Ria Bacon: editor & writer

Linguist with wanderlust,
From the hills of New Guinea to the halls of the Sorbonne,
From the beaches of Bassam to the fields of Friesland,
From the catacombs of Rome to the Blue Mountains of Jamaica.
From the heather of the Veluwe to the dust of Dakar ...

Currently resident in the Land of Sea with a small tribe of kids and Mr B.

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RT @GeorgeMonbiot: Magnificent and beautiful: letter from a former slave to his master: http://t.co/vISUW4PM via @tweeter_anita
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Canine Bazinga! http://t.co/TNCy8eSA #bigbangtheory
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Best parody of LMFAO: I'm Elmo and I know it! http://t.co/mcoQk8eS
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Unfortunate choice of words? RT @AP: World's largest cruise line: Reservations dip in weeks following Italian cruise ship accident.
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Stet in a cloud

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Now hear dis!

FYI

Stet means "Let it stand" and is used by editors to indicate that the original text should be left untouched.

...in Arcadia ego is a pun on a painting by Poussin.

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Business as usual

Business as usual
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North Street marks the top of the grid layout of downtown Kingston, running west from South Camp Road, where I took another photo recently.

Unlike the road to the cricket ground, used by visitors to the cricket world cup, North Road has literally been bypassed. The only sign of improvement is the bright yellow line on the kerb, probably painted by female residents paid for a single day’s work by a local caïd.

Now why’s that car parked by a yellow line?

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    Virtually speaking, car’s probably mine.

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    Excellent photos as usual.