New year almost here
Will stay in grief near no relief
Still I may sigh sheer disbelief
New year’s dawning
Morn tears mourning
Ill till Daily Prompts clear the reef
Alan Grace
30 December 2018
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Daily prompts:
Dec 30 Almost
Oct 6 Genius
Merry Sexmas Dinner
Christmas Menu by communal pool
This is why most matriarchs rule Yule
Close to the familial zoo
Men half-hea[r]ted by barbeque
Then we eat seated by [g]olden rule
Alan Grace
24 December 2017
Which version do your prefer? Previous version:
Merry Sexmas Dinner
Christmas Menu by communal pool
This is why most matriarchs rule Yule
Close to the familial zoo
Men semi-boozed by barbeque
Then we eat seated by [g]olden rule
Alan Grace
24 December 2017
Another version:
Merry Sexmas Dinner
Christmas Menu by communal pool
This is why most matriarchs rule Yule
Close to the familial zoo
Men are half-boozed by barbeque
Then we eat seated by [g]olden rule
Alan Grace
24 December 2017
Daily prompt: Communal
Sorry to hear about your loss
Remember
Remember me when I am gone away,
Gone far away into the silent land;
When you can no more hold me by the hand,
Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay.
Remember me when no more day by day
You tell me of our future that you planned:
Only remember me; you understand
It will be late to counsel then or pray.
Yet if you should forget me for a while
And afterwards remember, do not grieve:
For if the darkness and corruption leave
A vestige of the thoughts that once I had,
Better by far you should forget and smile
Than that you should remember and be sad.
Christina Rosetti
You may also like to read these poems from the same source:
https://www.naturalendings.co.uk/funeral-poetry/
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WordCamp US this weekend 7th-8th December (CST timezone)
WordCamp US 2018 will be December 7-9 at the Music City Center in Downtown Nashville, Tennessee. We’re excited to offer tickets again this year for just $40. Your ticket includes access to sessions, the afterparty, and exclusive swag items. Be sure to read the important notes below.
Livestream tickets are FREE, so you can watch the event live this weekend. they are all recorded to watch after the event as well, so you won’t miss out!
Full schedule and streaming ticket registrations can be found on the official WordCamp US website.
WordCamp US is the largest WordCamp in North America attracting roughly 2,000 in-person attendees from around the globe.
WordCamps are low-cost, weekend events organized by dedicated teams of volunteers where WordPress enthusiasts and more gather to learn to get the most out of WordPress.
Our 3-day event is December 7-9 in Nashville, TN for the amazing price of $40. Our sponsors, who believe in the Open Source WordPress project help make this event possible.
Most importantly, WordCamps provide a welcoming, engaging and safe space for WordPress users to get to know one another. This is backed up by a strictly enforced Code of Conduct.
https://2018.us.wordcamp.org/info/
https://2018.us.wordcamp.org/schedule/
Crypto’s demise
He became more depressed than hysteric
Through the floor from famed skies atmospheric
Shame to new moon
Same blamed buffoon
Named crypto’s demise so esoteric
Alan Grace
18 November 2018
Daily prompt:
Nov 18 Atmospheric
Update. See:
https://www.grnewsletters.com/archive/coinmarketcap-newsletter/-Were-all-in-this-together-706173102.html?e=&u=hdLSW&s=x7c1qP
Crypto’s demise: Bitcoin drops below $5500; Ripple below 50c; Ethereum below $175
See:
Crypto’s demise: Bitcoin drops below $5500; Ripple below 50c; Ethereum below $175
There was a big drop in Bitcoin earlier this week (over 15%). See:
https://www.investinblockchain.com/price-analysis-bitcoin-november/
For latest prices see:
https://coinmarketcap.com/
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More China drama from Sinorama
For sure China trip in particular
Pours my heart atrioventricular
A poor Titanic blunder
Sinorama down under
Tours are no longer perpendicular
Alan Grace
19 November 2018
Daily prompt:
Nov 19 Particular
Travel industry body ejected Sinorama NZ weeks before collapse …
https://www.stuff.co.nz/…/travel-industry-body-ejected-sinorama-nz-weeks-before-col…
Oct 6, 2018 – Andrew Olsen, chief executive of TAANZ, the Travel Agents Association of New Zealand, said TAANZ cancelled Sinorama NZ’s membership …
Sinorama, Wholesaler of China Travel, Closes Its Doors
https://www.travelmarketreport.com/…/Sinorama-Wholesaler-of-China-Travel-Closes-…
Aug 13, 2018 – As many as five thousand Canadian travelers planning to visit China had their plans abruptly canceled with the closure of Sinorama Holidays, …
Travel agency Sinorama NZ goes into liquidation, upsetting more than …
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid…
Oct 5, 2018 – The company, Sinorama NZ, operated as an agent for a Canadian travel … The official Sinorama Holiday NZ website was now inactive.
Sinorama, best known for its Chinese tours, has gone bankrupt | CTV …
https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/sinorama-best-known-for-its-chinese-tours-has-gone-bankru…
Oct 19, 2018 – Sinorama, the company best known for popularizing tourism to China, has gone bankrupt.
Too much China drama from Sinorama
Secure in the lure of adventure
Thoughts premature did not long endure
Lack of coordination
And poor communication
For sure disorganised nightmare tour
Alan Grace
19 May 2018
Daily prompt: Premature
I had a social media detox during my China trip. Now it’s time to detox from my China trip! The great price for the trip would have been better value with better coordination among the guides and better organisation.
We had three buses of passengers on our tour. Sadly a lack of cooperation and poor coordination between the guides meant passengers were kept waiting when they should not have been. Guides organised the trip for their own convenience rather than in the best interests of the passengers. Even on the last day there was only one trip to the airport for each bus. Our bus departure time to the airport was 9.40am. We were scheduled to fly out at 3.50pm. This would have meant a very long wait had we not been able to get an earlier flight to Hong Kong once we got to the airport. On the trip from Auckland I was in seat 45A and my partner in seat 45K (window seats on opposite sides of the plane).
One guide (Helen) was frequently late with her busload of passengers. This meant that passengers were kept waiting (e.g. to go back to the hotel when not booked for optional tours). Most passengers not booked on an optional tour were kept waiting on the bus for over half an hour for Helen to come to the bus. An extra bus would not solve this problem.
Our own guide (James) frequently extended the time for the group to meet. There was no one there when we met at the meeting point at the arranged time at the end of the Great Wall visit. The time had been extended considerably without our knowledge.
The passengers on our bus were great and the kids on board behaved very well.
Apart from about two couples and kids all the passengers were mainly over 40. The amount of walking each day was too much for many passengers. Two passengers in their eighties with limited mobility were told before leaning NZ that an optional mountain walk after a cable car ride would be ok for them. They had to wait at the top of the cable car for three hours for everyone else to return from the mountain walk and lunch.
The pre-departure crowded information meeting in Auckland contained information that was incorrect and/or not relevant to our trip. It would have been better o have had two separate meetings: one for the pax on the Yangtze river cruise and another for those whose tours did not include this.
Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City should never have been optional tours (i.e. there should have been no extra cost to visit these).
Some of the information in the itinerary was incorrect for optional tours. Lunch and dinner were twice mixed up.
Far too much walking and no return to hotel before evening events.
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