I have just finished reading this charming book. For a few years after it came out, I read it each December as an advent calendar (it has 24 chapters). That lapsed in the last few years because things were a little hectic and December always runs away with me, but this year I made [...]
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There are four types of leaders:
The best leader is indistinguishable
from the will of those who selected her.
The next best leader enjoys the love
and praise of the people.
The poor leader rules through coercion and fear.
And the worst leader is a tyrant despised
by the multitudes who are the victims of his power.
What a world of difference among [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Mar 14th 2011
Filed under Holidays, Kent January 2011
A Lazy Day
I have been away for a long weekend in Kent and I have been enjoying a lazy day. That is if you can call sorting out all my photographs from the weekend being lazy…
The weekend itself was quite relaxing and I managed to take in a couple of places of interest. Leeds Castle and the [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Jan 24th 2011
Filed under Books, Science & Nature
The World Without Us by Alan Weisman
Synopsis from book cover:
How would the world change if human beings vanished from the earth right now, for good? What would the planet be like in a day, a week, a month… a millennium? Just how long will our greatest achievements and our biggest mistakes last after we are gone?
To discover the answers, [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Jan 18th 2011
Filed under Books, Holidays, York 2010
100 Photos 29 :: Books & Bookshops
14 Comments CherryPie on Jul 20th 2010
Filed under Books
The Piano Teacher by Janice Y.K. Lee
Although I have been reading plenty of books and have several on the go it has been a long time since I did a book review. I thought it was about time I changed that.
Synopsis (from the book cover):
Two beautiful women. One mysterious man. Separated by culture, class and war.
In the heat and bustle of [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Jul 6th 2010
Filed under Anecdotes, Books, Holidays, Kent February 2010
Unexpected
I thought a photograph of Foyles bookshop would be good to include in my 100 photos project. I was so focused on getting all of the word Foyles in the photograph that I didn’t notice what else I had captured in my shot. The people I was with didn’t really help either they kept turning [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Mar 20th 2010
