The second day’s #Bloganuary prompt is a tricky one for me. What road trip would you like to go on, the prompt asks? I live on quite a small island. I have done a good few road trips here – but frankly, driving around Jamaica is not for the faint-hearted. The surface of our roads … More Bloganuary: Road trips on a small island don’t really work for me
“Why are you turning the lights out?” cried my husband, as I plunged the whole house into darkness at 8:30 p.m. this evening. By the way I turned the outside lights off, too. Light pollution was considerably reduced. “We are celebrating Earth Hour,” I told him. He went back to playing with his phone. Meanwhile … More Earth Hour 2021 in Jamaica: Darkness Falls on IG
Originally posted on The Adventures of Charlie Brown:
23 September 2017 Sydney The cool, crisp air of Sydney’s southern suburbs greeted Charlie Brown as he stepped off the giant public transportation snake. The sky, a washed out blue cloth when he boarded, was now a luxurious azure. Despite the sun’s best attempts at inhospitality, Charlie…
Tomorrow – Saturday, March 29, 2014 – lights will go out across the globe from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m., local time. It’s just over 17 hours away in New Zealand. Earth Hour is about much more than “lights out.” It is a global movement that aims to create an inter-connected global community that will create … More Are You Ready for Earth Hour?
I know that we city-dwellers (or most of us) have been spoilt. After Hurricane Sandy whisked across the island, tearing up trees and tearing down light poles, we have been the lucky ones (despite our loud complaints that we didn’t get power back the following day…) Now it is a week away, and after our … More Post-Sandy Cheer, Part One: Gastronomic
Wow. Well my dear readers, another kind fellow-blogger, the Wanderlust Gene, has nominated me for the Very Inspiring Blogger Award! So I am considered both versatile and inspirational, which is very nice. Thanks so much to my friend half-way across the world on another tropical island – Sri Lanka. You can read her blog at https://thewanderlustgene.wordpress.com/. … More Very Inspirational!
The Petchary loves Aussie films. Guy Pearce is delicious, with his lined face, piercing eyes and wonderfully constructed cheekbones. I like him as an Aussie best though, not as an FBI agent in a Hollywood movie (he’s done a few of those lately). But Mr. Pearce is not the reason I like Aussie films, and … More What’s in an Aussie name
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