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Public Square
9/11 Memorial of Maryland When I was a child, I remember adults talking about where they were on December 7, 1941, the day Pearl Harbor was bombed, and on November 22, 1963, the day President Kennedy was killed. I am honestly a bit embarrassed to say so, but I also remembering wondering what my generations,…
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Nature
My Container Garden’s Visit to the Sunshine We decided to take the container garden outside this summer; the plants which live around the indoor pool. There were plans of doing some painting in the pool room and we most definitely wanted to give it a good cleaning; but it was also…
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Action
The American Character I saw a story about a man in Florida, who had just spent 50,000 dollars on hurricane relief supplies, for the Bahamas. CNN tried to interview him, and he said no thank you; he apparently was not looking for publicity. I always say that it was my Father, who was born in…
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Food
Beef Stroganoff I do not remember my Mother making beef stroganoff, when I was growing up; I cannot actually imagine it might have been a dish that my Father would have eaten. What I do remember is my Russian language professor, taking our class on a field trip to Los Angeles, which included…
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Free this Month
National Public Lands Day And Smithsonian Free Museum Day I love September for many reasons, it is the start of a favorite time of year, and it is also the month when we are presented with two wonderful opportunities to explore for free – and you know how much I love free! This year Free…
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Connected
“Danger, Will Robinson” I love technology and believe it is vital for children to be engaged in it, at an early age. Recently, I asked my seven year old great-niece, what is a computer; and she responded perfectly: “They tell you what to do.” I immediately thought, I have some reprograming to do here.…
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From the Editor
Resilience No Man is an Island “No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of…
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Ephemera
Roney Plaza Cabana Sun Club And Café de la Paix I do not know why I have not framed these menus; I love them! No, that is not true. I have not framed them because I do not want to lose access to three out of the four pages, by simply framing the cover, which…
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In Nature
Petrified Wood The first road trip souvenir Kate and I bought was a piece of petrified wood, which to this day, hangs in the house. At the time, we were quite broke, and thrilled to have a little sliver of this fascinating material. When I was a child, I lived in…
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Art
To love a painting is to feel that this presence is… not an object but a voice. ~ Andre Malraux ~ Haymaking at Éragny by Camille Pissarro I will forever be drawn to the impressionist; and it seems Camille Pissarro was quite drawn to this subject, as he has various paintings depicting the making of…
