2013
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Todmorden
Todmorden UK As always…Narda’s sensible notes are in italics and mine whatever else there is. Also, the slideshows are usually three seconds apart, they can be stopped to groove on a particular shot by clicking the little bars in the upper right corner. The videos are linked to YouTube because I didn’t pay for the Continue reading
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Pakistan2023
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Paradise Valley
Christmas 2022 to January 23, 23 Terrell notes not italics Narda notes italic NOTE: sometimes we may almost repeat one another probably because we are always together – Narda’s though, is probably the writing that makes sense, and I sometimes use ten words to Narda’s one to say the same thing – so that is Continue reading
Agnes Falls, Amitov Ghosh’, Bordertown, Castlemaine, Coonalypn, Creswick, Daylesford, Field of Poppies, Hayfield Pub, Hepburn Springs, Lake Glenmaggie, Lake Meredith, London to Newcastle, Meningie, Murray River, Nick Cave, Paradise Valley, Port Welshpool, Reeves Beach, Sailors Falls, Sale Victoria, Sawpit Free Camping, St Arnaud, Tailem Bend, Trulicity, Warracknabeal, Warrnambool, Yallourn power station, Yarragon -
Covid World Tour 2021
Briefly, Braving the new world order, we left Australia on December 03. Our first stay was in Lahore, Pakistan for the marriage of Brendan. We spent three weeks there. On December 24th we flew Lahore to Istanbul – missed our next flight and spent Christmas Day in Istanbul flying on in the afternoon. We arrived Continue reading
Andaaz Restaurant, Avari Xpress Hotel, Badshahi Mosque, Bamboo Union, Bundu Khan, De-icing flight to Amsterdam, Emporium Mall, Ganache Café at Mall 1, Istanbul, Lahore Airport, Nikah ceremony, Packages Mall, Pearl Continental Hotel, Royal Swiss Hotel, Turkish Airlines, Turkish Airlines Business Lounge Istanbul, Wagha Border -
Our current life with Covid
Leaving Australia ‘Again’: Before the After (e-book updated) Queensland_20021 These are a few rambling notes and photos from our little trip from Adelaide, South Australia to Cairns, Queensland. The final cost of fuel (diesel, not including the $93 petrol I put in instead of diesel and had to have the car drained when we were Continue reading
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Darwin
She was a carefree flower girl of 18 Selling flowers on Bourbon Street 1968 I was a street artist… Life with Covid as of an hour ago To Darwin 05-February 2021 Notes/photos of three weeks in Darwin. Individual articles were tossed up to https://neuage.substack.com/ Narda in italics Terrell whatever It is more than an hour Continue reading
Atura Adelaide Airport, bogan, City Lights bookstore, Cyclone Tracy Museum, Darwin, Darwin Aviation Museum, Darwin Botanic Gardens, Darwin Hotel, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, mac & cheese, QANTAS begins, Ramada Suites by Wyndham Zen Quarter Darwin, Six Tanks, Six Tanks Brew Co., Zen of Mac & Cheese, zen of Mac and Cheese -
Port Macquarie
Our current life with Covid as of 28 February 2021 Darwin, Australia how we see the world today Thursday 25 February 2021 Thoughts in Isolation https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08TW5FNHN Lucky us: we left South Australia four days before the border was closed due to Covid 19, We left Port Macquarie a few Continue reading
Bathurst, Birpa people, Black Books, Blue Mountains, Bluey’s Beach, Broken Hill, Bylong, Cape Hawke, Captain James Cook, Diamond Head Camping, Dolphin Cruise, Dubbo, Hastings River, Hastings River Ferry, Jerrys Plains, Lanis Holiday Park, Laurieton, Mildura, Narrandera, Pt Macquarie, Republic of Doyle, Seal Rocks, Settlement Point Ferry, Strangler figs, Sugarloaf Point Lighthouse, Tacking Point Lighthouse, The Murrumbidgee River, Wallis Lake, Wilcannia -
A cautionary tale
A cautionary tale My son, Sacha, lives in Melbourne, Victoria. He came to Adelaide, South Australia. The state of Victoria has been in lock-down for more than three months with restrictions just starting to be lifted. My son had to apply 14 days before crossing the border. At the border he realized he needed more Continue reading
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Rotterdam2020
Our current status (Narda and me) @ home – we arrived in Adelaide after 10 weeks in the Netherlands and flights back via Amsterdam and Singapore where we spent 17 hours – we have been given amazing help with a home in Swan Reach along the Murray River where we did our quarantine of two Continue reading
Aerotel Transit Hotel, Arnhem Centraal, Bakker Klootwijk, Breda via Nijmegen, Capelle aan den Ijssell, China, coronavirus, covid-19, Dalian, Deze thema’s fascineerden de Utrechtse surrealist Moesman, FutureLand, Gouda, Haliade-X, HOME IN ISOLATION, Jinshitan, Jumbo, Maasvlakte 2, Moesman exhibit, Moordrecht, Murray River, Nieuwerkerk, Nieuwerkerk an de Ijssel, Reigerhof, River Ijssell, Rotterdam Centraal, Rotterdam Harbour, Schengen zone, Swan Reach, Terminal 1 -
Langkawi wowie
video for Langkawi at http://youtu.be/xjsETcPNtNI Not to be confused with Maui wowie or anything to do with Hawaii except what a great place Langkawi is. Left home. Home was back there. Back there was Ao Nang. We had made ourselves at home so quickly. Like within hours. We left the motor scooters out front where Continue reading
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Warmth
Warmth video at http://youtu.be/8Osc_Ckmz3E (Phuket) http://youtu.be/8YGAf2A7NtM (Ao Nang) (Railay) http://youtu.be/0O4WK_fCm2A (Krabi) http://youtu.be/08hPnWF7PWw Photos Saturday 21 December Warmth has many interpretations, perceptions, explanations: emotional, physical, spiritual, local, worldly, universal, chemical, mental and so forth and so here we are seeking warmth that encompasses it all. Simply put, because really who wants to hear one whinge and whine about their lot Continue reading
2013, about me, China, Dalian American International School, Dalian China, Jinshitan, kai Fa Qu, Malaysia, tofuAdang-Rawi Archipelago, Andaman Sea, Aonang, campus village, Dalian American International School, Five Quarters of the Orange, Joanne Harris, Ko Khao Phing Kan island, Kodály, Koh Lipe, Koh Tapu, Krabi, Malaysian border, Phang Nga Bay, Phuket Town, Satun Province, Shanghai Airport, southwest Thailand, Strait of Malacca, Thailand -
Best Place to be
Video for this blog at http://youtu.be/AzaiYZU3zZk Where we are always seems to be not as interesting as where someone else is though why we say that I am not quite sure when wherever we are is where we are because that is the totality of all we have done so far in life and the Continue reading
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unchain my heart
Video for this Hong kong trip is at http://youtu.be/aUYG8gn72MQ Macau two weeks later or last week http://youtu.be/AzaiYZU3zZk I was having a quiet Friday evening watching thoughts drift by of what to do on the upcoming weekend. Sort of a quiet day. We arrived home at noon from a week in Xi’am seeing Terracotta Warriors, a Great Continue reading
1965 Porsche 356c Cabriolet, 40 Stubbs Rd., Aberdeen, Adventist Hospital, Ashford Hospital Adelaide, Baltimore Maryland, Beijing SOS clinic, Bosphorus Sea, campus village, Cheyenne Wyoming, Detroit, Dr. Wilhelm’s, Ernest Shurtleff Holmes, Great Wild Goose Pagoda, Happy Valley, Hawaii, heebie jeebies, Holy Order of MANS, Istanbul, Janis Joplin’s, Kahuku Hawaii, Lamma Island, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, MRI, Myanmar Thai Palace, Old Main Street, parachuting from a great distance in the stratosphere, PET, Positron Emission Tomography, Prince Islands, psychedelic painted, radioactive dye, San Francisco, Sanatorium Hospital, Syracuse New York, Terracotta Warriors, The Emperor Hotel, The Hong Kong Jockey Club, The Science of Mind, Vitup Hospital, Wichita Kansas, Xi’am -
Do not take my Vegemite
“Do not take my Vegemite ” Vegemite Storage Letters Chinese police using geese Best loo in Kaifaqu In-flight Movies Lenovo Baggage allowances Australians are easy going, maybe some of the most laid back of any nationality. You will hear “she’ll be right mate” more than anything else. In fact there’s not that much going on Continue reading
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Reason to believe
July 12-13 2013: Friday/Saturday Home – I think – after decades where home is becomes questionable I think we are home. If we go by where the majority of our crap is that would be China but if we go by where we own our home then that is either one of two houses in Continue reading
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Blue Sky
July 09 Tuesday 2013 Blue sky After a couple of choking days in Beijing – it was much worse than times before – what a relief to see blue sky again. Surely we would not have two flights canceled in the same trip. Surely it is only Delta that is unable to get us from Continue reading
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Last Days
On the road again. Just a whistle stop in the States, ten-days: Jersey City, Atlanta, Big Canoe (in the mountains north of Atlanta), upstate New York (Albany, Round Lake), New York City and now waiting for a plane Newark – Toronto – Beijing. Just a short visit to see family, friends, our money person (who Continue reading
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suitcase wanderlust
This has been a fantastic visit with friends, family, business people and just being in the States. However, this is because we have learned through decades of travel to get only just so crazy with the actual travel part of our travel. Getting to the destination and getting to the destination with our belongings has Continue reading
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our Pommie GPS
POME = Prisoner of Mother England; our British speaking GPS Monday, June 24 2013 Following on from yesterday’s blog; https://neuage.me/2013/06/26/lama-temple-and-beyond/ – flying Beijing to Vancouver and on to New York City, arriving at one AM and sleeping a few hours we collected our car rental and plugged in the GPS that Randy Dandurand gave us Continue reading
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Lama Temple and beyond
Saturday, June 22, 2013 YouTube video clip Again. Again? Again! Never kept track of flights. Life is a flight. In-flight again. I don’t think I have done Air Canada before. Up here listening to Janis Joplin, OK I have done that before. She is my flight attendant. As one who rarely listens to music except Continue reading
31 Beixin Hutong, Ballarat, Beijing, Candy Inn, Chairman Mao, Chinese Hooters, Classic Courtyard, Dongcheng, Dongcheng District, Friday night ABC, Geelong, Harmony and Peace Palace Lamasery, Hawthorn vs. West Coast, Hutong, Janis Joplin, Lama Temple, Nicole Kidman, Stoker, the 12th of never, the ‘Magical Dumplings of the Immortal Emperor’, Vancouver, Yonghe Lamasery, Yonghegong Street -
DragonBoat Festivals, DiscoveryLand, B’days
China surely is the champion of what is and what is not and perceptions mashed together to morph into possibly acceptable perceptions, but not really. Reality is a mistaken illusion – it always has been; look at religion, personal-relationships and politics and education…. Maybe it is best not to look to see but to look Continue reading
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Skip to my loo
It is so fundamental but the loo can so govern the day, especially in China. (Loo being Australian/British and etc. for toilet: (From Wikipedia: “When people flung their potty waste out of the window, they would shout “Gardez l’eau” [gar-day low]. That’s French for “watch out for the water”. We probably get the word “loo” Continue reading
Auan Shui (markets), Bao Shu Qui, Beijing Beatles, campus village, Da Lian Wan, Dalian Station, DD Port, 轻轨, Gardez l’eau, Harbour View Hotel, Holy Order of MANS, Hou Yan, Ikea, International Club of Dalian, James Joyce, Jim Ma Li, Jin Jai Jie, Jin Shi Tan, Kai Fai Qu (5 colur city), Korean Market, kuai-gui, Metro, qing gui, Room 100, Sams Club, Shangri-La Dalian, Vutup Dentist Clinic, Xiang Lu Jiao, Xiao Yao Wan, Xinghai Square, 快轨 Lenbach German Restaurant -
Just another weekend in China
Just another weekend in China though with a different set of events/thoughts/wanderings…. Chinese Visa Office 11th Annual Dalian International Walking Festival Soggy day ‘Famous French and English Bands’ at the Chateau du Vin Bordeaux Beatles concerts And so much more Actually this is more than a weekend memory of what-we-did as Thursday and Friday is Continue reading
2013, about me, China, Dalian American International School, Dalian China, Jinshitan, kai Fa Qu, technology in education, Technology Integration11th Annual Dalian International Walking Festival, Albany Academy for Girls, always-journalist, Bin Hai Road, blogging-filming apps, Chateau du Vin Bordeaux, Congressman Sweeney, Dalian American International School, Dalian Castle Hotel, 轻轨, Myanmar, Nokia Lumia 920 smartphone, qing gui, Sundance London Film and Music Festival, Terrell Neuage, The Festival of Me’, Xinghai Bay, Yangon, 星海广场 Xinghai Square Dalian; Zhongshan Square Dalian 中山广场t=中山廣場 -
SOS China
SOS China Dinner seemed fine, just scrambled eggs with a bit of cheese and hash brown potatoes. But a few minutes later I was sicker than ever in my life. Narda was OK so we ruled out food poisoning but after getting rid of dinner and all else before and getting worse by the minute Continue reading
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Power off Life on
Power off Life on We have had these notices before… “The school is informed by the Electrical Company that there will be a power outage on Friday, May 3 from 7am to 4pm. If you bring your own lunch, please make sure that it does not need heating up as the microwave will not work.” Not Continue reading
Blue bury Valley, Bondeaux Wine Manor, caged thievery, Dalian American International School, Dalian Development Area, Eugene Oregon, five color city, Jin Shi Tan Resort, Jinshi Hunting Club, Jinshi Tang Dynasty Internatinal Hot Spring Resort, Jinshitan Service Center of Tourists, Kaifaqu, Lane Community College, Maryland, picture poem art, The United States of America School, Towson, 开发区 -
Breathing-in Facebook
Sunday morning, wanting to write up what is a bit of a big thing in my small world and definitely may bring some closure but of course never full closure as it shouldn’t to my meandering through this life or at least one significant aspect to it but after one paragraph we were off to Long Shan Continue reading
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International Day @ Dalian American International School
International Day @ Dalian American International School youtube clips for this are at http://youtu.be/fdkrxDDErXk (overview); http://youtu.be/Y7Vpt3vXI7M (druming); http://youtu.be/sVxYglz5xfI (choral piece written for this event) neuage webpage for this is at http://neuage.us/BLOGS/42-internatiotional-day.htm Every day is international day at our school, after all we have about 25 countries and 15 different languages but once a year we call it International Day. Continue reading
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Tomb Sweeping Fun
Ah Tomb Sweeping Day, Qingming Festival;; the day that one tends the graves of their once-were-mates. One of those great non-Western holidays that we celebrate by not working, well working but not usual working, working in the plan-our-holidays way. The thing is about two and a half thousand years old and for the most part Continue reading
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walking into glass @ EARCOS
EARCOS Teachers‘ Conference 2013 Shanghai Another conference now history another system of notes to integrate into my life another direction to life; all for the forward thrust of evolution for those who come next; the children so I am told. I have been to conferences. Mostly in New York (the best being NAIS’ ‘New York Continue reading
Beijing International School, Breen O’Reilly, Catskills, Celeste, Dalian American, David Gran, David Redmon, doubloons, EARCOS Teachers’ Conference 2013, International School of Manila, Joshua Sternlicht, Mardi Gras, Mardi Gras: Made in China, Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, New York State Association of Independent Schools, Saturn in 13 Scorpio, Shanghai, Shanghai Asia Film Festival, Shanghai International -
Shanghai again
3/26/2013 Staying at an airbnb, the ”lujiazui riverview room shanghai” in the New Pudong section of Shanghai with spectacular views; for example, Shanghai World Financial Center – the tall one in front, 101 stories – I went to the top, above the hanger part, on a previous trip alone because Narda doesn’t like heights. Behind Continue reading
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Shenzhen for a weekend
Shenzhen, China. iPad workshop at Shekou International School stayed at Fraser Place Apartments Beijing visit to International School of Beijing (ISB); Dalian American International School A few weeks past which is what happens when life is full to live and there is no time to pause and reflect – maybe today I can get back on Continue reading
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Somewhere over ancient China
Somewhere over ancient China Skyline Skylights Sky so much of it Sunsets Darkness sun rises Islands ~ continents Pools of wetness People dreaming Below Next to me too Different dreams than me I dream of the future that is the past long ago past prehistoric me when decades I have known I had not known Continue reading
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Encounter @ Encounter Bay ~ Victor @ Victor Harbor
There were always evolutionary steps, there always will be. Whether it is the biggies in evolution when sea-stuff such as fish clambered out of the sea, breathed some air, got a leg up, developed then lost enough intelligence to become reflective-questioning humans millions of years later or this current crop of folks tossing about within Continue reading
1971, Buddha, community radio station, Encounter Coast, Encounter FM, evolutionary steps, Fleurieu Peninsula, Honda, Horseshoe Bay, Janis Joplin, Jesus, Jim Morrison’s grave, Krishna, Lleyton Hewitt, Microsoft, Middleton, Mohammad. Zarathustra, Paris, Pere-Lachaise Cemetery, Pt. Elliot Primary, Pt. Elliot Primary school, the Bluff, Victor Harbor -
A Chinese miracle
A Chinese miracle Just to prove that miracles are not the sole (soul) domain of the Western religious-philosophers-‘we-are-the-chosen’ we discovered that even in China miracles do occur. I am defining miracle as that which is outside the ‘normal’ realm of our flitterings through life; those events that happen with some possible intervention beyond some dim Continue reading
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A Piggly Wiggly story
A Piggly Wiggly story I do not recall having heard of the Piggly Wiggly chain of stores before last summer. Not sure why that is as I lived in the States for about 42 of my 65 years on this planet and I surely have wandered through the south where they have 600 stores in 17 states. Continue reading
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Those were the days….
Those were the days…. and so are these if in the future we look back to these days being the best. Continue reading
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china again
Wednesday, January 02, 2013 See my site for December at http://neuage.us/2012/Vietnam/ We left our Hanoi hotel at 5:30 AM; similar time that we got there a few days earlier after the train from Sapa tossed us out onto the payment of Hanoi. And at the airport @ 6:30ish then landing in Guangzhou, China time, at Continue reading
lost4good 