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Archive for October, 2009

Something Fishy? Yes, please
October is National Seafood Month, at least in the USA. (I understand ‘seafood’ to include both shellfish and fresh fish).
Started in the 1940s by the National Fisheries Institute, National Seafood Month was originally a week-long event, but evolved into a month-long festival in the 1950s as a way of trying to encourage [...]

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Scottish splendor in the sub-tropics of Zimbabwe.    Welcome to Nesbitt Castle.
(Written and published elsewhere a few years ago, but I want to put a spotlight on Zimbabwe again—as it needs all the TLC and attention it can get! The financial, economic and humanitarian crisis in the country is dire indeed.)
You wouldn’t think there were [...]

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