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October 22, 2014November 28, 2016Rivenrod

Stuff makes life worse

The story of stuff: Click!   © Rivenrod 2014

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December 24, 2013November 28, 2016Rivenrod

The Holly and the Ivy

It is an enduring remnant of Paganism to deck our houses with evergreens towards the close of the year.   Although the custom was forbidden by the councils of the early Christian Church, its hold was too strong for it to be readily relinquished.  For the Druids of ancient Britain, Holly and Ivy symbolised  a contest between the masculine […]

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April 10, 2013November 28, 2016Rivenrod

The sense of an ending

© Rivenrod 1999 ~ pencil

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March 15, 2013November 28, 2016Rivenrod

i – am ~ me – di – a

me·di·a   [mee-dee-uh] noun, plural me·di·ae  [-dee-ee]. 1. Greek Grammar . a voiced plosive, as β, δ, γ. 2. Anatomy . the middle layer of an artery or lymphatic vessel. 3. Entomology . a longitudinal vein in the middle portion of the wing of an insect. Origin:  1835–45;  < Late Latin  (grammar sense only), noun use […]

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November 30, 2012November 28, 2016Rivenrod

Devil’s eyeballs

Who came up with the idea of hanging multi-coloured polka-dot curtains around hospital beds? Trapped souls, drugged to kingdom-come, are convinced the devil has sent his eyeballs to spy on them.     Beautiful eyes . . . © Rivenrod 2012

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August 29, 2012November 25, 2016Rivenrod

Honoured the American way

God knows that in 2012, there’s not much good to say about any particular country, least of all America, but if these difficult times have taught us anything it is to separate ordinary people such as me and you from our lamentably feckless leaders. However, there’s one quality of the American Way I admire above all […]

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June 15, 2012November 25, 2016Rivenrod

Girl’s night out#1

© RIVENROD 2012 – GRAPHITE AND CRAYON

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April 24, 2012November 25, 2016Rivenrod

Burka

© RIVENROD 2012 – GRAPHITE

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April 23, 2012November 25, 2016Rivenrod

Fin de siècle: 21st Century#3

© RIVENROD 2012 – INK

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April 19, 2012November 25, 2016Rivenrod

Fin de siecle: 21st Century#2

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