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Grief, Manifest as a Tree
25 May 2025

Grief, Manifest as a Tree

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, History, Science and Reason, Travel | 2

Cypress trees symbolize mourning, death and transition.

Click on the weathered face of the forest for details

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Mourning, Trees, Cypress, Dean Guest, Dr Gred Powell, Cypress Hills, Lodgepole Pine, Grief
Four Billion Years in Three Hours
15 May 2025

Four Billion Years in Three Hours

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, History, Science and Reason | 0

How the Earth and everything on it came to be, from cell to civilization.

Click on the DNA double helix for details….

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Evolution, The Story of Us, Anthropology, Alice Roberts, Paleopathology
Frugs
20 Apr 2025

Frugs

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, Science and Reason | 0

Quacking while copulating is a clever survival technique.

Click on the amorous Wood Frogs for details….

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Wood Frog, Frog, Boreal Chorus Frog, Brumation, Pond
The Most Interesting Person I Never Met
26 Mar 2025

The Most Interesting Person I Never Met

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, History, Science and Reason | 0

There is no way to stand in a graveyard with a shovel, without feeling conspicuous.

Click on any winter tombstone for details…

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Phillipson, Ethel Phillipson, Rosedale, Cemetery, Ethel, Graveyard
The Nun and the Girl Who Went to Prison
22 Mar 2025

The Nun and the Girl Who Went to Prison

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, History, Science and Reason | 2

This is what a prisoner looked like in the 1920s.

Click on either girl’s reflection, for a reflection.

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Prison, Phillipson, Ethel Phillipson, St. Agnes Priory, Reform School
Rivers of Babylon
28 Feb 2025

Rivers of Babylon

by Russ Paton | Posted in: History, Science and Reason | 2

In the Rastafarian faith, the term “Babylon” is used as a euphemism for slavery.

Click on the Rastafarian-Reggae-Disco-Funk band for details …

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Babylon, Boney-M, Psalms
Bullies
23 Feb 2025

Bullies

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Science and Reason, Travel | 1

The car’s battery has been replaced, and the fridge will recover, but cleaning up the global disaster will take a strategy.

Here’s my plan. Click on the sun dogs and let me know what you think ….

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America, Politics, Winter
The Sound of a Falling Tree
14 Feb 2025

The Sound of a Falling Tree

by Russ Paton | Posted in: History, Science and Reason, Travel, Uncategorized | 6

Our trip is nearing its end; it is a long journey home from the centre of the world.

Click on the unique palm tree for a wrap-up.

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Africa, São Tomé, Príncipe
Cockwombles
11 Feb 2025

Cockwombles

by Russ Paton | Posted in: History, Science and Reason, Travel | 2

If you look through this lens, you might see a cockwomble.

Click on the telescope and take a peek.

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Príncipe, Roça Sundy, Bom Bom, Einstein, Theory of Relativity
Fez Happens
3 Feb 2025

Fez Happens

by Russ Paton | Posted in: History, Science and Reason, Travel | 3

The people of Fez worship “God, Country, King”, in that order.

Click on the motto of the Kingdom of Morocco for details….

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Morocco, Fez, Islam, Tannery, University

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  1. Russ Paton on Jake and the Kid8 June 2025

    Thank you! I learned a lot last week.

  2. Keith MacDonald on Jake and the Kid8 June 2025

    Loved it. Thanks Russ. ENJOY!

  3. Russ Paton on Grief, Manifest as a Tree25 May 2025

    Thank you. I am sure you met the Guest family on one of your trips to the farm. They were…

  4. Judy on Grief, Manifest as a Tree25 May 2025

    So sorry for you loss of dear friends. The Guest name is familiar to me from Arcola days and I…

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    The voice of experience …..

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