Driving to the Cape Mostly, we drive to Cape Cod to take visitors to see Plymouth Rock, but on an overly grey day, we drove to the Cape just for the sake of the drive; stopping along the way. First stop, the oldest windmill on the Cape, Eastham, which was built...
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Hibiscus I love having fresh flowers in my house, preferably flowers which are fragrant and found in my yard. However, gardenias and roses are not always available, when all else fails, I can almost always count on finding at least a few hibiscus blooms for my table! While you may not...
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Spicy Chicken Salad and Mango Chutney I love foods which can be prepared ahead of time and be ready for later consumption. Chicken salad actually tastes better, after it has been prepared and given a couple of hours to absorb the combined flavors. I will make this salad, refrigerate, and have it available for...
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Not Quite In The Wild I am used to seeing wildlife on the back porch; in fact the day we moved into this house, we were greeted by a chorus of otters! However, today was the first time I saw a raccoon on the porch, making himself at home. He was quite large, in...
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To love a painting is to feel that this presence is… not an object but a voice. ~ Andre Malraux ~ Evening Tones by Oscar Bluemner Strolling through a museum, I often feel that I am at a reunion of sorts, looking for familiar friends, which I long to reconnect with, and hoping perhaps...
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United Against You An Internet Service Provider (ISP), provides access to the Internet. Comcast, AT&T, and Verizon are a few examples of companies that offer services to customers so that we can surf the net, watch movies, write and receive email. But now imagine that everything you access on the Internet is being monitored...
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Starbucks in Chinese? I would love to say that this was taken in China; but it was not. Though we have been making yearly trips to Washington D.C., for at least ten years, we had not explored China Town, until a few months ago. Home to the largest single-span Chinese arch, and the...
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Where did you go? Where did you go? The person that I thought I knew, the one I understood, who understood me in return. The one with whom I could speak for endless hours, and touch through endless nights. The one who never hurried, and never tired. The one who desired only...
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Encyclopedia Britannica to Cease as We Know It I will be the first to admit my love for Wikipedia. Rarely, have I gone to look for something and not found it there, or found the information on its page inaccurate. I have even gone as far as giving Wikipedia its own icon on my...
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Marked by Carmen Tafolla M’ija. It is for those who would erase. Make your mark proud and open, Brave, beauty folded into its imperfection, Like a piece of turquoise marked. Never write with pencil, m’ija. Write with ink or mud, or berries grown in gardens never owned,...
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