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Mise Tales Forty-Four

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For an update on what a Mise Tale is then please see Mise Tales One. As mentioned earlier on the front page of my website, any photos or cartoons, or short bits of information, when it is removed from the front page, will also be included again later in the next Misc Tales. That way you can keep track of […]

Night Photos and the Lighthouse

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In August 2012 I published an article Lighthouse Under the Stars. Since then I have been very lucky to find night-time photos with  the stars and a lighthouse – not necessarily a Canadian lighthouse, but a lighthouse nonetheless.  The first two are from Mike Salway who has given me permission to reprint them here. Please drop […]

Mise Tales Twelve

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  For an update on what a Mise Tale is then please see Mise Tales One. Do You Want to Buy a Foghorn? Aberdeen’s Torry Coo on the market for £5,000Buyers lining up for foghorn Published: 28/09/2012 Evening Express A famous foghorn in Aberdeen has sparked a bidding war between prospective buyers desperate to own a piece of […]

Book Review – The Light Between Oceans

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A new book has been released about the adventures of a lighthouse family on an Australian lighthouse. The title is The Light Between Oceans. The lighthouse is fictitious as  the story is a fictional and moral adventure, but the reviews show that the author, Ms. M. L. Stedman has a masterpiece here. Read some of the reviews […]

Travel – Australian Lighthouses

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  I came across this article that shows the life on an Australian lighthouse starting in 1971. A wee bit different than Canada I must say.     What got my attention were the requirements for a lighthouse keeper: The job requirements of a lighthouse keeper were a car licence, an ability to climb to […]

“The Bride” – A Lighthouse Story

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The Bride by Zia Garcia  The lighthouse had not always been a lighthouse. Once it had been a beautiful bride but now she stood up tall and still, shimmering against the sky, her body clad in her white dress, silky smooth. The bride stared out to sea with her one yellow eye, slowly searching for her […]