Where are you from? The waitress did not seem to understand me, as I tried to place my order; thus I asked her if I had mispronounced poutine? She said no, smiled, and asked where I was from, taking me aback. I hesitated for a moment, wondering how to answer. I finally said...
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Digital Camera Envy? The first time I went to the Hoover Dam was with my Father, who took great joy in sharing the world with us. He would stop at historical sites, roadside curiosities, ball parks, interesting eateries, and natural wonders, weaving wonderful tales about the locations we were seeing, making sure...
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What do we treasure? Recently, I toured the Belz Museum in Memphis Tennessee, which specializes in Asian and Judaica works of art. http://www.belzmuseum.org/ ; the collection was quite fascinating; and you may be sure that I shall be sharing some of the work with you. Prominently displayed, was an intricately carved wood screen,...
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Another Wish for a Happy New Year I ushered the New Year in by hauling several plastic containers of collectible ephemera into the library, with the goal of bringing order back to my disheveled life, in the new house. As I started to go through the first container, I ran across a slew...
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Shelter It is crooked and not at all attractive dull in color and design built by that not so kind man who was proud of his creation because he was able to pick who may come to feast I had thoughts of tearing it down replacing it with a work of art or...
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I Hope You Had a Merry Christmas Christmas is normally my favorite holiday; and a time of year when I shift into automatic gear. This year, automatic gear did not work. For the previous ten to twelve years, this time of year meant a trip north, for Thanksgiving, with stops along the way,...
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Merry Christmas to All 4 So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. 5 He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. 6 While they were...
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It is Going to be Okay Our new house has what I think of as ridiculously high taxes, apparently we are in a great school system, but there is no trash pick-up! Coming from South Florida, where the trash is picked up, at your house, twice a week, including bulk pick-up, which will literally...
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The Cookie Jar The kitchen has not yet been painted, nor that hideous wall paper stripped – though all cabinets are clean and freshly lined. The new refrigerator is working beautifully and happily housing the magnets; the dishwasher finally arrived yesterday, it took three weeks to get here. I will spend a lot of...
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Change “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” ~ Leo Tolstoy ~ Lately, it seems that the only consistent thing in my life is change – except for my friends; I will get back to that one very important and invaluable element of life, later. Have you ever...
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