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John Bennett1 week ago
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I realised I was English, 14 Sept

then I lose my sense of Englishness
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John Bennett1 week ago
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Optimistic Galahs, Bonville Headland

A study found that flying appeared to lift their mood . . .
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John Bennett2 weeks ago
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Spring in Valla, 8 Sept

Let's recognise seasons by environmental cues
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John Bennett24/07/2026
90

A new video, winter Garden

Gardens are important for biodiversity, but gardens are also aesthetic
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John Bennett24/07/2026
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Magical Fungi – Now is the time to look out for fungi’s fruiting bodies.

Australia has up to 250,000 species of fungi
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John Bennett20/07/2026
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Ballet moments

I skipped the Bamiyan Buddhas for an armchair
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John Bennett15/07/2026
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Tsundoku, 10 July

a blend of tsun (to pile things up) and doku (to read).
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John Bennett14/07/2026
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Nostalgia for life, 8 July

Pelicans chase a fishing boat upriver
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John Bennett10/07/2026
52

No whales today, 7 July

impatient with Basho’s cypress tree and sabi
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John Bennett07/07/2026
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Nostalgia, 6 July

. . . that cider-sweet afternoon in 71
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John Bennett05/07/2026
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Nostalgia, Kabul

The curfew unexpected. The Russians were coming.
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John Bennett02/07/2026
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Miilba hypothetical, 1 July

My body reacts to Oystercatchers . . .
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