Anthropology major/did farm, factory & office work/sport, nature & travel 📸, poetry & music...Life’s work (poems, songs & pics): walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com
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Born in St. Mary's Manchester the day we won the FIFA World Cup, my family were (well treated) #TenPoundPoms (BBC); I went on to study Aboriginal "Land Rights" at Adelaide Uni., before "Repatriating: Australia to England" - these & all my #poems here walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com
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#Wimbledon #Queens #BBCtennis Here goes Andrew Castle, AGAIN, encouraging English players to use the American college system, instead of our own LTA; my WalkaboutsVerse #poem, with #photos, "There is a U.N." walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com…
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My WalkaboutsVerse #poem, with #photos from #Cambridge attached, on "Hobson's Choice" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com…
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#Wimbledon Re Tommy Paul (whom I enjoy watching) bouncing the ball between his legs on #BBCtennis at #Queens, I seem to recall Federer dong that early in his career; but why, from my WalkaboutsVerse "Paradigms" #poem, "bounce a tennis ball, at all?!" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com…
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Particularly good sound-recording by #BBCtennis at #Queens today - i.e., hearty whacks from the gents; otherwise, my #Tennis Tips To Try - davidfranks.blogspot.com/p/e…
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#WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity One of my #poems, from WalkaboutsVerse, with #photos, on "#WhitleyBay Fishermen" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com…
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#WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity From visits to #Spain & #Mexico, my #travel #poem, from WalkaboutsVerse, on Google's BlogSpot, "Growing Up" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com…
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#AntiquesRoadshow Having majored in anthropology, when I VISIT other nations, I choose souvenirs made for tourists, rather than "genuine" artefacts sacred or otherwise important to the local culture; my #poem "A Multicultural World of Carrying" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com…
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Re FRENCH cheese making in the #Cotswolds on #CountryFile 14/6/2026, my WalkaboutsVerse #poem, with #photos, "More Amor Patriae" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com…
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Morons have changed the rules of #tennis to make it a less fair game - e.g., on #BBCtennis at #Queens I am hearing a coach frequently saying things that may not only help his charge but PUT OFF her opponent. My WalkaboutsVerse #poem "From the Minority" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com…
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#Wimbledon #Queens Emma #Raducanu seems a nice enough person but, if a Chinese falls in love with a Romanian, they should live in either China or Romania - NOT Canada NOR badly-overcrowded England; my WalkaboutsVerse #poem on "Nationalism Without Conquest" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com…
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#Wimbledon #Queens Emma #Raducanu seems a nice enough person but, if a Chinese falls in love with a Romanian, they should live in either China or Romania - NOT Canada NOR badly-overcrowded England; my WalkaboutsVerse #poem on "Nationalism Without Conquest" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com…
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One of my WalkaboutsVerse #songs, with #photos attached, on "Impressions of #London in 1997" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com…
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Jun 13
#FIFAworldcup #BRAMOR I was watching & agree that #Morocco won the last #AFCON; &, on a lighter note, my #poem, with #photos, on (almost!) "Moroccan Tea" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com…
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One of my #songs, with #photography, from #Manchester (NOT Liverpool!), "The #Mersey at #Didsbury": walkaboutsverse.blogspot.co.…
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#Pasadena #RoseParade With #photos added from a recent revisit, my WalkaboutsVerse #poetry, from a first visit to #LosAngeles in 1996-97, on "The Tournament of Roses" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com…
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My WalkaboutsVerse #poem, with #photos, from a visit to the far north of Sweden, "Night or Day?!" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com…
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#BBCscotland #ALBA Not happy with the #shinty #NEWKIN - they are clearly going for each other instead of the ball with their sticks; I accept it has a long tradition but health-and-safety..?
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#TroopingTheColour My WalkaboutsVerse #poem on monarchism "AFTER PSALM 118:9 AND MATTHEW 4:8-10" walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com…
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