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About LivinginPeaceProject

Paul Murray is the founder of the LivinginPeace Project. www.livinginpeace.com Paul originally from Australia, but have been living in New Zealand for 14 years. Before that he was in Japan for a decade working as a journalist. He met his wife Sanae in Japan and they married in 2008.

Off the Top of My Head: Travels in Japan

Takayama: Japan’s Hippie Heaven By Paul Murray                       Takayama is an ancient wooden town nestled in a mountain-ringed hollow in the Southern Alps. It is a window into a rich ancient … Continue reading

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Sea Monkeys Amazing X-Ray Specs How to Hypnotize –  Hypno-coin Charles Atlas Automatic Firing Tripod Machine Gun Build Your Own Apollo Lunar Module Grow Man Grow – Be Taller Live Miniature Dog at No Cost 200 World War II Soldier … Continue reading

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Charles Bukowski – “Jaggernaut: Wild Horse on a Plastic Phallus” (1975)

Charles Bukowski actually wrote this article on The Rolling Stones for Creem magazine in October 1975. It’s hard to think of Hank attending a Stones concert when he was a lifelong classical music connoisseur…   They opened on the 9th at the … Continue reading

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Aussie/Kiwi Unicyclists Take on Heaphy Track

On a sunny May morning in Karamea, five unicyclists from Australia and New Zealand prepared for a world-first adventure…to traverse the Heaphy Track on unicycles. It is believed to be the first-ever unicycle team to attempt the riding of the … Continue reading

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Karamea Ministry of Red Tape #10

A New Zealand Government Department Authorised by a Covertly Ambiguous and Deliberately Rhetorical Act of Parliament Compounded by a Subtly Implied Royal Consent to Receive Official Complaints.  Office Manager:    Red Scarlett Senior Complaints Office: Rubik Khan Secretary: Ruby Monday … Continue reading

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For the Love of Dog!

  From Maddie the Coonhound: http://maddieonthings.com/

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Another Busy Day for the Old Baked Bean

 

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Off the Top of my Head: Musings from a MountainTop

High on Denniston Plateau Seeking Balance Between Economy and Environment By Paul Murray High on a mountaintop overlooking the Tasman Sea hard-hatted men in convoys of white utes patrol the plateau and make plans to uncover the riches beneath the … Continue reading

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Busy Day for Old Rope-a-Dope Ratzinger!

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Another Particularly Busy Day for Jesus

 

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