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Reptiles pequeños amenazados por la urbanización y minería en América Latina! — Stigmatis — Barbara Crane Navarro

Flying snake (Chrysopelea paradisi paradisi) hiding in the forest. Aprende más sobre las serpientes Quito | 11 may 2022 Los reptiles de pequeño tamaño se enfrentan en América Latina a amenazas como la urbanización y la minería en zonas con poca o escasa conservación ambiental, según explicó este miércoles a Efe Diego Cisneros, coautor del […] […]

Reptiles pequeños amenazados por la urbanización y minería en América Latina! — Stigmatis — Barbara Crane Navarro

Ormsby Hall, Kingston, Jamaica: the perfect place for a downtown arts centre. Sign the petition!

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This is to some extent a follow up to an earlier post, in which I shared a photo from artist and sculptor Laura Facey’s current exhibition, “Laboratory of the Ticking Heart.” The exhibit is at Ormsby Hall on Victoria Avenue in downtown Kingston and is set to close on June 10. It is open from Tuesday to Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Here is the artisttalking about the exhibit, and the place. You will see many more photographs from the exhibit on her Instagram page (she describes herself as a “controversial Jamaican artist.”)

“I stepped into the hall. It was filled with garbage, and I fell in love with it… That was the space I needed,” said Ms. Facey.

Filled with garbage. This sums up in many ways Jamaicans’ attitude to our built heritage.

Will Vale Royal, a building over three centuries old…

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Where is Everyone? #Ukraine #Odessa #The Passage #timeportal

penned in moon dust

The clothes we had put in the closet were dated and we both chuckled. Ukraine had become quite modernized but in 1991 there was little fashion. My skirt was grey and my blouse was yellowed from many washings. I was glad I had packed an old blond wig. The blond with my blue eyes gave me a first glance pass as Ukrainian. I looked at Don. All I could think of was to use some hair dye I had earlier mixed in a bottle.

” It will at least take away the grey.” I said as I pulled a workers cap on his head.

“Now what?” I had a blank look.

“We need to find food and answers. Food should be easy.” He pointed toward the door.

I had forgotten that we weren’t in a war zone and there would be food. We sat down at a café in the…

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