhia Malen thought she’d fought her very last war, until she learned her planet was targeted for occupation… by a desperate world called Earth. The people of Earth will be told that her arrival on their planet means invasion; these are lies, this is retaliation. Skybound’s newest original series by BRANDON THOMAS (The Many Adventures of Miranda Mercury), JUAN GEDEON (Ghost Racers), and FRANK MARTIN (EAST OF WEST) will show you that survival isn’t just a human instinct…
NEW SUPER-MAN # 1
“MADE IN CHINA” Chapter One: An impulsive act of heroism thrusts an arrogant young man into the limelight of Shanghai as China begins to form its own Justice League of powerful heroes. Rising from the ashes of The Final Days of Superman, award-winning writer Gene Luen Yang and on-the-rise art star Viktor Bogdanovic introduce readers to Kong Kenan—the New Super-Man! When the world needed a new hero, China made him!
NIGHTWING: REBIRTH # 1
He’s been Robin, Batman, a spy, a ghost. Now, Dick Grayson returns to Gotham City to reclaim the life that was taken from him. But when a new evil threatens those he loves most, Nightwing faces being torn away from home once again in order to destroy the dark force once and for all. Powerhouse artist Yanick Paquette (BATMAN, SWAMP THING) joins series writer Tim Seeley (GRAYSON, BATMAN & ROBIN ETERNAL) to return Nightwing to the DC superhero stage!