Author: DMcA
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Farewell, my beautiful, kind and funny mother
We said goodbye to Joyce yesterday, at the little Kentish church she loved, with family, friends, and colleagues from her life of service. It was a day of overwhelming sadness and also laughter. At the very end of a moving service, our daughter read a funny little AA Milne poem that she and my mother…
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Oh Shoeburyness, Shoeburyness – the greatest gift that I possess
Today’s photo: Another long exposure shot taken near Southend, UK, at Shoeburyness. Ah… Ken Dodd. The problem with being born in my era is that I cannot get the songs of Ken Dodd, or indeed Keynsham Bristol, that’s K.E.Y.N.S.H.A.M, out of my head. The latter was burned into my prefrontals while listening to Luxembourg on…
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Shoeburyness – arrow to the sea
” Today’s photo: A long exposure shot taken near Southend, UK, at Shoeburyness. This used to be a major military barrack and defensive area, and as a result there are a lot of mysterious and derelict structures out in the sea that make fertile ground for LE photographers. I liked the obelisk-like nature of this…
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Pensive
” Today’s photo: A serious gaze from this boy in the market in New Bagan, Myanmar. I liked his combination of extreme youth and extreme seriousness. There is something quite timeless about him. But not necessarily sad I think – Myanmar seems quite a happy country – at least in this part. I recently posted…
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