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A View From the Road
Amelia Earhart Lookout My most favorite finds, on the road, are the serendipitous ones; like stopping to look at The View From the Road, on our way from Diamond Head, heading toward Waikiki, walking over to the marker and seeing that it is the Amelia Earhart Lookout! This lookout commemorates Amelia Earhart’s flight…
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Art
To love a painting is to feel that this presence is… not an object but a voice.~ Andre Malraux ~ Woman Seated in an Armchair, 1923byPablo Picasso She must know it is winter; a little sad and yes, blue. Her looks are not classically beautiful, but I find lovely. Art can never exist without…
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Ephemera
CarrouselatGriffith Park “Ride, ride the carrousel, and reach for the ring.never to finish but begin again, life is a circular thing.”~ Eileen Lynch ~ I found this print in Florida, where it had been discarded. I was drawn to the image, as I like carrousels; but had no idea it was actually of a carrousel…
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From the Editor
Bitter-SweetAgridulce Happy New Year, and welcome to 2020! I like the way 2020 looks and sounds. I would like to think we are off to a good start; though I may have to moderate my use of the word “we”. Both the domestic and international news appears marked by great heartache and turmoil; but there…
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Connected
The Weight of Mobility I have a love/hate relationship with the mobile phone. I appreciate and am fascinated by how a smart phone works, but hate the invasion into our personal life. Have you seen what is happening in China? In order to initiate new mobile phone service, the customer must submit to a facial…
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My Birthday Orchid Kate purchased this Phalaenopsis, at Home Depot, about a week before my birthday, in September. It soon made its way up to Maine, where it has mostly lived in my bedroom since it arrived. I did bring it to the dining room table around Thanksgiving for a visit. Originally, there were two…
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In the Wild!
A Squirrel Playing in the Snow He must have found something to eat; I do not know for sure, but he did not seem to mind the snow. Obviously, I was quite entertained, watching him at play or perhaps it was at work.
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Poet’s Corner
It Is Not the Same It is not the sameThe house already feels differentThough you have just departedThe telltale signs of your visit are all around usThe memories will linger on Past the New Year And well into the futureThe photographs will serve as windows To joyfully allow us to look back We will remember…
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Holiday’s
The Village – 2019 To view this years village, and listen to our conversation about its creation, click on the link below:
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Holiday’s
Merry Christmas! Kate sitting on Santa’s lap, 1972 Kate’s Letter to Santa: We wish you all a very Merry Christmas! May God bless you and yours always! “In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. 2 (This was the first census that took place…
