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In Ancient Greece, both the laurel and the olive trees provided symbolic branches and wreaths. Wreaths for specific celebrations could also be made of other plants and trees (eg, ivy or pine). Even to this day, the olive branch symbolises peace. If we want to repair a bad relationship with
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Well! As ever, when I ask Ai about mime and Miss Mawer, it gets some of it right, but some of it frighteningly wrong. While procrastinating (not finishing my books), I asked Ai to design a mime course. At first, I gave it free reign, and afterwards, I told it
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Having reached a hiatus with writing my books, suffering from a defecit of concentration and focus, I decided to work on a different aspect of publication. I decided to make a slogan. After all, why work when you can procrastinate? So here it is, my slogan, or tag line, or
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In one of her recent podcasts, author Joanna Penn ruminated on how we encourage or discourage children from writing. https://pca.st/episode/ece3776a-71e7-42ee-b1f4-21cdcf3cb84b During her conversation with Coleen M. Story, Joanna commented that our creative selves are a bit like children, and we need to have our self-confidence boosted every now and again.
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This photos shows a mug that was on sale in one of the Greek museums earlier this year (2025). The statue of the Discobolus (the discus thrower) is a famous ancient Greek sculpture, and is generally agreed to be a masterpiece of classical art. The original bronze statue by the
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