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FEBRUARY 2022 Broadcast: Martina Nicolls

 




FEBRUARY 2022

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Welcome! February begins the Year of the Tiger, and it's the month of St. Valentine's Day, so love the tiger! I'm taking a Creative Living Retreat (remotely) this month with my (mainly) American friends, and I'll plan out the next year of living creatively. Thanks to my family, friends, and associates who have supported me creatively, as well as personally and professionally, for many years.


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SIMILAR BUT DIFFERENT IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM

My Website: See information and photos on animals ... HERE​

TOP 5 TIGER POSTS TO CELEBRATE 2022 THE YEAR OF THE TIGER

  1. ​Similarities and Differences in Tiger Stripes: Amur, Bengal, and Sumatran Tigers​
  2. ​Who eats first in lion and tiger groups?
  3. ​Cat, Cheetah, Leopard, Lion, Tiger Eyes: What's the difference? ​
  4. ​Tongue of a Tiger​
  5. ​Tasmanian Tiger​
​Sumatran Tiger​

​SUMATRAN TIGER MERCHANDISE ... AVAILABLE HERE​

​OTHER MERCHANDISE from my PHOTOGRAPHY PORTFOLIO​

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FIVE: FEAST OR FAMINE

My blog site Feast or Famine has a range of posts on book reviews, art galleries and museums, my humanitarian work, articles, and photographs.

​FEAST OR FAMINE WEBSITE​

  1. ​In Foreign Fields: How Not to Move to France by Susie Kelly: book review​
  2. ​An eyeful of tiger snake​
  3. ​Jamala Wildlife Lodge: 2 nights in the tiger enclosure​
  4. ​Plan to Thrive: Planning for aid workers to survive​
  5. ​The Peregrine by J.A. Baker: book review​

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ICONIC PARIS

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FIVE PARIS BLOGS

  1. ​Making macarons in Paris​
  2. ​Renoir Jigsaw - Luncheon of the Boating Party​
  3. ​Le Grande Voliere - the Large Aviary at the Paris Zoo​
  4. ​Paris Left Breathless - The Beatles and Club Castel in 1965​
  5. ​Liberty Leading the People - Delacroix's famous painting​

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THE PARIS RESIDENCES OF JAMES JOYCE

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The blogs on my website The Paris Residences of James Joyce are under the category Opal Hush, connecting the past to the present, and discovering people and places in Paris.

Opal Hush is mentioned in James Joyce's 1922 novel Ulysses. 

It's a drink - a quarter of glass of claret topped with lemonade from a soda siphon.

​OPAL BLUSH BLOGS​

​READ MORE ABOUT THE BOOK​

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A FLOWER EXPECTED EVERYWHERE

My Website: See information and photos on flowers, gardens, floral art, poetry, books ... HERE​

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JANUARY GIVEAWAY WINNER

WINNER of the January 2022 Give-Away Competition of 10 assorted greeting cards is: Annie B from South Australia.

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1960s FLASHBACK

I'm second on the left, with my Mum and brother in the centre, and with my cousin, sisters and a friend.

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I am an author and a consultant (in human rights, human trafficking, labour violations, peace and stabilisation, education, and governance). 

I have several websites and blog sites, such as my main webpage (http://www.martinanicolls.net), animal website (Similar But Different in the Animal Kingdom), plant website (A Flower Expected Everywhere), Paris website (The Paris Residences of James Joyce), a general blog site (Feast or Famine), and a facebook page.

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MARTINA NICOLLS  is an international aid and development consultant, and the author  of: The Paris Residences of James Joyce  (2020), Similar But Different in the Animal Kingdom (2017), The Shortness of Life: A Mongolian Lament (2015), Liberia’s Deadest Ends (2012), Bardot’s Comet (2011), Kashmir on a Knife-Edge (2010) and The Sudan Curse (2009).

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