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In Nature
Market Square Park This was my initial view of Market Square Park; and what drew me to take a closer look. I was not intrigued by overflowing flower beds or well groomed trees, rather the benches and table! I wanted to take a closer look; and I was not disappointed. I happened upon Market…
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Public Square
How Much Longer Will they Stand? I will forever love the open road; those endless stretches of highways with uninterrupted vistas of the horizon and if you are lucky a road side attraction worth a detour. While I will agree that what we think of as abandoned buildings can be bitter sweet; I am always…
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Food
Vanilla Extract I love making and using my own vanilla extract! It is also a gift I enjoying sharing, one which is always well received. I do not now remember where I first heard that I could make my own vanilla, but I do know I was quite intrigued by the idea of being able…
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Ephemera
CroquemboucheA Gallic Wedding Treat “A croquembouche or croque-en-bouche is a French dessert consisting of choux pastry puffs piled into a cone and bound with threads of caramel. In Italy and France, it is often served at weddings, baptisms and first communions.” ~Wikipedia ~ Have you ever been brave enough to attempt to make a croquembouche?…
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Connected
You can listen to my Podcast this month, presented by McAfee about Protecting Intellectual Property. Please see below for the different listening options. iTunes Spotify Blog Pocketcast Google Play The podcast is over thirty minutes, so if your time is limited, at eight minutes in the podcast, I begin to speak about data being fluid.…
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A View From the Road
A View On the Road For better or worse, this is not an unusual view for us, in our car, when we are on the road; especially when traveling between Florida and Maine. If I have a pretty bouquet of flowers, in good enough condition, I will usually walk them across the street, for Mark…
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In the Wild!
Sharing the Back Stoop This sweet little orange cat began coming around the house, looking for food; so we of course bought him cat food, how could we not. I do not know if he is a stray or simply someone’s pet that likes to go explore. Apparently, word got out in the world of…
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The Dialogue
Los Dones Espirituales I have so little written by my Father, verses my Mother. On this little piece of paper, he wrote out the gifts of the Spirit. I so wish I had a tape of him preaching.
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Art
To love a painting is to feel that this presence is… not an object but a voice. ~ Andre Malraux ~ A Day in June by George Bellows I love this painting, but to fully appreciate what I so admire, you need to get up close; or perhaps have a better photographer…
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From the Editor
Milestones “Milestones (Latin: Miliarium) were originally stone obelisks – made from granite, marble, or whatever local stone was available – and later concrete posts. They were widely used by Roman Empire road builders and were an important part of any Roman road network: the distance travelled per day was only a few miles in…
