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A Lady As She

A Lady As She

i saw a lady as she walked she walked with grace flowers fall like confetti petals o'er pavement, like slow snow she walked with purpose i saw a lady as she approached she spoke with care yet still mine heart did burst into flame the fire in my chest, like a prodigal...

How to use Pinterest for effective campaigning

How to use Pinterest for effective campaigning

Campaigning with Pinterest for fundraising or to drive actions on a website looks like an interesting new trend in e-campaigning. I'm just starting to play with the site and explore what it can do, and will share here anything useful that comes up. For instance - did...

Proust and the Squid

Proust and the Squid

Underlying the brain's ability to learn reading lies its protean capacity to make new connections among structures and circuits originally devoted to other more basic brain processes that have enjoyed a longer existence in human evolution, such as vision and spoken...

If On A Winter’s Night A Traveller

If On A Winter’s Night A Traveller

So, then, you noticed in a newspaper that If On A Winter's Night A Traveller had appeared, the new book by Italo Calvino, who hadn't published for several years. You went to the bookshop and bought the volume. Good for you. In the shop window you have promptly...

The Jam

The Jam

I'm sure this is a fairly controversial pick of a band, but I'm specifically thinking of their demos and b-sides album, Extras. Without the sometimes cheesy or naff production that accompanied their album output, the songs on Extras still stand up really well. I was...