It Became a Birthday Cake The Best Chocolate Cake Ever I know this is most likely the least attractive photograph I have ever posted; but it perfectly captures the most remarkable chocolate cake, I have ever made. I could not believe how flawlessly the cakes came out of the pan – their shape, density,...
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Pisa Italy “Here for an hour. Hope you are all well. Love ~ Gertie ~ As summer travels wind down, here are a few postcards from one of many must see spots in Italy. I love this black and white glossy postcard, from 1954. This may well be my...
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One Of The Many Great Debates A while back, in this section, I featured peafowl, which I had spotted in Coral Gables, Florida. I was thrilled when I saw them, happily flying around the neighborhood, enjoying the sunshine, and their freedom. http://thatisallfornow.com/?p=6144#.Vc_AVrPTDzF I had not seen previously seen peachicks, thus...
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A Corporate Garden How would you like to eat lunch here Monday thru Friday? Recently, I found myself in a large corporate complex, with a few free minutes that turned into a very relaxing walk. Originally, I had spied the sculpture, which looks like a flock of birds taking off or landing, depending on...
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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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Cuba Libre “He who uses the office he owes to the voters wrongfully and against them is a thief.” ~ Jose Marti ~ Walking the streets of Washington D.C., I saw the familiar words uttered by so many for so long – Cuba Libre has been our prayer, our mantra, our hope – is...
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Buchanan’s Birthplace State Park This monument marks the place our fifteenth president, James Buchanan was born, in 1791; at his parent’s trading post, Stony Batter, in Cove Gap, Pennsylvania. This is one of those just because stops, not something I would have gone out of my way to see;...
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Cybersecurity Checkup© for August Cyber Threats to Mobile Devices How do you protect your Mobile phone? Do you even think about protecting your mobile phone? Something that is said about computer security people, is you put a smart phone in our hands, and we become dumb. The mobile phone is a mini computer. ...
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To love a painting is to feel that this presence is… not an object but a voice. ~ Andre Malraux ~ Merrymakers by Carolus – Duran Our pleasure and amusement with happy children did not begin with digital photography. I love the overwhelming jubilation felt by the subjects, in this painting. I wonder if...
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Breezy and Blue It can be Sunny and warm Damp and overcast Hot and muggy Snowy and cold Breezy and blue You have written me about the weather; not once, but twice. I had not expected that. Had you? Did you ever imagine that one day, you and I would...
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