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Continue reading →: Giraffes At A GlanceFifty-Four Questions and Answers About Earth’s Tallest Quadrupeds Do giraffes ever feel blue? Well, they have no tear ducts – but people have seen them cry. Why can a giraffe stand in the hot sun all day when other animals must find shade? Because its dark patches act like radiators…
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Continue reading →: Coco Chanel: Untangling theThreadsTowards Liberating Women from CorsetsAt the end of the 19th century, it was customary for ‘properly’ dressed women to spend their days imprisoned in ornate dresses with padding and layers of underclothes including corsets which restricted movement and were very confining. It was Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel who used her fashion…
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Continue reading →: The Great British SummerLiving here in England, it’s easy to be cynical about the weather during ‘the great British summer’ – as it is called, tongue in cheek. Never more has this been true this summer when the overwhelming number of days have consisted of looming cloud cover, chilly winds, showers breaking in…
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Welcome to Travel Tangles. For many years I have lived overseas in several countries outside of my native USA. My posts here cover such travel and cross-cultural matters. The world is wide and deep, however, so my writing embraces other concerns too.
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