Happy 75th Birthday to the Golden Gate Bridge! Opened on May 27, 1937, the bridge stands as strong and breathtaking as ever. The toll may have gone up a bit, but it is nevertheless worth the crossing – may she always be as glorious as she is today.
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Smartphones and Apps I love smartphones and apps. I often look for apps that do something unique. And if not unique, then it is nice for it to have value. How does this app make my life easier? For example, I have a Starbucks app on my smartphone, which allows me to pay...
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Colonel Harland Sanders Café & Museum Kate and I still chuckle, thinking about a day my Uncle David and Aunt Roxanne had driven over, from the west coast of Florida, to see his sister’s, my Aunt Helen and my Mother, in South Florida; we invited them all to lunch, at the house. As three...
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A Giant Alligator, Orange, and a Few Peafowls in the Distance So the large orange caught our eye; one of those silly roadside attractions that I find hard to resist. After pulling in to snap a few pictures, we got back in the car, and found ourselves drawn to this...
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To love a painting is to feel that this presence is… not an object but a voice. ~ Andre Malraux ~ The Large Tree by Paul Gauguin Painted in 1891, this idyllic and exotic oil was one of the first paintings created by Gauguin, upon arriving in Tahiti, where he had gone seeking the...
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Heliconia Pendula I thought you might enjoy following the growth of a heliconia bract (a beak like pod which slowly opens up, producing a stem of color and beauty). I was introduced to heliconia’s in Florida; and now have several varieties growing in my garden. They are actually quite easy to grow;...
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Batido My father first introduced me to batido’s, or Cuban milkshakes; now of course, they are all the rage – renamed smoothies. It was always such a treat when he would take the blender out, and casually add rather ordinary ingredients which would then become one of the most delicious and refreshing treats I...
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Success! Are congratulations in order? You have certainly succeeded where others have failed; accomplishing what I would have thought impossible. How clever you have been, luring me in, with your promises of concern and understanding. Assuring me that I should let my heart speak, permit my mind to wonder, and let my soul...
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Driving west on the 595, heading home from the airport – now this is a Floridian sunset; and a perfect View from the Road!
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The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini I always have a stack of books that I want to read, usually one stack around my desk and another on my nightstand; then there are the books resting vertically, on their perspective shelf, in its’ bookcase, to visually remind me that I want to get to that...
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