Dina, many of the streets around where I work have names inspired by the Iberia campaign (Peninsular War) during the Napoleonic wars. There seemed a lot of veterans stationed here in Salamanca/Battery Point, and also a lot of the early surveyors were veterans of that campaign too, so a few mountains, rivers et cetera also have Spanish and French names.
This is me and my son Henry having a rest the day after he was born.
Ezra and I
Here I am holding Ezra a couple of days after he was born
About Me
Kris
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Born and raised in Burnie, on the rugged North West Coast of Tasmania, I now live in Hobart, the state capital.
The father of two strapping lads, and husband of one strapping lass, I like to think of myself as a “hired gun” in the alcohol, tobacco and other drugs policy field. Of course, that really is just an attempt to reconcile the career path that has seen the present triumph of necessity over desire.
One day I hope to know what I want to be when I grow up, until then I am content to kick about and do my best.
Baked
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If it's more cake you're wanting, you won't do better than this - Tom has a funny and effective way with the contradictions of Karen Armstrong.
IMF Imposes New Conditions On Latvia
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Izabella Kaminska at FT Alphaville has the story (via Reuters): The
International Monetary Fund has put forward new, difficult conditions for
Latvia to rec...
Does Anyone Interpret Dreams?
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Last night I dreamed that I was on a ship at sea with my Dad. We are not a
sailing/nautical family by the way. The last time one of my family was on a
sh...
extraordinary Tasmanian East Coast
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This is the extraordinary East Coast of Tasmania (from Binalong Bay, near St
Helens).
The orange-coloured lichen on the rocks on this part of the East Coas...
2 comments:
It's fun to pronounce Salamanca.
Dina, many of the streets around where I work have names inspired by the Iberia campaign (Peninsular War) during the Napoleonic wars. There seemed a lot of veterans stationed here in Salamanca/Battery Point, and also a lot of the early surveyors were veterans of that campaign too, so a few mountains, rivers et cetera also have Spanish and French names.
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