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- Stephen Moss on the use of Morse code today (Guardian Unlimited)
One had assumed that Morse code's last hurrah (that's 路路路路 路路- 路-路 ... oh, life's just too short) had been in about 1944. But one had assumed wrong. The writer Alan Sillitoe, who trained as a wireless operator in the second world war, this week revealed that he still practises taking Morse every day, listening to chatter across the airwaves, including a French station that broadcasts poetry in ...
- Contest: Group seeks poetry (Marion Chronicle-Tribune)
A $1,000 grand prize is being offered in a special poetry contest sponsored by Christian Fine Arts Society. There are 50 prizes in all, totaling $4,000.
- Maine sails: A briny breeze and way too much good food - Macon Telegraph
Maine sails: A briny breeze and way too much good foodMacon Telegraph, GA - 4 hours ago"I love the poetry of motion, the challenge of it," says John Dickey, an avid sailor and NASA engineer from Houston. "And the nature. I just love it. ...
- The Peony Pavilion: sexy ghost who returns as a virgin - Daily Telegraph
In the banquet of Chinese arts offered this summer, none will be more epicurean than the Kunqu Opera performances of the three- night romantic saga The Peony Pavilion. Something between a Shakespearean lovers' comedy and a weekend-long vaudeville ...
- Every day is special - 20.06.2008 - Today's Zaman
Every day is special - 20.06.2008Today's Zaman, Turkey - 6 hours agoK眉lebi has an important place in contemporary Turkish poetry due to his attachment to folk poetry traditions. K眉lebi鈥檚 poetry is enriched with simple, ...
- Poet Sheila Tiarks to read May 18 at Depot - Norman Transcript
Poet Sheila Tiarks to read May 18 at DepotNorman Transcript, OK - 9 hours agoSheila Tiarks will be the featured poet at The Performing Arts Studio Second Sunday Poetry Reading May 18. The reading begins at 2 pm in the Norman Depot, ...
- Indian River County community connection: June 22 (Vero Press Journal)
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- Center to honor centegenarian as new US citizen - The Desert Sun
Center to honor centegenarian as new US citizenThe Desert Sun, CA - 12 minutes agoHer 13-year-old granddaughter Ghazal Babai, Antoine's daughter, was at her side, listening to her recite poetry. "She always recites poetry," Ghazal said. ...
- Chinodya remains active author (The Herald)
THE Zimbabwean literary scene went to sleep in 2006. Imagine that last year alone not more than 15 books on literature were published in a country of more than 12 million people!
- Volunteer opportunities - Star-Press
Alpha Center Adult Day Service: Piano players and other musicians, poetry readers, storytellers, and assistants with events, meals and client needs. Information: 286-2800. AngelWorx/LifeStream Services, Yorktown: Volunteers called 鈥淎ngels鈥 build ...
- Teenage "Cats" fans lap it up like cream - Denver Post
Images from Carousel Dinner Theatre's "Cats," running through June 29. Photos by Kevin Grastorf. When niece Jaime turned 11, all she wanted for her birthday was to see "Cats" at the Carousel Dinner Theatre in Fort Collins. When Jaime turned 15, all ...
- Emmet Meara: Man facial turns big oaf into beautiful metrosexual (Bangor Daily News)
I look good. I feel good. Hell, I even smell good. I just had my very first (but not last) facial. I guess I am a metrosexual now. I can remember the first time I walked into a hair salon, filled with staring women and strange smells.
- At poetry events, words are meant to be heard - Enterprise
If many folks are winding down Sunday night after an eventful weekend, the poets gathered at the Q Cafe in Worcester are just getting started. On a recent Sunday evening, many relaxed on couches or at tables with friends over coffee and desserts ...
- Falkirk center to honor volunteers, donors - Marin Independent-Journal
Falkirk center to honor volunteers, donorsMarin Independent-Journal, CA - 15 hours ago... family events, cultural events, art classes for children, poetry readings and workshops, lectures, literary events and a children's summer camp. ...
- If you really love Dad, give him a big box of nothing - New York Daily News
If you really love Dad, give him a big box of nothingNew York Daily News, NY - 2 hours agoThis was back in the dark days of cologne-giving, which mercifully came to an end after the horrible 1986 tragedy in Cincinnati wherein a 72-year-old man's ...
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