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Insurance Companies…Who’s Watching These Crooks?

Off the Top of my Head By Paul Murray Incredibly, insurance premiums worldwide have skyrocketed in the wake of natural disasters and the prospect of more wild weather resulting from climate change and other factors…deforestation, fracking etc, etc. The insurance … Continue reading

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Where’s that Naughty BaBear?

    Off the Top of My Head By Paul Murray Our daughter Diva loves the BaBear game we invented…we hide BaBear around the house and she hunts him down and brings him back to us….we’re basically training her to … Continue reading

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Japanese Artist Brings ‘Inspiration’ To Re-Invent

Japanese artist Shota Kawahara works on a landscape painting at Re-Invent Art Gallery in Lake Forest   Japanese artist Shota Kawahara made his American debut recently with his first art exhibition titled “Inspiration,” which will run at the Lake Forest … Continue reading

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Israeli Artist Tzook Marcel Har-Paz & Friends Visit Rongolia

Off the Top of My Head By Paul Murray         Israeli artist Tzook Marcel Har-Paz happend across Rongo Backpackers & Gallery by chance and found kinship with the creative people, the harmony and peaceful atmosphere of the unique hostel … Continue reading

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Japanese TV Crew Visits LivinginPeace Project in Karamea

A TV crew from Tokyo Broadcasting System came to Karamea at the top of the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand to film the daily lives of Japanese expat Sanae Murray and her family for a programme … Continue reading

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World Famous Rongo Heaphy & Pot-Luck Feasts

Off the Top of my Head: By Paul Murray   One of the main objectives of the LivinginPeace Project is to provide all our people and our guests with meals made from freshly harvested, locally grown, organic, healthy, nutritious and … Continue reading

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Signs of Peace All Over the World

  Peace symbols From Wikipedia: A number of peace symbols have been used in various cultures and contexts, one of the most ancient being the olive branch. The symbol of the dove and olive branch was used by early Christians and was later adopted as … Continue reading

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Super Moo the Karamea Wonder Dog

By Paul Murray     The Buller District Council classified “Moo” as a “dangerous dog” after an alleged incident that occurred in 2006 when he was about a year old. I had to go to Greymouth and he really wanted … Continue reading

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INSPIRATION: Exhibition by Shota Kawahara

Exhibition by LivinginPeace Project 2011 Resident Artist Shota Kawahara at Re-Invent, Lake Forest Chicago

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Japanese Artist Shota Kawahara Takes on Chicago

Off the Top of My Head By Paul Murray   Vagabond artist, Shota Kawahara, is currently flat out preparing for a show as resident artist at Re-Invent Gallery in Lake Forest, Chicago. Graduate of the prestigious Kyoto University art faculty, nonconformist Japanese … Continue reading

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