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Nature
The Hawaiian Room Bear with me; this post does belong in Nature, I promise. Before going to visit my Aunt Helen, in Florida, I had not heard the term “Florida Room”. It is another way of saying solarium, sun room or sun porch; the idea of an additional living space, which helps to bring the…
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Public Square
An Illions Carousel I am not brave, especially when I am alone. But as I have gotten older, I have occasionally become bolder; which is how I was able to photograph this Illions Carousel. I happened to be walking through Congress Park, when I spotted the carousel just as the workers were preparing to open…
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Art
To love a painting is to feel that this presence is… not an object but a voice. ~ Andre Malraux ~ Frankfurt Station by John Moore This is an oil on canvas, but to me it does not look like a painting; rather some sort of three dimensional art. I am not entirely sure why…
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Connected
Hut Six “We must not neglect the nonmilitary means by which an enemy may seek to undermine our national will.” ~ Gordon Welchman~ I am reading a very interesting book by Gordon Welchman called, The Hut Six Story: Breaking the Enigma Codes. Welchman was recruited to work at Bletchley Park, by Alastair Denniston. Denniston was…
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From the Editor
My Fran Mrs. Frances Hines I thought that I was finished writing obituaries. In the last ten years, I have lost too many people and had decided to stop writing about those losses; but this is different, Fran was different. Fran lived a very full life, and most people would say a long enough life,…
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A View From the Road
An Almost Perfect Snow Angel Taken during a sledding down the hill in town, in Maine. I am not sure why, but for some reason everyone seems to love making snow angels.
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Holiday’s
Happy New Year My very lovely friend, Joan Williams, sent me a New Year’s Card, which contained the poem below. I thought I would share it with you, as a way to wish you a Happy New Year. Also, I know for most of us, bidding farewell to 2020 is quite welcomed; but I think…
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Public Square
Strawbery Banke Have you been wishing for things to go back to the way they were? I think for most of us, we are only hoping for the world we knew last year. But Strawbery Banke in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, is an outdoor interactive museum, which takes you back a little further. Below are a…
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The Dialogue
Gifts My sister shared a conversation with me, where she told her daughter to be suspicious of why people give gifts. As I listened to her speak; I thought about my Mother. My first reaction to my sister’s words was that we were not raised by the same Mother; which of course we were. …
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Holiday’s
Christmas Village 2020 It is hard for me to believe that Christmas is almost over; this year I started thinking about Christmas earlier than normal, it has been my “happy place”. In my Village people are joyful, and do not have to worry about any of the things which have troubled all of us in…
