Weekly Photo Challenge: Unusual

This photo was taken in Niagara-On-The-Lake, Canada. This is the stomping ground of my childhood. The house sold, left to rot, infested with addicts, demolished.

If you look close enough, you can see the outline of the grand ole house.

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Top 10 Beach Rules to Obey Around the World

As a regular beach goer, I find myself more often than not, annoyed with the throngs of tourists who claim a patch of sand as their own. Who disregard everything and everyone in their path and destory natures beauty.

With over fifteen years experience beach sitting and exploring I feel I have the right to comment on the things not to do while at the beach.

Top 10 Beach Rules to Obey Around the World

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VIDEO – Eating the Head of a 12LB Sardinian Snapper

I few months ago I wrote a post titled: How to Eat a 12lb Sardinian Snapper. Today, I have added the video. Watch one of my Sardinian friends dig into this massive head.

Do you have the courage?

Freedom for Women Who Haven’t the Voice

Speaking with a local Sardinian woman the other day, who happens to follow my blog, she asked me why I wrote an article on Rossella Urru and why it’s important to me.

Free Rossella. Rossella Urru is 29 years old and is a volunteer. She was abducted in Algeria on 22 OCtober 2011.

At the time I couldn’t find the right words to convey my thoughts on this urgent matter. It has taken me over twenty-four hours to get my thoughts straight, and here is my answer:

  • First and foremost, as a woman, I found it important to spread the message of Rossella Urru’s disappearance with the world. The Italian media were silent for far too long.
  • We women need to support each other, we need to hold each other up in times of struggle and we need educate the world when politicians are silent.
  • Rossella Urru may not be a child, but she is someones child.
  • It took 117 days for the Italian media to report on Rossella’s abduction. The broadcast came from the popular Sanremo (an Italian song festival). The stunning Geppi Cucciari, who is also from Sardinia, reported on Rossella’s abduction.
  • When I was a 16-year-old girl, in highschool, all innocence was stolen from me and my city. When young schoolgirls were abducted, tortured and later murdered. I imagine many of you do not know the names Kristen French or Leslie Mahaffy. Kristen French went to the Catholic school and I attended the public school. Both schools are side by side. Kristen French was abducted in a church parking lot on her way home from school. The same church parking lot I passed, almost daily to visit a school friend. These abductions, tortures and murders in my city, changed me. It gave me a voice for the women who cannot speak, for the women who endure nights of silence and beatings, I am your voice. Hear me roar!
  • There seems to be an alarming rate of missing women worldwide. Does anyone else see this? Realize this?
  • As of today, Rossella Urru has been at the hands of terrorists for 144 Days, 9 hours and 27 minutes.

We are all Rossella Urru’s and Kristen French’s. We are all women who are still struggling to survive in this manly world.

We are all freedom, unless that freedom has been stolen from us.

It’s time to stop this madness, it’s time to bring ALL the children home, safe, back in their mothers arms.

Freedom for Rossella Urru.

Freedom for the thousands of women, who do not have a voice.

Endless Skies | Sardinia, Italy

Endless Skies

Does this picture capture The Rules of Thirds? My focus was the two puff’s of cloud set against the stunning Mediterranean blue sky. How’s my horizon line?

A Sheeply Affair | Photo Post

A Sheeply Affair

A beautiful Sunday afternoon spent hiking in the mountains of Sardinia, in search of asparagus. I could hear the ding-a-ling of sheep bells, but I couldn’t see the sheep. That faded fast.

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Top 10 Sights in Northern Sardinia

In no particular order of importance, as each town, beach and island, is a spectacular assault on the senses. All ten areas will leave you breathless and in awe.

Top 10 Sights in Northern Sardinia

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Where in the World is Sardinia?

Depending on your view of the world, Sardinia is smack-dab center, in the middle of the world.

How to Hunt for Wild Sardinian Asparagus

Three and a half years ago I went on my first asparagus hunting excursion, it was painful. I came home with squinty eyes and a headache and vowed never to do it again.

The first few years was like trying to find a needle in a haystack. I actually detested going out, but that waned with each new dish prepared. Now, I am a pro. Yes, a pro-asparagus hunter and I love each moment.

Follow me on a voyage to hunt for one of Sardinia’s wild vegetables.

How to Hunt for Wild Sardinian Asparagus

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My views by Country – A new WordPress Feature

Well, what a wonderful surprise. Thank-you WordPress! You have made my year!

I love maps, all maps, everything map-ish, I heart it! This is one super new feature on the stats page, right here on WordPress. It’s free, and easy.

Country views

Have you seen your new views by country in your stats?