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		<title>Still Centre of the Turning Wheel</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:53:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[All I could hear was the sound of my own breathing as the air moved rhythmically through the snorkel. Below me the sea was crystal clear and there was the clean white sand of the sea floor about thirty feet below me. Rising from it &#8230; <a href="http://countingducks.wordpress.com/2012/02/23/still-centre-of-the-turning-wheel/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=countingducks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22855746&amp;post=2439&amp;subd=countingducks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Where am I</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 11:55:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sorry I haven&#8217;t been around much but I appreciate the comments from those who wondered how I am or wondered if I have turned into a plate of marsh mallows. since October I have been involved in a bit of &#8230; <a href="http://countingducks.wordpress.com/2012/01/21/where-am-i/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=countingducks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22855746&amp;post=2426&amp;subd=countingducks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Happy New Rear</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 11:27:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[May the Fitness be with you Filed under: creative writing Tagged: life, New Year<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=countingducks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22855746&amp;post=2412&amp;subd=countingducks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Christmas One and All</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 10:06:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From this distant outpost of the Blogosphere I wish all those who read or have read me, including the loyal Albanian, a very happy Christmas. I wish you a lovely holiday with those you love and cherish and look forward &#8230; <a href="http://countingducks.wordpress.com/2011/12/24/happy-christmas-one-and-all/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=countingducks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22855746&amp;post=2402&amp;subd=countingducks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Films I l Like</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 18:43:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve always enjoyed films and, like many, sort of develop a rolling top ten or five depending  on your level of interest in the medium. Here&#8217;s a selection of mine: &#8220;The Last Samurai&#8221;, &#8220;Schindler&#8217;s List&#8221; and &#8220;The Shawshank Redemption.&#8221; They all concern &#8230; <a href="http://countingducks.wordpress.com/2011/12/04/films-i-l-like/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=countingducks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22855746&amp;post=2371&amp;subd=countingducks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Watching the Oak Grow</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 15:04:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We can&#8217;t of course. It&#8217;s time scale is so different to ours that we would have to invest  a large proportion of our own existence to see the subtle changes time shows in the newly budding acorn. Where we able to do so, &#8230; <a href="http://countingducks.wordpress.com/2011/12/02/watching-the-oak-grow/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=countingducks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22855746&amp;post=2361&amp;subd=countingducks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Here&#8217;s an Odd Thing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:41:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A lot of you can gather that I&#8217;m a fairly independent, crash by the seat of your pants, kind of guy, and so I am. The road less travelled is always more interesting to me, even if it currently seems &#8230; <a href="http://countingducks.wordpress.com/2011/11/28/heres-an-odd-thing/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=countingducks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22855746&amp;post=2339&amp;subd=countingducks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rude by Mistake</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 15:53:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Invited to dinner by a colleague who I didn&#8217;t know too well, but who was involved in some project with me, I entered the house bearing a bottle of reasonable wine and a smile which I hoped would mark my &#8230; <a href="http://countingducks.wordpress.com/2011/11/25/rude-by-mistake/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=countingducks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22855746&amp;post=2321&amp;subd=countingducks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Scent of a Rose</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 10:21:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my middle late teens my childhood was largely over and I found myself in a bedsitter in an unglamorous area of London, living on fish and chips and working as a clerk in a sales office. The work was &#8230; <a href="http://countingducks.wordpress.com/2011/11/24/the-scent-of-a-rose/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=countingducks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22855746&amp;post=2305&amp;subd=countingducks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Journey to Another Time</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 08:44:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So many years ago; it seems another life,  I walked into the sea off the Serbian coast. It was called Yugoslavia then and I  was far from home. I was fully dressed and  could think of no other way to &#8230; <a href="http://countingducks.wordpress.com/2011/11/18/journey-to-another-time-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=countingducks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22855746&amp;post=2291&amp;subd=countingducks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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