tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37035045446505577402024-03-13T06:48:03.893-07:00Michaela Penelope Parris-LordA love of nonsense !maikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13965810297465295934noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3703504544650557740.post-41991579239426603222008-12-09T02:11:00.000-08:002008-12-09T02:47:13.791-08:00ITS A DOGS LIFE !<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuFgW9-0WSCbKMG313-GJFnA2d0-cZq-VCqfZkRN9pUgzV1_02YGvBrnCdaXAwvX61eJ68Q4OxRiLdhSfAWWazswar6Tr3QnncGhUHd0htgWzhKfb5VaRZMTFsccAQjk2b691pKk3EE88/s1600-h/SDC11583.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuFgW9-0WSCbKMG313-GJFnA2d0-cZq-VCqfZkRN9pUgzV1_02YGvBrnCdaXAwvX61eJ68Q4OxRiLdhSfAWWazswar6Tr3QnncGhUHd0htgWzhKfb5VaRZMTFsccAQjk2b691pKk3EE88/s400/SDC11583.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277736889394444610" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzdnpcPJcyIoL3_o1rKgPL-_lsGqgRx40ywKf_I_WtO7SKB3iJE_q-WY9ndt6NiB8H428zB-7erFUWgXVBN816ecge2pSR1gW96t_zMgpcXliSDhDFLDBE2LVpRVr755iwHXhxxdFThB8/s1600-h/SDC11496.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzdnpcPJcyIoL3_o1rKgPL-_lsGqgRx40ywKf_I_WtO7SKB3iJE_q-WY9ndt6NiB8H428zB-7erFUWgXVBN816ecge2pSR1gW96t_zMgpcXliSDhDFLDBE2LVpRVr755iwHXhxxdFThB8/s400/SDC11496.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277735607784543362" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCmfA6IX-U2w3u2tYSDVyIWm5oymhnuAKvq-AXsy5dTlvG6suvqjcN2JRL5TAj6fDm4cmrtC3zDOMPE2STC19Rlq2MXXY1A9WPJl3ZprGWVaKR6XKYiQcsvallZa7Hkq-TzDKR1mTMYL8/s1600-h/SDC12082.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCmfA6IX-U2w3u2tYSDVyIWm5oymhnuAKvq-AXsy5dTlvG6suvqjcN2JRL5TAj6fDm4cmrtC3zDOMPE2STC19Rlq2MXXY1A9WPJl3ZprGWVaKR6XKYiQcsvallZa7Hkq-TzDKR1mTMYL8/s400/SDC12082.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277735596666484146" /></a><br />There are advantages of living without a man in the house, one being that my dog Raffles is who getting a little old, likes to have a kip on the bed and puts his head on the pillow , when I approach him, he looks a little guilty but doesn't move, I know for certain that no man would tolerate it, I have never really understood why, is it for hygienic reasons ? or simply a little bit of jealousy or maybe its an old instinct of territory ! If you do know, let me into one of the mysteries of life !<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">If you do know a man who allows such behavior, please let me know, I might be interested!!!</span></div>maikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13965810297465295934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3703504544650557740.post-44535112721090449532008-12-05T04:25:00.000-08:002008-12-05T05:58:57.839-08:00I love my apartment block !<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJIUsbib80Rd5ig-XnCi5U0O2HBgevqnvqYTJFBnVrzMt5S-nZxG9QxbMuFVdF309mUpYq-_XLzzL-mAVvI0OFOud9lQsnJOvXBu7yqvjga4cWXuuqv6EiqvJjzPdmw41jTSLBCiosy5E/s1600-h/+mike+in+the+mirror+via+po.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 389px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJIUsbib80Rd5ig-XnCi5U0O2HBgevqnvqYTJFBnVrzMt5S-nZxG9QxbMuFVdF309mUpYq-_XLzzL-mAVvI0OFOud9lQsnJOvXBu7yqvjga4cWXuuqv6EiqvJjzPdmw41jTSLBCiosy5E/s400/+mike+in+the+mirror+via+po.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276300834685917042" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">To be perfectly honest my son and I are probably" </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">the neighbors from hell,</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">"</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"> I am not even sure that I would enjoy living next to me, for the reasons being</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 255, 255);"> 1. we love loud music</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"> 2. we watch television late into the night, because we fall asleep and leave it on.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">3. I go away at the weekends and leave my son to entertain his numerous friends and God knows what goes on during that time! </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">4. We have a dog that goes out by himself and barks to everyone to let him in again and a cat that sometimes get lost on the staircase and then hides in the gas boxes </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);">5. We have lots of guests staying overnight . and we have at least one rowdy party once a year in which the furniture gets moved out so that the people can fit in.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"> </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">So you can imagine my surprise that when the door bell rang and it was my downstairs neighbor telling me to rush downstairs as the police were in the act of removing my car and it was being towed away , I didn't get there on time, it is four flights of stairs and when I arrived there was my neighbor looking very forlorn and as unhappy as I was.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"> He couldn't take me to the deposit place because he is a flight assistant and was leaving in his uniform for a flight, but he did offer to lend me the keys to his car for the four days he was away. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"> Being greeted with such a warmhearted generous offer helped to subdue my rage that I get into in these situations , the main problem being that I needed a companion to go with me as you can't drive two cars at the same time so I trudged back upstairs with a very despondent step and met the young actress who lives above me with her very handsome boyfriend. She immediately offered to take me to the deposit to pick up the car , she has a smart car and raffles my dog sat in the front with me , she even let me smoke in her car. To cut a long story short or as in this case a short story , because the whole operation of getting back my car took half an hour ! And that is thanks to my wonderful neighbors that with their good will and generosity took away the pain of having to pay the 70 euros to the car people !</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">So let me say it </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> I LOVE MY NEIGHBORS</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">and somehow, weirdly enough, I think that they must love me !!!!</span></div></div></div>maikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13965810297465295934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3703504544650557740.post-12062681406932202782008-11-19T01:12:00.000-08:002008-11-19T02:28:28.167-08:00Nick's hair cut !<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyp1gm6srbNfNkroXS4ucZU11nLK99FSXKYCFmWWa7Fi4pU0j3QuYSdB5A5pJc1Jbc_6Fz51zzh2QgL2sq-rsVyNLT400K3V1KOgQPCkmkGWz9jCZbeTkz409l-ZdYoBSZY4F_9A2jTjw/s1600-h/SDC11821.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyp1gm6srbNfNkroXS4ucZU11nLK99FSXKYCFmWWa7Fi4pU0j3QuYSdB5A5pJc1Jbc_6Fz51zzh2QgL2sq-rsVyNLT400K3V1KOgQPCkmkGWz9jCZbeTkz409l-ZdYoBSZY4F_9A2jTjw/s400/SDC11821.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270305099709510770" />Yesterday Nick decided to have his hair cut, so I grabbed my keys and my camera and rushed him to my friend Antonio ! Now we are both in shock!</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPkT0nh7q6vylj0Ye_mo3KY2KPvHxev6Xs7AP8jN-W34pcPcAvAimicOmx9R5lPXNNtDPxVZge8bTR1EyP32ZL4tFjnOS_uc2oXOS-wXdl0kmu8ooG_c_sKIctoVhGXAFyhD4JFm9uvn4/s1600-h/SDC11836.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPkT0nh7q6vylj0Ye_mo3KY2KPvHxev6Xs7AP8jN-W34pcPcAvAimicOmx9R5lPXNNtDPxVZge8bTR1EyP32ZL4tFjnOS_uc2oXOS-wXdl0kmu8ooG_c_sKIctoVhGXAFyhD4JFm9uvn4/s400/SDC11836.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270305096764272882" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqkXdSHuO34ep9cZ5Uml9BRxxR8MyPQexqx27vun9j4iQrjK0PIly_KfYvifBYOL-YN2h7XFCDLG_DSzFz9WzI6KvNQ8B5gFRD4uNL60wEc-KBtXfPGJ4H3Nf6c_MKvReE-jUet5sb3bQ/s1600-h/SDC11862.JPG">The hair got shorter and shorter </a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizRb8PE6ChGKO0x6MRQpGQSOIDvov2Cs4VCtsf4eQfjIUOxvhDaALWvTspZ-ylR1-746AWA_EiSD9y2VeELbK-OnT2toMWJpdoWetQqltcRIu5y3GZSF60K9pUSDvI1wZ194USysg3FuY/s1600-h/SDC11862.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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It's taking me a little time to get use to his new look and I am not sure if he looks better, now all I have to do is change the inside of his head !!!! Would appreciate any ideas ?</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHKtmonuNWkxcrg4U0-UAcEZwzryBrEqJxtY0QguWKBF87bUXbK_WZcBz2IJvKZkVVFCJmBnH7WuDF3i_sXOnTrqUwaMn0FVieACRQqVVfZBaClNVZfqoVxer-DXXACBQ_zUyfk6lV89E/s1600-h/100_1572.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHKtmonuNWkxcrg4U0-UAcEZwzryBrEqJxtY0QguWKBF87bUXbK_WZcBz2IJvKZkVVFCJmBnH7WuDF3i_sXOnTrqUwaMn0FVieACRQqVVfZBaClNVZfqoVxer-DXXACBQ_zUyfk6lV89E/s400/100_1572.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270298324706354194" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ww3wtyNCex09-3keZzT_7TFG4iGDwW_YRvoN3CpdgAyhGkXMsU5m58KrdIACh9C_-CTAkGk1ToO2xifGAOMO7RYb7jQAsMsP_AQS-sYJjLziLhqFXnWMeiXZ42AJihLfrKA4Dciv8aQ/s1600-h/SDC11493.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ww3wtyNCex09-3keZzT_7TFG4iGDwW_YRvoN3CpdgAyhGkXMsU5m58KrdIACh9C_-CTAkGk1ToO2xifGAOMO7RYb7jQAsMsP_AQS-sYJjLziLhqFXnWMeiXZ42AJihLfrKA4Dciv8aQ/s400/SDC11493.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270298321311283554" /></a>maikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13965810297465295934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3703504544650557740.post-88809937181000477022008-11-18T00:14:00.000-08:002008-11-18T00:16:53.601-08:00<a href="http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid452323111/bclid416330929/bctid1797097875">http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid452323111/bclid416330929/bctid1797097875</a>maikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13965810297465295934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3703504544650557740.post-68567280183285506542008-11-05T01:38:00.000-08:002008-11-05T01:42:05.541-08:00Obama !<span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Thank you </span></span></span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">AMERICA !</span></span></span></span></span></div>maikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13965810297465295934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3703504544650557740.post-16524086610526689282008-10-31T17:06:00.000-07:002008-10-31T17:41:47.026-07:00Mat the bat !<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwW6WR6cXBeT2I2m1aPiatWHs1Gqlob83A2D3rH5FQrgAhfsFSumOmEJ5yC2mkoNTrC6AGTegoAuFBvyX9VbCBai9ePfdibKa2W1InBIrP7b8rZRxak9lR67JCy9aWwJYOMvXx18Wb4mY/s1600-h/bat.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 243px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwW6WR6cXBeT2I2m1aPiatWHs1Gqlob83A2D3rH5FQrgAhfsFSumOmEJ5yC2mkoNTrC6AGTegoAuFBvyX9VbCBai9ePfdibKa2W1InBIrP7b8rZRxak9lR67JCy9aWwJYOMvXx18Wb4mY/s400/bat.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263480725701538690" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">When the gods were making creatures </span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">They simply couldn't agree</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">Excatly what kind of thing</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">That I was going to be!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">They gave me pointed ears and teeth</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">And the body of a rat</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"> They gave me wings and tiny eyes </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">And then they said "Thats that"!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">I should be wearing glasses</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">To help me get round town</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">But they'd keep on falling off</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">Because I'm always upside down!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">I know I should be grateful</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">But I think it's rather mean</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">That people only think of me </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">The night of Halloween!</span></span></div><div><br /></div>maikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13965810297465295934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3703504544650557740.post-62197428448621835512008-10-31T15:58:00.000-07:002008-10-31T16:13:32.881-07:00Happy Halloween<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZa1CiJ45JAL6AT5UYG33336V9G5QXhttP6RPHGbn1Fqa8cM1etrTaT8-0H2X8YvmLEfYcGg8vaiILU7QKTHzy_7E1MZFqeBsIPPvI9GJxUqPR91bmGn_85Mtl6ZEhyHnwmuZKiUetdi4/s1600-h/Photo+32.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSGxtwBNIDHAJcZXq3azJ_e00G2VL1sGs56c6dbpV5KiZRJ-D_ORuL0YwN3iPkSKnlIlBw8TCoIYeTJjbegxlpPdOClw4ldyrYxGLSQmwNG578gJ_aHg45vdqgEOODMOF4QlQ3n_o3lGw/s400/SDC11662.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263457765351479522" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I will leave it up to you to decide which of these three photos is the most frightening ! </div>maikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13965810297465295934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3703504544650557740.post-15454899688135406622008-10-25T03:40:00.000-07:002008-10-25T03:45:40.730-07:00The silver sea<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc9Ba0amkmREeaxt1h7b1jkIHzrHEF8BHOpJ0Kss3F21IoVtrI75YorjT5Auh9bv4KaXo7XuRWR7YMsARbry6wMlDwbM-eeCqHHuxoJBIkCv0Di8HD7audM4Nrv_VfNhQCv0Yez8vj-3o/s1600-h/SDC11503.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijTmYQkc94MJpwkg_OWP3NbeTT67nSVMCd755ANLS9MjEY9dGnxGvbRecSK92aPllMH10SLQzJ7NChoERQLkNMD1smms05y2fqC0jvDzQO1j7Dorzf2yhrU9M-yFPLL0cA2lxCPcR0CNs/s400/SDC11599.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259738614493294242" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 255, 255);">Now that I am back in Rome, and getting ready to hibernate for the winter, one of my favorite pastimes is to go to the street market below my house and smell the wonderful aromas and listen to the general chatter and banter of the people who parade up and down.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 255, 255);"> The familiar faces and street vendors are part of the pleasure , the old ladies stroke Raffles and fuss over him, the lady at the bar brings me my black coffee with the special sweeteners and I read my newspaper , slightly distracted by the noise and the general confusion surrounding me. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 255, 255);"> I feel a sense of belonging to this community and even though I am not Italian, I immensely enjoy the total chaotic, somehow coordinated magic mess that this street market offers! <br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 255, 255);">As you can see they sell absolutely everything from fruit, fish, old clothes, pictures, second hand books, handbags , shoes, and lots of tempting articles that are useless but that are just fun to buy !</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 255, 255);">However this wonderful street is all about to change, amongst the shouts of the vendors and the old ladies gossiping and complaining , there is a distinct, sound of building and construction noises humming away in the background and I fear that in the near future , this wonderful and sensuous street market that unites everybody in the morning, is about to be shoved inside into a ghastly shopping mall ! </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 255, 255);">Thank god that these things take time in Italy !</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div>maikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13965810297465295934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3703504544650557740.post-67198925130904810282008-10-13T04:34:00.000-07:002008-10-13T04:40:26.881-07:00I am feeling very frivolous today so here you are<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;"><strong><b><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:100%;"><span lang="EN-GB" style=" ;font-family:Tahoma;font-size:12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">"Next Life" by Woody Allen</span></span></span></b></strong><u><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;color:blue;"><span lang="EN-GB" style=" ;font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10pt;color:blue;"> <br /></span></span></u><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;color:blue;"><span lang="EN-GB" style=" ;font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10pt;color:blue;"> </span></span><span style="font-family:MS Reference Sans Serif;font-size:85%;color:navy;"><span lang="EN-GB" style=" ;font-family:'MS Reference Sans Serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;color:blue;"><span lang="EN-GB" style=" ;font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10pt;color:blue;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style=" ;font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">In my next life I want to live my life backwards.</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span lang="EN-GB" style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:100%;"><span lang="EN-GB" style=" ;font-family:Tahoma;font-size:12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">You start out dead and get that out of the way. Then you wake up in an old people's home feeling better every day.</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span lang="EN-GB" style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:100%;"><span lang="EN-GB" style=" ;font-family:Tahoma;font-size:12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">You get kicked out for being too healthy, go collect your pension, and then when you start work, you get a gold watch and a party on your first day.</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span lang="EN-GB" style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:100%;"><span lang="EN-GB" style=" ;font-family:Tahoma;font-size:12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">You work for 40 years until you're young enough to enjoy your retirement. You party, drink alcohol, and are generally promiscuous, then you are ready for high school. You then go to primary school, you become a kid, you play. You have no responsibilities, you become a baby until you are born.</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span lang="EN-GB" style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:100%;"><span lang="EN-GB" style=" ;font-family:Tahoma;font-size:12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">And then you spend your last 9 months floating in luxurious spa like conditions with central heating and room service on tap, larger quarters every day and then Voila....You finish off as an orgasm! </span></span></span></p></span>maikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13965810297465295934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3703504544650557740.post-60625860738950776052008-10-13T00:39:00.000-07:002008-10-13T01:27:08.346-07:00WHAT DID I DO THIS WEEKEND OF FINANCIAL DISASTER !<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf70YiqfWJhVgsxkV_kWwMJ8e3ZHxU7vwhcolo8PuhaxYfQATP5pHIq6FnnXGHTBkBk_h1GXAaWavS4emWTC0PuiF9wH3aGYaRdxAaUPjARL9AofeJaXQlghtEBn-YhyphenhyphenuOubVvNEneYRs/s1600-h/SDC11567.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr5L8LAhvOT4VAzp-dVi5imo4ACymFZbJT0as0EYjhy1OMFYmJKNBNCEqW3kIonL8lacJvJvi0ri0ujR7NqUbo5dmLDgAogtUqKdSRVhVgsvNpmoriqPIetIZBoAATzmMXac5v9BZUAQE/s400/christmas+2005+and+new+year+2006+086.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE6ULrWEBXvSX8hE3kNedbvJsdSf81PCJdkORatjH9SKPEo-xb5KtsO7Mw43Tnl-maGximjA-56XLyrnx5h3alSJk5P-BeJtFjifZJPNZidDE0aEOuUG3GmJlJvCV_-P8ElBd9puYmjiY/s1600-h/christmas+2005+and+new+year+2006+136.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212653156801411986" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE6ULrWEBXvSX8hE3kNedbvJsdSf81PCJdkORatjH9SKPEo-xb5KtsO7Mw43Tnl-maGximjA-56XLyrnx5h3alSJk5P-BeJtFjifZJPNZidDE0aEOuUG3GmJlJvCV_-P8ElBd9puYmjiY/s400/christmas+2005+and+new+year+2006+136.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrO8z41Qu4Gm8LjIo2-d2Ps7Kk0hMsvm8WQ7s5UJXEMAjw7UJR2pcRkBXNpQJLqNQYaiQWZ8G5IHXsgH8fDrO6-ImftM3XS9gvd-smiHEDbwrTME_cS8TQcOdc0gWa3tVysH4TTpt95P8/s1600-h/SL270520.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208316835446253634" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrO8z41Qu4Gm8LjIo2-d2Ps7Kk0hMsvm8WQ7s5UJXEMAjw7UJR2pcRkBXNpQJLqNQYaiQWZ8G5IHXsgH8fDrO6-ImftM3XS9gvd-smiHEDbwrTME_cS8TQcOdc0gWa3tVysH4TTpt95P8/s400/SL270520.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoF7RouhR-GdJkWaTnGf8bP9bpQW4dTgxSbDKRvJrgypGDDvnycNN0aSGbmAWm9RyCVXWOeKUBijUNMLqsrqITyvVnWC2AIOow3XpMaW6jVWQuhiDch8DcvfmvtMCHHOmLHS-RMIzJ0bo/s1600-h/beautiful+square+venice.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212651665463455874" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoF7RouhR-GdJkWaTnGf8bP9bpQW4dTgxSbDKRvJrgypGDDvnycNN0aSGbmAWm9RyCVXWOeKUBijUNMLqsrqITyvVnWC2AIOow3XpMaW6jVWQuhiDch8DcvfmvtMCHHOmLHS-RMIzJ0bo/s320/beautiful+square+venice.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAdFJO37gitXecyyasRWVyyXF4FsbnAQSOBCa7q4mAc-rXajVbnAkF6R2m48-r5vJpXmSbz82MjznclnmEfaN67oqJgrgK7s_2MLefbGQ3iljYebqg0rb-bItMT5ZFbsdF3zKlIhRAyZg/s1600-h/100_2690.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212643437715669138" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAdFJO37gitXecyyasRWVyyXF4FsbnAQSOBCa7q4mAc-rXajVbnAkF6R2m48-r5vJpXmSbz82MjznclnmEfaN67oqJgrgK7s_2MLefbGQ3iljYebqg0rb-bItMT5ZFbsdF3zKlIhRAyZg/s320/100_2690.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Things are becoming very complicated in Italy, there is a general feeling of repression, an economic crisis leading to a backlash against immigrants , talk of order and of putting soliders in the cities, to replace policmen. I am feeling a general sense of unease about living here, so here are a few images of daily life when times were more pleasant</span> !<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2V3T2B82LVW6HftI31NKQyG4VeLXElr4OUFzxzqoL9-iNhwWEnbv0jF7T4frYJRKpmg4nOntIPZOlSy0Ci1GHm1TvbnYl5Rq8_2yv6GZUqzGF2I6gPUO_F3rvCYi8i11bDtv4VZgQ2Ok/s1600-h/100_2792.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212643449742000386" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2V3T2B82LVW6HftI31NKQyG4VeLXElr4OUFzxzqoL9-iNhwWEnbv0jF7T4frYJRKpmg4nOntIPZOlSy0Ci1GHm1TvbnYl5Rq8_2yv6GZUqzGF2I6gPUO_F3rvCYi8i11bDtv4VZgQ2Ok/s320/100_2792.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsepVpWHum_037dHMT89f_kvrJLq6UjimUpkMwg-6PMRYU3LhtqMf47jGX6rCeZS1dCKOUqHIco8lqWmAhp-URJ4S3ezilJ1nZvtfE1seqMow-xhtYlPw4EnZA_1DxRBScbXMTeoxwkJ8/s1600-h/100_2789.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212643458488737074" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsepVpWHum_037dHMT89f_kvrJLq6UjimUpkMwg-6PMRYU3LhtqMf47jGX6rCeZS1dCKOUqHIco8lqWmAhp-URJ4S3ezilJ1nZvtfE1seqMow-xhtYlPw4EnZA_1DxRBScbXMTeoxwkJ8/s320/100_2789.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilaj-c3TWgm_vzX_ARRd5irGNPlfYSar7co6nqEC4pjk7Y3wKXiLt2Do8wdgGqiqxqf1aye3dMiBie0QnWtWPIchMZl6ey3jTo0lX_LtV8lM4RJg2RvOfVbsAvRCUD3xFL8DChj9GAORc/s1600-h/SL270348.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208321809018382466" style="FLOAT: right; 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MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghGEtET0neHyd8VlNsb5paEnhoLuXGBT0zd2R3_23GeNLmQFlY5GeuqpAXybXPoh2DuccO9DC9mD0C19kJsCyKbEn8t-92pjdkMS4wqR9hrr6GpkQDzzCVXSA5OXPi8c3OVLtI8vkLT7E/s400/SL270544.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwzKChscD-wgjba_JlBj1JgMK4vJviUhq1MYbvhFk_zOdHYOhcAcp-9H8CbBh7N63tOR5xPKFrOQGVzzwG9-xHvtSv44bqQTsEmf_4_QK2N6SNRNuqOntUhvdlupLsuvUX4qqjEywNgOo/s1600-h/SL270505.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208317909188077666" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwzKChscD-wgjba_JlBj1JgMK4vJviUhq1MYbvhFk_zOdHYOhcAcp-9H8CbBh7N63tOR5xPKFrOQGVzzwG9-xHvtSv44bqQTsEmf_4_QK2N6SNRNuqOntUhvdlupLsuvUX4qqjEywNgOo/s400/SL270505.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiej7ADWCPop566wY5qyLbgM22aF07Hfd4UFJf2S-RFgVD2XifrpXEgVsAmNl5NubCRFOjmCyBfabPI-yWTWMyk0Gcq_VwqmHsZKbQi2n_-UsSDclQnUfnx83ZzipCcqPA6ziJnn8pAAcU/s1600-h/SL270518.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208317312187623506" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiej7ADWCPop566wY5qyLbgM22aF07Hfd4UFJf2S-RFgVD2XifrpXEgVsAmNl5NubCRFOjmCyBfabPI-yWTWMyk0Gcq_VwqmHsZKbQi2n_-UsSDclQnUfnx83ZzipCcqPA6ziJnn8pAAcU/s400/SL270518.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div></div></div></div></div>maikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13965810297465295934noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3703504544650557740.post-41713873579608850332008-05-20T01:45:00.000-07:002008-12-09T13:07:01.810-08:00My Mother's Birthday<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlZQjf2FfH-8-1xxpU5VDUfJnFlf0-OLI00w1mIDwwd-B1ein6m_ARjdV53SzZRvXk-2JPr01XC2umEOkmHeJoEYhByvV114jSVBAdU3OhLHuLvvorMqfYPn1tDWUUUryE3q7J6oyaXMs/s1600-h/SL270500.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlZQjf2FfH-8-1xxpU5VDUfJnFlf0-OLI00w1mIDwwd-B1ein6m_ARjdV53SzZRvXk-2JPr01XC2umEOkmHeJoEYhByvV114jSVBAdU3OhLHuLvvorMqfYPn1tDWUUUryE3q7J6oyaXMs/s320/SL270500.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202385090168587218" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhks_5piKDL4thVOx7RUwPOam-GbbW4eJF14RFT-3oSx_eO6NSIPEEGhlHp86oJwTCu4AdoOYvZBImghf3CtYwoJSugxJodZi3-XM_padxZaUDAhwgmM_GU0RD-6-neFapubXis_OZhAiU/s1600-h/family.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhks_5piKDL4thVOx7RUwPOam-GbbW4eJF14RFT-3oSx_eO6NSIPEEGhlHp86oJwTCu4AdoOYvZBImghf3CtYwoJSugxJodZi3-XM_padxZaUDAhwgmM_GU0RD-6-neFapubXis_OZhAiU/s400/family.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202379562545677250" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);">This is a day that I could never dare to forget, it was my mother's birthday, she died in 1995, and I thought it might be nice to celebrate her birthday with a few photos. <br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg975zto5q4TNZR2N69-GiDawzTpQRAM5-rIhDm3z8u1w8eJZLnUUz914Vg5nfJ6ADH4h0nHwan22xkAJLNrQLObcoUdNlF-1ZMqdKDwFFPmR1JNF1WJomCM4FQLaAvVtIIs8_Gn9IMl4/s1600-h/maddy+meeting+minks.JPG"><img style="float:right; 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font-family:verdana;font-size:11px;"><table border="" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="435" bg="" color="ffcc99" style="background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 2px; border-top-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 2px; border-right-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 2px; border-left-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(11, 20, 55); background-position: initial initial; "><tbody><tr style="background- border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; color:transparent;"><td class="text" valign="center" align="left" width="300" bg="" height="17" wrap="" face="verdana, arial, sans-serif, helvetica" size="8pt" color="ffcc99" style="word-wrap: break-word; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(141, 54, 7); background-position: initial initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> Information about </span></span><span class="orangetext15" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www,myspace.com/palominoblitz"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr style="background- border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; color:transparent;"><td style="font-weight: normal; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background- color:transparent;"><table border="" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3" width="435" align="center" bg="" style="border-top-width: 2px; border-top-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); border-right-width: 2px; border-right-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); border-left-width: 2px; border-left-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background- background-position: initial initial; color:transparent;"><tbody><tr color="transparent" style="background- border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; "><td valign="top" align="left" width="435" bg="" style="word-wrap: break-word; font-weight: normal; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background- color:transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www,myspace.com/palominoblitz"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Palomino blitz</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> represents an innovative challenge in the world of pop/rock.<br />The band proposes a re-formulated sound reaching to its roots of contemporary and experimental music. <br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Joini</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.myspace.com/palominoblitz"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">www.myspace.com/palominoblitz</span></a><a href="http://www,myspace.com/palominoblitz"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Palomino blitz represents an innovative challenge in the world of pop/rock.The band proposes a re-formulated sound reaching to its roots of contemporary and experimental music. Joining the ten year collaboration and friendship between Flavio Guarnieri Pasquetto, Simone De Filippis and Alessandro Tibaldi, is the italo-american singer, and pianist, Mia Julia Schettino.This interesting combo defines a new purpose and sound continues to evolve.Not to Miss! </span></a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></span>maikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13965810297465295934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3703504544650557740.post-78826545512865165942008-05-16T04:58:00.000-07:002008-12-09T13:07:05.581-08:00Party Time !<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi34UArzk3hpIMiV2bk8pVNVNgbHIE2ejemE_B8f9E4jSBqUOyXNw7KoYTQrAVyb610veSU3iua5xO_ErGPgNaAEqf6KnZjYIkQsv1K-RMAswf5gMGx7bqOzP6_eOm3L3iYabXr1pw9CoM/s1600-h/SL270411.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi34UArzk3hpIMiV2bk8pVNVNgbHIE2ejemE_B8f9E4jSBqUOyXNw7KoYTQrAVyb610veSU3iua5xO_ErGPgNaAEqf6KnZjYIkQsv1K-RMAswf5gMGx7bqOzP6_eOm3L3iYabXr1pw9CoM/s200/SL270411.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200956047175025554" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm4HdRixHSZPuEhH6uSID-tLLiWO3jIHJK4UrjQf_Jr0rz0IOjRhxYdq8T7DdYdWfbXFHX69vPMjsWJw_HZu1R5qg_FUYi0xXxcBqYTrq4sizE81rQU0vpj25x05EWK5pwX3UoSwGgMAs/s1600-h/SL270413.JPG"><img style="float:right; 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cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig0v-yBIqReABvtdUTIlV0Y21MqJEr2VtCLIoNYvi9vfCk_OMVgw_vno2UmigB0W8mCK8T3HUZDzk-MD2SYbrW1o0DL7XsghTnbqaUVm_55PKF1xSjNr4g5kTEkzTxYjpFDhUR-Pb5VyM/s400/SL270400.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200944532367704834" /></a>maikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13965810297465295934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3703504544650557740.post-36503326583760337412008-05-16T04:54:00.001-07:002008-12-09T13:07:05.773-08:00Raffles in his silly hat<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMXflxTm1MrZg04GG0L6igBt3EV6QX8_I0K2QJ0vc7CZXWrmSUi-W54ZJTBnGXeiFnwhXNvwUN32L1swx3o4qtN6_dKAkg-7dAGm53jUqpwz7xphycTtZHQOaaedDUOAeyy_pFEi7POEI/s1600-h/SL270385.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMXflxTm1MrZg04GG0L6igBt3EV6QX8_I0K2QJ0vc7CZXWrmSUi-W54ZJTBnGXeiFnwhXNvwUN32L1swx3o4qtN6_dKAkg-7dAGm53jUqpwz7xphycTtZHQOaaedDUOAeyy_pFEi7POEI/s400/SL270385.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200943364136600306" /></a>maikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13965810297465295934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3703504544650557740.post-28755651817951995442008-05-07T02:03:00.000-07:002008-12-09T13:07:05.932-08:00MORE THAN A LOT IN COMMON<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjqEeovzh2TBUX9StHTjXYReizjIGPX57XwDrcEpBcdXn_RP7J4UpQ-9bJZEzZzpPqDbZ6gBpAJeMzQSk_wm88gOpv5ttNY-K00j9rfwEi8_GDawIftDU813f7sfNHiz52-cqgWKCVjRs/s1600-h/SL270085.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjqEeovzh2TBUX9StHTjXYReizjIGPX57XwDrcEpBcdXn_RP7J4UpQ-9bJZEzZzpPqDbZ6gBpAJeMzQSk_wm88gOpv5ttNY-K00j9rfwEi8_GDawIftDU813f7sfNHiz52-cqgWKCVjRs/s400/SL270085.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197561714194715378" />yesterday </a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Raffles my best friend was operated on a very delicate part of his body , lets just say that he won't be chasing lady dogs ever again, my heart bleeds for him, he looks cross and betrayed and I can't help feeling the same way!</span></span></span>maikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13965810297465295934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3703504544650557740.post-33444196519677384882008-04-14T13:30:00.000-07:002008-12-09T13:07:06.296-08:00The End !<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvXTZKjO05QXiXLNAGg_Boby_tPoZ0bzTxfowmDI3J0wyYSUwa4vZ6Pf3v949GnHHgZRRjRgxtSRfXJxAaylHDDXPdG-Ng0VN8jDqxXOsw2McP0pjbzUUPar-kdA0HPUPSNB1NCizDUXA/s1600-h/_44550926_veltroniberlusca_ap226b.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvXTZKjO05QXiXLNAGg_Boby_tPoZ0bzTxfowmDI3J0wyYSUwa4vZ6Pf3v949GnHHgZRRjRgxtSRfXJxAaylHDDXPdG-Ng0VN8jDqxXOsw2McP0pjbzUUPar-kdA0HPUPSNB1NCizDUXA/s400/_44550926_veltroniberlusca_ap226b.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189201166925240658" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div>He's back, I am so depressed, I am seriously thinking of leaving Italy! Feeling too low to write anything.</div>maikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13965810297465295934noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3703504544650557740.post-40998913868930006102008-03-27T00:51:00.000-07:002008-12-09T13:07:09.309-08:00EASTER IN COPENHAGEN<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF5JIS0rlEp7bG6O_iDVTlzRz7DfogrPk9lB4gcneLICUyYviHcy4IFOGlg-nYoeFju-bByvyScTYL0GkJu2WoYqib4RaS-5sFlYtDQ7Qw-HoxZ40Helhy4Y-nCmmpWzVLUkhsYEMwI4M/s1600-h/SL270099.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182699155506755218" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF5JIS0rlEp7bG6O_iDVTlzRz7DfogrPk9lB4gcneLICUyYviHcy4IFOGlg-nYoeFju-bByvyScTYL0GkJu2WoYqib4RaS-5sFlYtDQ7Qw-HoxZ40Helhy4Y-nCmmpWzVLUkhsYEMwI4M/s400/SL270099.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilkpUTyiJ8raUEn51NrQ-T7k022xbqUH9wbXEPCdK-o5JvyXXl8qBEjfoGsEI9alCx9qrqVqy7X41DzMoek1igip7HAY2rhhP3ljSoEwVPrFj7zoNAkz8dMMFNxWsSDrqn1dqt1mSH_Hs/s1600-h/SL270173.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182689152527922818" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilkpUTyiJ8raUEn51NrQ-T7k022xbqUH9wbXEPCdK-o5JvyXXl8qBEjfoGsEI9alCx9qrqVqy7X41DzMoek1igip7HAY2rhhP3ljSoEwVPrFj7zoNAkz8dMMFNxWsSDrqn1dqt1mSH_Hs/s400/SL270173.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><div>4<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU3VEdy7df5B5PwtukaxTl2vItEbgWg1RF-69sj178__OkZKw2SOHCiMWkuleZAQ-OAMRx3poWKK11x4VV-1DrqAmxSUFhHv2c61N-EXdV-t2TCeOrIfoaNmOnDN7RB64vn_9PIrQ8nPI/s1600-h/SL270121.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182687778138388082" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU3VEdy7df5B5PwtukaxTl2vItEbgWg1RF-69sj178__OkZKw2SOHCiMWkuleZAQ-OAMRx3poWKK11x4VV-1DrqAmxSUFhHv2c61N-EXdV-t2TCeOrIfoaNmOnDN7RB64vn_9PIrQ8nPI/s400/SL270121.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN_MY6D96_88dR7t_0ZMJqVa4fyUyP9M39OaDWW6dI9JcihBIBMpR5FLPecPvGPqQ5VoUzwEw2f0Hat0DpP_pVO7G4UfOxw171l-4pc1JeSenoy-N95LWz8wpaGwNWsyA0X4UTEZT3wu4/s1600-h/SL270036.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182360617594549698" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN_MY6D96_88dR7t_0ZMJqVa4fyUyP9M39OaDWW6dI9JcihBIBMpR5FLPecPvGPqQ5VoUzwEw2f0Hat0DpP_pVO7G4UfOxw171l-4pc1JeSenoy-N95LWz8wpaGwNWsyA0X4UTEZT3wu4/s400/SL270036.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div>Living in such a chaotic city such as Rome with all the traffic noise and police sirens , it was a great pleasure to visit such a quiet city as Copenhagen , you need only four days to explore it, the clean line minimalistic beauty, wooden floors, warm fire, ground floor apartment, pure bliss! It was freezing and I was traveling with my son and his friend both aged 16, what could have been a recipe for disaster, turned out to be fun and restful . Here are some images of Copenhagen from two points of view !</div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKL3sT6c-NZdx2GiTr4Oa3mCH7F2vx1OKlvn2EmNr7etKT29lbtbE3KXB-Wlw0wklYUJkdFqK5t4oy6GRkM44RBU8jc7Jg5FUc-2M8RY-4k8Xa18Wde48l-MTnqhdgINanx9VRwD9Kfvk/s1600-h/SL270044.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182361175940298194" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKL3sT6c-NZdx2GiTr4Oa3mCH7F2vx1OKlvn2EmNr7etKT29lbtbE3KXB-Wlw0wklYUJkdFqK5t4oy6GRkM44RBU8jc7Jg5FUc-2M8RY-4k8Xa18Wde48l-MTnqhdgINanx9VRwD9Kfvk/s400/SL270044.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div>Our beautiful apartment<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNkW1__ng5I1mtQpPzr3hqmrjn5Nrwu0eRzUlSyuywewzeKJA5meGuMJhAkHUr1x4503MT0LSkQ8ElOXhgSQ-88SRv6_W5Px5PLbAhwXQhw65In5WCwfexl2alxgG9gziF88gNhzm5KWA/s1600-h/SL270142.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182526742634591842" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNkW1__ng5I1mtQpPzr3hqmrjn5Nrwu0eRzUlSyuywewzeKJA5meGuMJhAkHUr1x4503MT0LSkQ8ElOXhgSQ-88SRv6_W5Px5PLbAhwXQhw65In5WCwfexl2alxgG9gziF88gNhzm5KWA/s400/SL270142.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div>Public Toilets !<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTlaRfuC96x-NyNnk2aJcZ8goEyDoe9nzDyqfOSW1QN92kkiIGnEBl99P_OxeIuy6XUwhwca-c1mEYWnCK9sBcDjuspInuzaMG1BeK0mGQKT_WK7ek_90bo9x_x-4Kzc4TeJuJVzgrqAM/s1600-h/SL270105.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182437205451372098" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTlaRfuC96x-NyNnk2aJcZ8goEyDoe9nzDyqfOSW1QN92kkiIGnEBl99P_OxeIuy6XUwhwca-c1mEYWnCK9sBcDjuspInuzaMG1BeK0mGQKT_WK7ek_90bo9x_x-4Kzc4TeJuJVzgrqAM/s400/SL270105.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div>Blankets waiting for customers<br /><a 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src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUqPCC-jJDkrKljEajUf4Kwdt7U4yvDJDxqwMY4Bi1M1tQ2q1J5wVfyk4SvdzD1K4b4NCHsbkU9j0Yi962xqYlXfRpWpaSWERqhVzzNzOiv9z_LR6MueVzhvmPy4pNZsirKbrVgXr7YJU/s400/SL270029.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5yuXovgmgPzHkyQsjZXZ2ydMlXL2onDNhdFU1LL-Uq-9wz-QngdZZaGjQPcouOzqyFWcBdh8TeH7d0sJc-uIO4bu0oI0SjXSX7rhGfAQAbmMPwoDwrM-rf_zooGFy_2eNQY0KNODl3yA/s1600-h/SL270027.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182429122322921010" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5yuXovgmgPzHkyQsjZXZ2ydMlXL2onDNhdFU1LL-Uq-9wz-QngdZZaGjQPcouOzqyFWcBdh8TeH7d0sJc-uIO4bu0oI0SjXSX7rhGfAQAbmMPwoDwrM-rf_zooGFy_2eNQY0KNODl3yA/s400/SL270027.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Don't ask?<br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div><br /><br /></div><br /><div><br /><br /> </div>maikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13965810297465295934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3703504544650557740.post-89060503045194707002008-03-18T01:10:00.001-07:002008-12-09T13:07:09.499-08:00Happy Easter<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA1yPIU4eqmYVOCl12N2oxWEWUtNkiU8pGfbH1JCqQuIOX2S00sUfNRr2k0CZdu4_I-W4KsOFJU_KCzVDdKsmLDehwkjdZbJRfvnRRIVRbuvz8_rKBrczBZqCDdPiyOzPsIHwjU2w0z3I/s1600-h/100_1143.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178991933274725410" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA1yPIU4eqmYVOCl12N2oxWEWUtNkiU8pGfbH1JCqQuIOX2S00sUfNRr2k0CZdu4_I-W4KsOFJU_KCzVDdKsmLDehwkjdZbJRfvnRRIVRbuvz8_rKBrczBZqCDdPiyOzPsIHwjU2w0z3I/s400/100_1143.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVllQ-hw0Qvya8B3rl0TIWtR0r9J_D8RTQZneQMngZaBiXRdtuxh_IMGSMXrWDjKTsCLc2xNGv5eg37de8M3aGrv1ViBQGfM3NMuPoYc0LE6Yhbh5TrO3OV6ADdc6stx8ybHh_x9ACwfo/s1600-h/1chocolate-egg-613_435876n.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178991735706229778" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVllQ-hw0Qvya8B3rl0TIWtR0r9J_D8RTQZneQMngZaBiXRdtuxh_IMGSMXrWDjKTsCLc2xNGv5eg37de8M3aGrv1ViBQGfM3NMuPoYc0LE6Yhbh5TrO3OV6ADdc6stx8ybHh_x9ACwfo/s400/1chocolate-egg-613_435876n.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div></div></div>maikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13965810297465295934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3703504544650557740.post-7359038669920825832008-03-14T00:23:00.000-07:002008-03-14T00:51:45.167-07:00Death and Rape in Goa<span style="color:#ffff00;">Sky's Asia correspondent Alex Crawford gives a personal account of meeting the mother seeking justice over the murder of her daughter Scarlett Keeling in Goa.<br />OK, Fiona MacKeown was unwise. OK, she was naïve. OK, she may live a very unorthodox lifestyle. But let us remember, please, that she has lost a child in the most horrible of circumstances.<br />From the reaction of some commentators, she might as well have been running a brothel, sold her daughter into sex slavery and then watched while she was slaughtered. The reaction among some is staggeringly unsympathetic - and a lot of it, I would suggest, is based on prejudice.<br />Yes, Fiona MacKeown may have had nine children in Britain, where that is viewed as wanton irresponsibility by some. Yes, they may have different fathers, at least four. Yes, she lives with her large family in a group of caravans on a nine-acre site in Devon. Yes, she has tattoos and a lip ring.<br />But where does that translate into bad, uncaring mother? Perhaps in bourgeois Clapham or in the Home Counties where most of the tabloid female writers are penning their scathing commentaries? And yes, they are mostly female, I am ashamed to say.<br />My crew - cameraman Jamie Matthews, producer Neville Lazarus and myself - have spent most of the past nine days in Fiona MacKeown's company. Until her children were sent back to Britain, we spent a lot of the time with the six children with her too. Unlike the tabloid newspaper writer who seemed to suggest Ms MacKeown's lack of tears made her want to 'scream at the TV', we have watched while she bent over double with grief, her body heaving with sobs as she showed us pictures of her daughter's battered body.<br />I have hugged her, unable to offer up any comfort while tears ran down her cheeks. She is cool, she is composed, she is assertive and articulate in front of the cameras, but please don't suggest that she isn't hurting, that she isn't feeling remorse and wishing she could turn back the clock.<br />We were the only TV channel in town showing any interest in her allegations and Ms MacKeown was desperate to get someone to listen to her, to get someone to believe her. She had forced herself to go back into the mortuary having already been there once to identify Scarlett, and she took photograph after photograph of her daughter's back, arms, legs, even her genital area to show the extent of the bruising and abrasions.<br />Now imagine that. Her child is dead. She is lying on a slab with her face cut from ear to ear by the initial pathologists who were told she was an unidentified body (and had to take dental records). It takes a certain steeliness, strength of character, determination, call it what you will, for a mother to do that.<br />The police were telling reporters that Scarlett's body had no marks, that she had been drunk and her body had been found 'floating in water'. She had drowned and there was no suggestion of foul play. Just another tourist who had soaked up too much of Goa's paradise.<br />Short of dragging reporters into the morgue and tearing off the sheet covering Scarlett (which at one point she threatened to do), she felt driven to take the photographs to try to prove somehow she was right.<br />Nearly three weeks after her daughter was found dead on Anjuna beach - she has a) instigated a second post mortem b) managed to get police to launch a murder inquiry c) prompted an internal police inquiry to find who covered up the crime and d) provoked questions in the Indian Parliament questioning safety in the tourist hotspot.<br />Now in any other world that would be pretty damn amazing, but instead Fiona MacKeown - a single parent who doesn't conform - is being roasted in parts of the media for somehow being partly to blame for her daughter's death.<br />There's no doubt she made one heck of a bad decision to leave her behind while the rest of the family travelled to nearby Karnataka. It is one she obviously regrets and no-one would attempt to try to explain that away.<br />But let's remember Fiona MacKeown had been in the country for nearly three months by this time.<br />She had befriended the people Scarlett was staying with. They were an upstanding church-going Roman Catholic family and although Scarlett had struck up a friendship with a 25-year-old tourist guide called Julio Lobo, like many Indian families, he continued to live with his older aunts. The two families had met, had shared meals together, and felt they knew each other.<br />Fiona MacKeown didn't feel she was leaving her 'alone'. She felt she had found an option which suited both - it gave Scarlett the freedom and independence she desired and her mother peace of mind that she was being looked after by caring and responsible adults, albeit a family she had known for a relatively short period of time.<br />Scarlett came and joined the rest of her family for two or three days every week and there was phone contact every day, her mother says. She has found out through reading Scarlett's diary that she was having a sexual relationship with Julio and says she knew nothing of that before. But even if she did know, even if she made a mistake by leaving her behind, my goodness she is paying for that error now.<br />Surely we should have some compassion for a woman whose eldest daughter has been violently killed and who is trying to do the right thing?<br />One British journalist wrote: "Since Scarlett's brutal killing, Fiona MacKeown has fought for her daughter. Would that she had exercised half that dedication and sense of responsibility while Scarlett was alive and in need of a mother's care."<br />I am sorry but does that writer know anything about what sort of a mother Fiona MacKeown really is? She may have a lot of children but does that give the journalist the right to suggest she somehow loves any less or cares for them any worse?<br />Ms MacKeown seems to me to have an independence which is admirable, a strength of mind which is remarkable and a determination which is born out of love for her children. She frankly doesn't give two hoots what people who don't know her think of her.<br />"They are making judgements and they don't know me or my kids," she says. "Anyone who knows me knows I am a good mother and I love my kids."<br />She is not, as the writer assumes, a "middle class person who should know better". She lives on a farm feeding her kids with vegetables and fruit they grow themselves. Home for them is a series of caravans with no mains electricity - just a generator - and no heating.<br />She lives an unconventional life and sends her oldest children to an alternative, liberal charity school in Devon. Yes, she does claim some benefits but she raises money through the farmers' market to help pay for the schooling and she cooks there two days a week to help out. Education and the right sort, is a priority. She has even home-schooled her children and during the long holiday in India, she had arranged for them to do remote learning. Her partner Rob Clarke did not pay for the holiday as one newspaper suggested. The family saved up for about nine months and when they still didn't have enough money, they sold some of their animals to cover the costs.<br />Yet despite money being an issue, she turned down £10,000 offered by a British tabloid for her exclusive story, believing she needed ALL the media on board to get to the truth.<br />Having spent many days with them, the children appeared polite, well-mannered, well-fed and loving. She seemed patient, caring and reasonable with them. They in turn, are not loud, spoilt or mercenary. They sat quietly for hours drawing pictures, playing cards, occasionally watching television (which they don't have in England), while television crews moved around them and reporters took up all their mother's time. There weren't the loud, noisy squabbles that I am constantly having to monitor with my own children. They didn't have the modern-day accessories of iPod, laptop, Playstation or Nintendo which seem to be necessary to appease many children. I never saw her shouting at them to get them all out of the door and on the way to her various appointments. She had a natural authority with them and they respected her and were demonstrably affectionate with her.<br /></span><span style="color:#ff0000;">"I don't know anyone who is with their kids for 24 hours of the day," said Fiona MacKeown.<br />She's right. I know plenty of my friends who have teenage children and who often leave their older kids at home while they have a night out. Occasionally there are wild parties and too much alcohol drunk and lots of clearing up to do in the morning and groundings to be handed out. But please, if Scarlett Keeling had been murdered on one such parents-night-out in the UK, would we still be having this holier-than-thou debate?<br />Let's remember the crime here is rape and murder. Not going on holiday to India, not leaving your fifteen-year-old behind, not having tattoos or an alternative lifestyle.</span>maikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13965810297465295934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3703504544650557740.post-86761461380866239102008-03-13T01:49:00.000-07:002008-12-09T13:07:10.730-08:00Spring Time!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3JvDBENYZM6JrM75PVP4y9HRZ_VcfWngAj_4umhxr2cns-HPI9AL0XmE6XvnzM6WzdGoJ9pyfEjDrQGfJ2448SfVXO-wgu1E7m0f5-MJgqZx3N7pPHFcKD6GLzAD7rWDp2Sz1DAcPm38/s1600-h/100_1106.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5177149370829904882" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3JvDBENYZM6JrM75PVP4y9HRZ_VcfWngAj_4umhxr2cns-HPI9AL0XmE6XvnzM6WzdGoJ9pyfEjDrQGfJ2448SfVXO-wgu1E7m0f5-MJgqZx3N7pPHFcKD6GLzAD7rWDp2Sz1DAcPm38/s400/100_1106.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKIlUBQ3SnZ2XSM0HJFwHmiAHidywA43WMdZR8RBGssvmPTaF0YT0cmFMz0J8WGFc0FfQusmhr4-DNY-ectQ2yiUvrGD6u3oBvyRRmYBV0NrlaBh2FAv7auanYMs3uRqBaCc5GntYVYQA/s1600-h/100_1103.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5177149061592259554" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKIlUBQ3SnZ2XSM0HJFwHmiAHidywA43WMdZR8RBGssvmPTaF0YT0cmFMz0J8WGFc0FfQusmhr4-DNY-ectQ2yiUvrGD6u3oBvyRRmYBV0NrlaBh2FAv7auanYMs3uRqBaCc5GntYVYQA/s400/100_1103.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy4-IKk0e3Pd4fdpO3tV7s7gZkWmqASGO3J-jc9_KZQSypzFAYIWeTO1z9XYTKy98EkL1nvTixGGT8U3gQTlMJgrsbL0lGo-BoSvFzR9P3OfeQxIe3YuWzetDNc3fCsJbDqKdScsMvQdo/s1600-h/christmas+2005+and+new+year+2006+138.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5177147919130958802" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy4-IKk0e3Pd4fdpO3tV7s7gZkWmqASGO3J-jc9_KZQSypzFAYIWeTO1z9XYTKy98EkL1nvTixGGT8U3gQTlMJgrsbL0lGo-BoSvFzR9P3OfeQxIe3YuWzetDNc3fCsJbDqKdScsMvQdo/s400/christmas+2005+and+new+year+2006+138.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgysiCBFSFT8BOjnhDfAlTfLZZGSFiFdy4ElGXuFylBoVV6aOLoiqDON5gvzPAb5RQk6HYuOqcsdlSSaxM9MYlzrwe_hfDEktrEIY6ZeGfXVNKZ_GUuLCzDoifn5EzvxSa04UzdnAdsfcA/s1600-h/100_0913.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5177146969943186370" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgysiCBFSFT8BOjnhDfAlTfLZZGSFiFdy4ElGXuFylBoVV6aOLoiqDON5gvzPAb5RQk6HYuOqcsdlSSaxM9MYlzrwe_hfDEktrEIY6ZeGfXVNKZ_GUuLCzDoifn5EzvxSa04UzdnAdsfcA/s400/100_0913.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmz2YVFq_MCFAzDgDf8A4YRUOnhQLUlg_fOUspOUDe0Tr7dvWmHFyM_dNuzuNlN2i6GhwdBECjx-Lqxj_ybSo4t4TCEwjZLyQKRrFdztI_l8DccWaDW6mws2QkfAwlcntewXv54xe0nNE/s1600-h/100_0914.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5177146639230704562" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmz2YVFq_MCFAzDgDf8A4YRUOnhQLUlg_fOUspOUDe0Tr7dvWmHFyM_dNuzuNlN2i6GhwdBECjx-Lqxj_ybSo4t4TCEwjZLyQKRrFdztI_l8DccWaDW6mws2QkfAwlcntewXv54xe0nNE/s400/100_0914.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd5C7f0wsC7ZVClUseLs_KehHmdZsABgqXl9RlxlmDBvLHs7l_EgD2KF6FXXMYeO_4kdYJdhVCOKqBAmHs7IqkI3RTiqQKyJlHiSnTR9LTTEnEb0P8yi7-JpTwv1psAVJQO9XspJGUWfk/s1600-h/100_1365.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5177146287043386274" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd5C7f0wsC7ZVClUseLs_KehHmdZsABgqXl9RlxlmDBvLHs7l_EgD2KF6FXXMYeO_4kdYJdhVCOKqBAmHs7IqkI3RTiqQKyJlHiSnTR9LTTEnEb0P8yi7-JpTwv1psAVJQO9XspJGUWfk/s400/100_1365.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div>maikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13965810297465295934noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3703504544650557740.post-75619501727084339712008-02-29T23:41:00.000-08:002008-12-09T13:07:10.920-08:00My Twin !<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhycW-f-uvY9wUhsJolADYH6eXHxQERyjP7i_ImwByxFKYaZvLcS6slVUqyI206YxmFJ7pL8LOBJ-78gEkSwy3vQdwItV7muVRIwMADuQ_9jWgweomTfT-eeLl7WpGRN7wYx4Fub0-iISs/s1600-h/mike+on+horse.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5172675360122154178" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhycW-f-uvY9wUhsJolADYH6eXHxQERyjP7i_ImwByxFKYaZvLcS6slVUqyI206YxmFJ7pL8LOBJ-78gEkSwy3vQdwItV7muVRIwMADuQ_9jWgweomTfT-eeLl7WpGRN7wYx4Fub0-iISs/s400/mike+on+horse.jpg" border="0" /></a> I found this picture in a card shop and I've always teased friends with the fact that this is me in Australia, but it isn't ! . I have a twin sister somewhere !!!!!maikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13965810297465295934noreply@blogger.com3