To love a painting is to feel that this presence is… not an object but a voice. ~ Andre Malraux ~ Parakeets and Gold Fish Bowl by Louis Comfort Tiffany “Tiffany created this window specifically for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, claiming that it ‘illustrates most perfectly the...
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My Empanada Gallega I will admit a slight apprehension when it comes to baking with yeast; I hate the idea of wasting food and as I do not work enough with yeast based doughs, the fear of creating an inedible offering has prevented me, in the past, from venturing into recipes that...
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Happy New Year Wishing you and yours a most Happy of New Years! May 2018 bring you peace, joy, and love. “Auld Lang Syne” By Robert Burns Should old acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind? Should old acquaintance be forgot, and old lang syne? For auld lang syne, my...
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Is this a Winter Wonderland? I cannot imagine anyone in New England, wanting to take a walk in our winter wonderland, at the moment; the weather is much more frightful than delightful. We had talked about having a campfire for New Years and lighting sparklers; but currently doubt either happening, this year. ...
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Merry Christmas! “26 In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, 27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. 28 The angel went to her and said, ‘Greetings, you...
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Merry Christmas from Charlie Brown When I was in grade school, one of my friends showed me how to draw Snoopy; I think I could still pull him off. Between feeling oddly connected to the strip, because I could draw Snoopy and the fact that back in my day, we had fewer...
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Pearl Sydenstricker Buck Green Hills Farms Perkasie, Pennsylvania Have you ever seen a Nobel Prize? I had not, until I wandered onto the grounds of the Pearl S. Buck home and foundation, in Pennsylvania. As well documented, on these pages, I enjoy touring homes of people I am interested in; there is...
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Smiley Jesus “God moves in mysteries ways.” That is what a man told me tonight, as I handed him and his two friends a: Little Bag of Hope.” They had been standing on the corner of 3rd and Pacific discussing where they could get something to eat tonight. ~ Transcribed from one...
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Parrots At the moment, our world is covered with snow, and I do not think it will be melting anytime soon, in case you find yourself in the same predicament, I thought I would whirl us away, at least on these pages, to some beautifully vibrant and tropical creatures that...
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