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Ria Bacon: editor & writer

Linguist with wanderlust,
From the hills of New Guinea to the halls of the Sorbonne,
From the beaches of Bassam to the fields of Friesland,
From the catacombs of Rome to the Blue Mountains of Jamaica.
From the heather of the Veluwe to the dust of Dakar ...

Currently resident in the Land of Sea with a small tribe of kids and Mr B.

FYI

Stet means "Let it stand" and is used by editors to indicate that the original text should be left untouched.

...in Arcadia ego is a pun on a painting by Poussin.

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Ria[dot]Bacon[at]gmail.com

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Eye of newt

Bin gettin’ jiggy wit’ mi macro in de backayaad. (Click to see larger images)

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June 30th, 2006 | Tags: , , , | Category: Fnuky Kingston, Photos | 4 comments

Old for new

I made the movie above (mouse over) before I had done any research on the chapel. More fool me. The building was not there in 1906 because it was only built reassembled in 1956. Here’s the story . . .

The Chapel began in 1799 as a warehouse on the

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June 26th, 2006 | Tags: , , , | Category: Movies, Photos | One comment

Come together

A short while ago, a friend told me a story of how they’d been driving back home along the north coast of Jamaica at around 10pm when a tree suddenly fell across the road, crashing onto oncoming traffic. The woman whose car had been struck was herself unharmed, although her car was a write-off.

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June 12th, 2006 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Movies, Photos, Riddim | 4 comments

Revival

On a vacant lot in Grants Pen, a big tent was planted and on Sunday night, the revival meeting held its first service. From a mile away we listened to the testimonials and the whoops of redemption. Then the storm clouds drew in and the night turned black. The rain swept in from the

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June 8th, 2006 | Tags: , , , | Category: Fnuky Kingston, Photos | 5 comments