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December 20, 2009 07:27 PM EST --
It may seem morbid to have the Christmas holiday be a reminder of personal loss, but when my sister, Digital Diva, posted her memories of events surrounding our mother's death back in 1986 in her story, . . .
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November 08, 2009 08:31 PM EST --
I may be the last person on earth to have stumbled across this book, but if you haven't read it already, I highly recommend The Lace Reader , by Brunonia Barry.
A contemporary novel set . . .
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September 07, 2009 06:02 PM EDT --
The President of the United States wants to make a speech to school children. It's not the first time this has happened, nor will it probably be the last. He wants to encourage them to work . . .
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August 07, 2009 11:51 PM EDT --
We really didn't have much insanity during our camping trip this year--no bears, no exploding lanterns or campstoves, no accidents or injuries. The craziness occured more just before and right after . . .
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February 26, 2009 06:04 PM EST --
I just had to take a walk when I got home from work this afternoon! It was a balmy 43 degrees outside, with blue sky overhead and blinding sunshine.
My first photostop was the stream. . . .
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January 31, 2009 05:16 PM EST --
I have a love/hate relationship with water. Yes, it is necessary to life and for bathing and sometimes even for recreation, but all too often it is a real pain in the patoot. Just ask anyone . . .
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January 19, 2009 11:41 AM EST --
I am without a car for a few days. It's at the repair place for a grocery list of miscellaneous items--oil change, tire rotation, brake check, riveting the bottom of the car back on....
I . . .
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January 17, 2009 01:05 PM EST --
When we renovated our 50-year-old house in 2004, we added a wonderful great room to the back of the place, with a cathedral ceiling and 3 walls of tall windows looking out into our yard and . . .
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November 09, 2008 01:44 PM EST --
FAMILY TIES is a quilt that began as part of the grieving and healing process after my father passed away in late August of 2001. (We lost Mom in 1986.) To compound our personal sadness, the horror . . .
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November 01, 2008 11:44 PM EDT --
Those were the days when life was sweet and innocent, when life meant love and lust and laughter. Those were the days when we were first married, so many years ago.
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October 10, 2008 08:45 PM EDT --
I belong to a quilt guild in Schenectady, NY. A guild is a club of sorts; we meet once a month for a formal business meeting and a guest presentation or an activity. As a group we participate . . .
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September 03, 2008 08:18 PM EDT --
One morning last week there was a delightful sunrise over the low-hanging fog in our field. I couldn't seem to stop snapping photos any more than I can decide which one is the best result! . . .
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September 02, 2008 05:58 PM EDT --
I've rarely met a flower unworthy of being photographed. Please enjoy some more of the flowers I have known...
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September 01, 2008 04:04 PM EDT --
I tend to take photos of inanimate objects because they stand still. However, once in a while I get brave and quick enough to capture breathing creatures as well...
BTW, there is a quiz at . . .
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August 31, 2008 12:19 AM EDT --
By now of course all my faithful friends know that I camp every summer in the Adirondack Mts. with my sister, Marilyn. I have so many beautiful photos of the Sacandaga River that I thought . . .
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August 28, 2008 11:16 PM EDT --
This is a random grouping of some of my flower photos. You can click on the thumbnails at the end of the article to see them in a larger form.
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August 27, 2008 03:58 PM EDT --
I have spent most of my life in the area where the Mohawk River and the Hudson River come together in eastern NY State. The Mohawk runs east from the middle of the state, while the Hudson originates . . .
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August 26, 2008 05:33 PM EDT --
With the sky-rocketing cost of gas, we are encouraged to look in our own backyards for interesting places to see and things to do. One such location I "discovered" recently is Cohoes Falls, . . .
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August 25, 2008 08:30 PM EDT --
When the seed packets first appear in stores around here each year, it is still cold and snowy outside. Those marketers are pretty smart: they know that us sunlight-deprived, pasty white, . . .
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August 25, 2008 10:25 AM EDT --
I live just a short distance from Saratoga, New York, which is home to a both a harness track (racing sulkies) and the famous, historic flat track where the jockies actually ride the horses' backs. . . .
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