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When will it hit the fan? 20 Mar

Things are calm here in Kathmandu, but is this blissful ignorance?
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Revenge of the Pangolin 24 Mar

Why isn't humankind a little... kinder?
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Celebrating birds 19 Dec

I'm fortunate to be part of CB2 a little writng group and our lead has us trying out new approaches to writing. Here's a poem that came out of our most recent meeting (on zoom)
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