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Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (12259) • Ireland 57m

Another intriguing exhibition I visited in Paris last week touched on the works of Gertrude Stein and Pablo Picasso. The inter-war years in Paris is an area of intrigue for me with so many literary giants running all over the...

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Four Walls @FourWalls (58682) • United States 6h

If you wanna continue this grammatical atrocity, we’ll start with “wanna” songs tomorrow. But today we conclude the month of “gonna” songs with the one that tops my list. One more big shout-out to @JudyEv for the suggestion....

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Fiacre Banks @Fourwalls I hate gonna and wanna and I hate this song!!

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Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (12259) • Ireland 6h

It came to me while listening to the news this morning that government, no matter what it’s leaning, is little more than the orifice through which a nation farts, and you can quote me on that. This is why every country must have a...

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Sharon Elton @sharonelton (21113) • Lichfield, England 7h

Here is my frog painting that I'm doing. I did the background first as usual. I wanted the background to look kind of blurry, to show it's further away, but I don't know if I've achieved that. I wanted the darker greens to kind...

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Fiacre Banks @sharonelton I’ve often wondered how one paints rain. Looking forward to seeing how you manage that.

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Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (12259) • Ireland 13h

I was giggling this morning again when I woke from slumber. I’m my dream I had been to have my hair cut, and in reality that is what I’m doing today. The barber asked if I wanted my eyebrows trimmed which I never do because...

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Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (12259) • Ireland 26 Nov

This morning two men approached me as I was leaving Church. I knew I recognised them from somewhere but couldn’t quite place them. They looked a bit somber and introduced themselves - relatives of my youngest brother’s late...

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Fiacre Banks Thanks @judyev

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Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (12259) • Ireland 29 Nov

This day last week we visited one of the best exhibitions I’ve ever been to though admittedly it would be everyone’s cup of Darjeeling. It traced the history of Indian cinema. I’m a Bollywood fan, but my preferred era would be...

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LouAvul @LouAvul (63) 29 Nov

My answer is: Law Enforcement My bias is: my husband is a retired police officer They see you at your worst. Either you're the bad guy and you've done something heinous and you're the victim and you've just had something...

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Fiacre Banks @louavul Garbage collectors. They are so much more essential to the well-being of society that actors, footballers, models, politicians, beauticians, singers and pimps.

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LouAvul @LouAvul (63) 29 Nov

Oh I LOVE words! I like playing Scrabble and Words With Friends and Boggle. I enjoy word games. I have several words that I think are fun to say. They include: 1. EXACERBATE - which means to make a problem or negative or bad...

fun words to say

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Fiacre Banks @louavul Absquatulate Metagrobolise Pinguescence Gallimaufry Callipygian Tittynopes Crapulent Smaragdine Wlatsome Oh now you’ve got me going.

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LouAvul @LouAvul (63) 29 Nov

I can't make this stuff up. Somebody didn't vet this very well. The Texas school district hired Ashley Ketcherside this school year to teach sex education classes. The problem is, she was convicted of prostitution in 2012...

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Fiacre Banks @louavul This rampant stupidity will be the downfall of western society. Who wants their kids to fall under the influence of a prostitute? Kids will see prostitution as normal and respectable now if that’s what their teacher is. Perverse.

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LouAvul @LouAvul (63) 29 Nov

I always liked my father-in-law. He was fun, a good story-teller, strong, and good-looking. He was always very nice to me. He died 10 years ago. But as I think back on the stories my husband has told me, he wasn't a very good...

losing faith in someone

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Fiacre Banks @louavul I suppose we ought not to have high expectations of others. Maybe we should concentrate on making sure we don’t let others down ourselves.

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LouAvul @LouAvul (63) 28 Nov

Have they been traveling solo, with you and a romantic partner, with a family or friends? Beach? Mountains? Staycation? Some of my best vacations have been to far-away places that are different from home, like Morocco was...

vacation

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Fiacre Banks @louavul Paris is always good of course but I really enjoyed India travelling solo.

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Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (12259) • Ireland 28 Nov

Excitement almost got the better of me this evening, and rage, anger and a few other emotions. I found a web site offering monthly apartment rental in Paris. I browsed, and found the perfect retirement present for myself - a...

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LouAvul @LouAvul (63) 28 Nov

It's about 28F here today. Sunny and beautiful, but c-o-l-d. Brrr. We allegedly saw our first snowflakes of the season at 3 am this morning but nothing stuck. I did see water in puddles in a parking lot that were icy-covered...

cold

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Fiacre Banks @louavul Getting cold here too but hasn’t yet dipped below freezing point. Paris is beautiful in the cold.

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Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (12259) • Ireland 27 Nov

So, what can I tell you tonight? Well, further investigation reveals that my brother had good reason for not letting any of us into his house in recent years. For one thing the house was beyond cleaning - it was just foul. If you...

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Fiacre Banks @ladyduck It’s good to remember those dates my brother’s story gets worse - the police found a gun in his house along with the cannabis plants.

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Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (12259) • Ireland 27 Nov

So, what can I tell you tonight? Well, further investigation reveals that my brother had good reason for not letting any of us into his house in recent years. For one thing the house was beyond cleaning - it was just foul. If you...

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Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (12259) • Ireland 26 Nov

This morning two men approached me as I was leaving Church. I knew I recognised them from somewhere but couldn’t quite place them. They looked a bit somber and introduced themselves - relatives of my youngest brother’s late...

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Fiacre Banks @lindaohio It pains me to admit that the daughter is better off with neither parent, that’s how bad things were. Not an uncommon situation sadly.

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Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (12259) • Ireland 26 Nov

This morning two men approached me as I was leaving Church. I knew I recognised them from somewhere but couldn’t quite place them. They looked a bit somber and introduced themselves - relatives of my youngest brother’s late...

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Fiacre Banks @1creekgirl Amen and amen.

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Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (12259) • Ireland 26 Nov

The apartment we had in Paris last week was just perfect for us. It sat in our favourite part of the city and was very quiet even though surrounded by the 24 hour a day hurly burly of Paris, and close to a metro stop. It was full...

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Fiacre Banks @celticeagle I was in the bakery every morning for croissants to take home for breakfast.

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Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (12259) • Ireland 26 Nov

This morning two men approached me as I was leaving Church. I knew I recognised them from somewhere but couldn’t quite place them. They looked a bit somber and introduced themselves - relatives of my youngest brother’s late...

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Fiacre Banks Thanks @1creekgirl It promises to be a difficult week.

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