Maraquita Bound You’re Maraquita bound, looking for old memories? Or trying to make new ones? It doesn’t matter which. When you walk down the street – glance up. See where we lived. See where we loved. My ghost inhabits Maraquita, you cannot easily forget me. Maraquita even sounds like...
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Guava Cake I have decided to update this page, in response to my recent trip to Hawai’i, during which I literally ate Guava Cake every day! The cakes I ate, the best being at Dee Lite Bakery, http://www.stghi.com/location-dillingham.htm, were filled with a layer of whip cream; my post below is incorrect. Also, for...
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My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok “I drew him sitting on the parkway bench in front of our apartment house. In the spring and early summer, and sometimes in the beginning weeks of autumn, he would sit on the bench with my mother on a festival afternoon. They would talk quietly together...
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In all of His Wonder On a drive through southern New England, as fall burst forward, I found myself repeatedly pulling over to capture nature at her finest. Trees bursting with apples Stone walls, the quintessential New England element in landscaping Wild strawberries? It is amazing what Nature...
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To love a painting is to feel that this presence is… not an object but a voice. ~ Andre Malraux ~ The Lunch by Claude Monet I should like my garden to look like this, as well as my guest who come for tea. Art can never existe without naked beauty displaced....
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Flamingo Gas Station Have you ever run across an abandoned building and let your mind run wild? I love this gas station, maybe because it is pink, or because it is called Flamingo, or because it is in the Everglades National Park; but walking around it, I could not help but imagine...
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A Turtle Taking a Break Normally, we see the turtles in the lake, behind the house. The water feeds from the Everglades into the ocean, thus we are often blessed with wildlife from otters to alligators. I have seen turtles on land, but never one so at peace in the garden. He...
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To love a painting is to feel that this presence is… not an object but a voice. ~ Andre Malraux ~ Miners in the Sierras 1851-1852 by Charles Christian Nahl and August Wenderoth I love color! When looking at art, I am often drawn to the color on the canvas before the subject of...
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I have spent more than a few nights at rest stops. In the right car, with a reclining seat, plenty of leg room, pillow, blanket, and eye shades I can get an adequate nights rest – well, at least a few hours. There are ample reasons to spend the night in the car,...
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” Summer Sunflowers Summer sunflowers instantly bring warmth and a smile to your soul. There is an amazing variety of color, heights, and blooms; all of which are easy to plant, simply drop the seeds in about three inches of soil, water, and let grow! Remember that after the...
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