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Katherine

May 18, 2011 by  
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What’s in a name? Something and everything. Many of us wonder what our parents were thinking when they named us but sometimes I think life has a way of showing us there’s rhyme and reason beyond even what they intended.

Maelstrom

February 3, 2010 by  
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There’s a malestrom building. “A maelstrom is a very powerful whirlpool; a large, swirling body of water. A free vortex that has a considerable downdraft. The Scandinavian word (malström or malstrøm) was introduced into English by Edgar Allan Poe in his story “A Descent into the Maelström” (1841).

Water Water Everywhere

January 26, 2010 by  
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They’ve stayed in my memory for years these lines, actually the entire narrative has. It’s Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’. Our old School Principal, Bob Foster taught it to

Town Hall, Onga Onga, Central Hawke’s Bay

December 31, 2009 by  
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Old School House, Onga Onga Historic Village

December 31, 2009 by  
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