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.

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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Ria[dot]Bacon[at]gmail.com

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Resolutions

Pre-dawn awakening to the sounds of baby Sam, our attic bedroom muted grey from the snow-covered skylights. From the panoramic kitchen windows downstairs, we enjoyed the views of virginal roads and footpaths. It was another hour before another soul stirred outside and spoiled the pristine effect. Another hour before the sun rose.

Went sledding with H-girl, Mr

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January 2nd, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Metablogging, The nether lands | Leave a comment

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What does not kill me, makes me stronger

After spending a few days in the north of Senegal, I returned to Dakar to find one of my sites had been hacked. Each page of my photoblog, Ria Galleria, had a long list of ads and links above my own photo posts. The ads were all related to travel, which is preferable to zoophilia, although

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November 24th, 2008 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Metablogging | 2 comments

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Relookage

With odds of 7 to 1, you might be surprised by a minor relookage, as the French say, in the form of a new header image. The odds come from a random image rotator, scripted by PhotoMatt, drawing on seven different header images.

Only thing is … the images seem reluctant to change with each reload.

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March 7th, 2007 | Tags: , , | Category: Metablogging, Photos | Leave a comment

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Ghetto girls go global

I noticed one of my recent posts had been picked up by a Chinese blogger.

I wonder what the girls will make

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January 11th, 2007 | Tags: , , | Category: Metablogging | 3 comments

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Juggling

In between picking up the kids from swimming lessons after school and frying fish for dinner, I had a 45 minute window of opportunity to upgrade this blog from WordPress version 1.5 to 2.0.2.

Step 1: Backup your database – check!

Step 2: Rinse swimming costumes and hang up wet towels – check!

Step 3: Backup all

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May 2nd, 2006 | Tags: , , | Category: Metablogging | 2 comments

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  • Nicole
    May 3, 2006 at 8:22 am · Reply

    Wow! Sounds alot like my life, ‘cept, I’m not in paradise!

    You go busy lady!!

  • Half Swede
    May 11, 2006 at 10:15 am · Reply

    Quite impressive and much admired ~ Happy Mother’s Day on the 14th. I can only imagine the work involved, especially with the recent move to Jamaica. Thanks for making time to write a great blog.

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