Good grief! What’s next?… a political party of pedophiles?

Good grief! How could such a thing come to pass? What’s next? I’m not at all surprised that there’s an outcry. It makes me want to cry out too! Our children’s childhoods are already being robbed from them… When I was a child we could run free, there were no drug pushers, no pedophiles, [...]

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Powerful response to a prayer!!

I bet this was a shock to her system… in more ways than one! Was it divine intervention? or a conincidence? Who knows… one would like to think that God had a hand in it. But if so why?
AOL News – Woman Hit By Lightning While Praying in Storm:
Worried about the safety of her family [...]

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Bad floods for Thailand this year?

It hasn’t been too charming to read this prediction in the Bangkok Post yesterday. Even as I write the black thunderous clouds are building up over Chiang Mai and I expect we’ll have another downpour later today.
Bangkok Post Breaking News: Flood disaster tipped for city in next 2 months:
Flood disaster tipped for city in next [...]

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Oh horrors… a very wet monsoon season predicted!

The China Daily news has justy ruined my weekend with the report that not only has the wet season started early in Thailand but that there will be heavy rains and floods this year. Not again! I haven’t yet emotionally recovered from last year’s floods here in Chiang Mai which were the worst in 40 years. [...]

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Thailand flooding.

Oh dear, the floods are coming early this year. The wet season doesn’t usually start till June, yet here it is May (a usually fairly dry month) and disaster is striking the countryside. Here in Chiang Mai it has been raining cats and dogs since I arrived back from overseas on Tues morning (23rd). The [...]

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Everest climber dies while others pass by…

Yesterday the Sydney Morning Hearld carried a piece about a climber being left to die on Everest.
Double-amputee New Zealand climber Mark Inglis passed a dying Briton on his way to Everest’s summit but realising nothing could be done to save him kept trekking to the top.
Inglis reached Everest’s 8,850-metre summit on May 15 and [...]

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Now that’s a great idea!

What a great idea to not receive wedding gifts but to have the guests make a donation to a specified charity. I like that idea a lot. I hope it becomes a growing trend… and continues on to the benefit of those less fortunate than we are.
Wedded bliss for charities – National – smh.com.au:

KEVIN and [...]

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95, and a table tennis sensation! Way to go!

Wow! This is so awesome! Dot is 95 and competing at an international table tennis competition in Germany. She’s 30 years my senior… and I couldn’t play table tennis to save my life. Maybe I should take it up…
Dot exports a wicked wit and big backhand – National – smh.com.au:

A GRANDMOTHER from Hurstville has become [...]

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Op-shop’s $11,000 “gift”

Good story! Glad that Vinnies got it and that it will be a good beginning for their winter appeal.
Op-shop workers find $11,000 in clothes – National – smh.com.au:

Volunteers at a charity opportunity shop have found more than $11,000 inside donated clothing.
The St Vincent de Paul Society said the money was handed to police but was [...]

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Working with the elephants in Chiang Mai

I reckon this could be a fun experience for tourists in Chiang Mai! What a great way to pass on the message about conservation of the world’s wildlife.
Bangkok Post News: JUMBO:
Tourist volunteers care for elephants at Chiang Mai shelter
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