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Nature
A Lunar LanderAt the Roadside Not all roadside rest stops are created equal; you pull over to use the facilities and to stretch your legs, usually, though not always, in a park like atmosphere. In Westonia, Mississippi, however, the beautiful magnolias come with an added attraction; the actual trainer used by the Apollo 13…
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Public Square
The Saturn V RocketNASA Johnson Space Center The rocket which allowed man to go to the moon! It is enormous and you can see and even touch it, in Houston! I must say that this stop was quite a thrill for us; we have been fortunate to visit the Air and Space Museum in Washington,…
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The Dialogue
A Just Because Note “Your roses may have thorns but don’t forget, your thorns may have some roses too, the God of great compassion loves you yet, and he will never fail to see you through.” ~ Stella L. Mosqueda ~ This note so epitomizes my Mother. I have no idea what I was dealing…
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In the Wild!
The Space Deer He is not really a deer from space; rather he is the deer I saw while I was trying to take this picture: Of all of the places in the world, one might expect to encounter wildlife, I cannot say the Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, even remotely made my…
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A View From the Road
The Hollywood Walk of Fame I will never forget the first time my Father took us to Hollywood, shortly after we had moved to California, in the 1970’s. Always the perfect tour guide, even without funds, he knew exactly what would wow us; and Hollywood did not disappoint, in any way! We did not watch…
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Art
To love a painting is to feel that this presence is… not an object but a voice. ~ Andre Malraux ~ Place des Batignolles by Albert André One of the things that I most enjoy about my work is the pleasure I receive, from researching my post. I remember my freshman year in college, during…
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Holidays
Happy 4th of July The Star Spangled Banner By Francis Scott Key “Oh, say can you see by the dawn’s early light What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight, O’er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? And the rocket’s…
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Poet’s Corner
Besitos y Abrazos I keep checking the doorLooking through the peepholeJoyful in anticipationIt is not Christmas morningOr my birthdayNor is a long lost friend landing soonYet I run around the houseMaking sure everything is exactly as it should beFresh strawberries and grapesChocolate chip cookiesAnd cakeThere must always be cakeI step outside and look aroundWalking to…
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Connected
“You can’t be what you can’t see”~ Sally Ride ~ I wonder when Sally Ride wrote her letter to NASA, if she knew she would be breaking the ultimate glass ceiling? In 1977, while a PhD student in astrophysics at Stanford, she responded to an article that was in the Stanford Daily stating that NASA…
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From the Editor
A Moment Worth Celebrating “The least of us is improved by the things done by the best of us, because if we are not able to land at least we are able to follow.” ~ Walter Cronkite ~July 20, 1969 CBS Moon Landing Coverage When Kate’s grandmother, Tessie, passed away, Kate inherited several things, including…
