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Posted by: nativeiowan on July 3, 2012

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FAQs @ Solomon Islands
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a world gone mad
- all I can say…
- I am tempted
DATED COMMENTARY
- … whatz a "knoberry"?
- 2009 draws to a close
- 2009 PARLIAMENTARY ENTITLEMENTS COMMISSION
- A bit of Celtic common sense…
- a gentle sunday morn
- A good feeling
- A Grey Monday
- a lazy Saturday
- a long while at sea…
- A Native Iowan in the Islands
- a pale sunnsett
- a private view
- a saturday BBQ
- A soft Sunday morn…
- a very nice shot
- accidental art…
- all guud
- an ear piercing party
- an investment opportunity for one and all…
- And it is official… if not belated…
- another lake pict
- Another Peter Pan story
- answers
- as I sit
- as the day ends
- Bad natured Mike…
- Been a While
- been boating…
- Better make sure the insurance premiums are paid -up…
- Blustery Weather
- Brisbane
- Bummer City
- buzz
- Can you say… huge slush fund?
- catching up
- cleaning up fishn' gear
- cloudy
- Cmas 2008
- com'n down
- da truth…
- dawg daze
- dawgz
- doin' bizzyness in the Solomons
- Don't let mom know…
- Don't worry Mom…
- dun't know… "blinded by the light"…
- Earthquakes
- even more grins and giggles
- events that define
- fish kill'n Jake…
- fly fishing in Montana
- Fly Fishing in Montana 2
- Flying High
- for grins and giggles
- for more grins and giggles
- for those who know Gizo
- fresh off the press 06/09
- from January 2009
- Going fishn'
- Gone Fish'n
- good head
- good newz
- grins and giggles
- gun-metal grey
- Happy Birthday
- headlines from April 6
- headlines from the sidelines 12 Feb 20-10
- headlines from the sidelines 22/1/10
- headlines from the sidelines 23/1/10
- headlines from the sidelines 25/1/10
- headlines from the sidelines 26/1/10
- headlines from the sidelines 26/1/10-2
- headlines in political times
- Headlines in the bad times
- How wuz yer day?
- howz it look?
- Hydro Power for Honiara
- Hydro Power for Honiara 2
- I have been remiss
- i remember my youth
- in Brisbane
- interesting
- interesting enough…
- It'll all be over soon…
- Jake in the islands
- Jake of the islands
- Just on the radio
- Kaohsiung
- keeping it intereesting
- kidz
- left the camera at home
- lets go fer a boat ride…
- Letter to the Editor 2/9/09
- letter to the editor 27/1/10
- Letter to the Editor 7/7/09
- like a boy scout
- Like the Beatles song…
- Look forward to the next party…
- lotz goin' on
- May 09/ SI Prime Minister meeting
- mildly amusing or just sad
- Miss'n the fish'n
- Montana magic
- more bizness tripp'n
- more fun in the sun
- more good news?
- More of the same…
- Much better pict…
- much to do about nothing?
- my favorite pict…
- Native Iowan
- Nature showing off
- one can only hope…
- owe the blog a story. About a bizzyness trip I did recently.
- party time
- pigg'n out
- poor Constance
- porwad flanning?
- Positive progress?
- press release 17/7/09
- press release 30/7/09
- press release 4-8-09
- press release April 2007
- press release for week of June 29
- press release January 2009
- press release week of 22 june
- proud Papa
- quick close out of Gizo trip
- rainy day in Brisbane
- Remember the ol' playing field at Gizo?
- remind you of somebody?
- rider's log 16-620-11
- Rugby 7s
- running naked 2014
- saturday
- Saturday at Work
- saturday morning
- saw a great one…
- Seoul
- Sequel to last week's post…
- Simpler Times
- singapore
- singing wind
- sitting in Vanuatu
- something new
- Sore lo Solomoni
- speaking of fishing
- Speech for Australian/ Solomons Business Forum 10 July 09
- Sunday morn coming down…
- Sunday Morn in Gizo
- Ta Moko ala' Turumakina…
- Taiwan
- talk about a bad morning…
- terminal grants
- that metallic taste
- the beauty of these islands
- The Fearsome Flying Gecko Brothers gett wett
- the insects humm
- the war of words…
- Time for something totally different?
- Time is a created thing. To say "I don't have time" is to say "I don't want to."
- to live in deficit
- todays muzak?
- too tired
- Too tired to move
- traveling a lot lately
- tropical bounty
- Trout fishing in America
- Trout fishing in Montana vol 910
- tube-steakz and pool
- two year-olds are amazing…
- very interesting….
- walking through glorious gizo
- watch'n sports
- we've seen it all before
- Weather Map
- What can you say…
- what does social unrest look like
- what is in their water…
- What is the moral here…
- what kids get up to…
- where were you at dawn?
- who ever controls the oil…
- why am I not surprised…
- why I left Iowa
- Worth a read
- Yippeee… Gizo!!
- You know…
- Zoos are fun
don't ya juz love the solomons
ICEBound
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isle of man
JACK LONDON in the SOLOMONS
- Mauki
- The seed of McCoy
- The Terrible Solomons
MIKE"S BIKES
- 1952 Tbird
- 1957 Indian Trail Blazer
- blood sports
- Oil Bath Time
- r9t
- rock n roll
- X75 Hurricane
Muzack…
- 02 How To Be Righteous
- ain't no sunshine…
- found the music for today…
- muzak fer t'day?
- sumtin difrnt
- to make you smile…
Old Things
- a matched pair of headhunting axes?
- a Ngusu Ngusu or two
- A power piece
- carved in stone
- Chief's Stick
- Frigate Bird Bowl
- gruesome history
- kakamora bowl
- Makira bonito bowl
- Makira Man
- Malaitan fighting stick
- more hard magic
- more ngusu ngusu – s
- more ngusu ngusu – s s
- more purty things
- old weapons 1
- old weapons 2
- purty things
- stone age wood bowl
- Stone Gods and Godesses
- stone tools
- symbols of power and position
- The power of stone
- very old nut and putty shield
PHOTOS AND IMAGES
- 13 May 2pm
- a cool pict
- another week's end
- blazing skies
- End-day
- fer them that like boats n' water
- friday 19 june 09
- having a very merry SPO Cmas
- images of the isles
- May 11 3pm
- May 14 4pm
- May 4 9am
- May 5 8am
- May 6 12noon
- May 7 5pm
- May 8 8am
- more about boats
- not just another pretty face
- waddizzitt
- wanna go fer a helicopter ride
- waves
- weekend boating
rider's log
- On the road
- rider's log 0903-11
- rider's log 0903-11.1
- rider's log 100320-11
- rider's log 2203-11
STORIES: HUMOR AND LIFE
- A pict of Peter Pan
- a pleasant life
- a South Pacific wedding
- and mother farted
- cleaning house
- grandma's garden
- headlines from the bar-side
- i wonder why
- I'll miss Peter Pan
- life's simple twists
- Peter Pan obituary
- remember
- Ron's day
- Sum Like It Hot
- the ghost of my childhood
- the history of fly fishing
- while grandma played piano
STORIES: ISLAND MAGIC
- a minimalist’s pallet
- faces
- fishing with frigates / sleeping under sago
- one of those smiles…
- Shootout at the Gizo Hotel
STORIES: NATURE AND ENERGY
- childhood
- For Nicole
- grey night
- One of those days
- Remembrance
- the muse calling
- where we belong
- writing
STORIES: WORKS IN PROGRESS
- a meaningful meeting
- confined
- It seemed like a good idea
- life force
- Yapo
time before
TT isle of man
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