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Christmas in Kennebunkport Maine Watching the people gather across the road, on the bridge, of course raised our curiosity, but did not detour us from our walk. We continued over the bridge to the display which had caught our eye, when we drove into town. However, we did not tarry and after...
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Sitting By My Bedside “One sure window into a person’s soul is his reading list.” ~ Mary B. W. Tabor ~ What are you reading? Are you looking for your next great read? Here is a look at what is sitting by my bedside, and which I am pleased to recommend. Let me know...
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Pearl Harbor {Photograph taken on the boat, as we approached the Memorial, an iconic shot that includes, from left to right, the USS Missouri, where the Japanese surrendered, ending World War II, in the Pacific, the harbor control tower at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, which was built in 1925, and from where...
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Merry Christmas Make History I am not sure she could have offered me a more apropos greeting; even so many years later, her words and the card still bring a smile to my face and hope to my heart. Dec 1, (1999) “This is the last Christmas of the Century – Make...
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This Was the Year It has been quite a year; it began and ended with trips to North Carolina, a state which has had a rather historical year of its own, but that is not the history I will dwell on here. As 2016 draws to a close, I feel compelled to spend a...
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Lucille Marlene I have often told your Mother that she comes from good stock, and it is true. She was birthed into a world with mighty women looking over her, watching to make sure she understood her value; telling her that her dreams, hopes, and wishes rested in her hands, and...
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An Evil Genius I would like to share a perspective worth reading, which must remain anonymous for now: “We Cubans used to call Fidel Castro “un genio del mal“, someone that used his extraordinary intelligence to rise to power and cement his absolute authority over millions of his compatriots, causing pain, death...
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Sitting By My Bedside “One sure window into a person’s soul is his reading list.” ~ Mary B. W. Tabor ~ What are you reading? Are you looking for your next great read? Here is a look at what is sitting by my bedside, and which I am pleased to recommend....
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To love a painting is to feel that this presence is… not an object but a voice. ~ Andre Malraux ~ Landing of the Pilgrims by Henry Sargent Happy Thanksgiving! This is the first painting hung in Americas oldest continuous museum, Pilgrim Hall, in Plymouth Massachusetts. “The Pilgrims were not met by a Native...
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Intrude I had previously been to the North Carolina Museum of Art, which has an excellent collection, is free to the public, and is staffed by volunteers, including the grounds keeping, and thus on a recent stay in the area, I was not sure I would stop again. ...
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