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July 19th, 2008

Just getting ready – we’re visiting my mother to-day …

Apologies for the blog lightness – there’s been a lot happening beneath the surface …

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Another anniversary

July 6th, 2008

Being reminded, as I looked at the BBC News website, that yesterday was a terrible anniversary – the Piper Alpha disaster in the North Sea. I know where I was that day (or night); I was a patient in Murray Royal Hospital, Perth. Too many emotions – it was an awful event …

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Beginning and end

July 6th, 2008

On the day 07/07/07, I embarked on a project, inspired by Deeleea, to take one self portrait each day for a year. This was my first offering:

This is me

I failed. The photo taken on Day 282 was unacceptable, and by then I felt that there were quite enough pictures of me on the Internet. But a month ago, as what would have been the completion date approached, I picked up the camera(phone), and aimed to take a month of pictures. To-day, 06/07/08, would have been Day 366 (of a 365 day project), and so I sign off with:

Done

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