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When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen. Ernest Hemingway

Happy New Year

Baby Buddha

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I’m not a Buddhist (or anything like that), but this guy sits alone in the grounds of the University here and we had a little chat this morning.
I got the impression that it’ll be OK, 2007 . . .
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Festival of Angels in York

Here are just a couple of the sculptures from yesterday.

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Playing Bingo

I never thought it would come to this. But there we were, last night, trying to keep up with Mrs Boyes, the fastest bingo caller in the known world. Not easy when she is accompanied by a percussionist/disruption artist with a full set of drums.
The event was, ostensibly, an exhibition of photographs set around a [...]

continue reading . . . Playing Bingo

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