Entries from August 27th, 2009
As the media is covering from every angle, we have reason to be mourning a very important man today.  There is much much coverage, and many many articles. I would like to steer you to just one that will remind us of the champion this man was to the children of America: the children, the [...]
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Tags: Children·Mr. Rogers·No Child Left Behind·Senator Edward Kennedy
with no computer in sight!
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Tags: computer·family·yardwork
“If a teacher is indeed wise he does not bid you enter the house of his wisdom, but rather leads you to the threshold of your own mind.” Kahil Gibran I’m not going to go run and hide because I’m catching some heat. I’m not going to stay at home and pout.  Andy Roddick These [...]
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The best thing – and about the only good thing for me – about the late summer heat is that it forecasts that apple season is about here. There’s no apple in the world, that I’ve been to, that equals a New England apple.
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Tags: apples·New England·Sabbathday Lake
“Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, the graduations, the weddings, not the great goals achieved. The real milestones are less prepossessing. They come to the door of memory unannounced, stray dogs that amble in, sniff around a bit and simply never [...]
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Tags: grandbaby·life·mowing·quote
I love this photo I caught in Maine at the “Blast from the Past” diner. We were just passing by on our way to Sabbathday Lake and there was a Friday night car show. See what you miss when you use the byways instead of the highways?!
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Tags: car show·diner
It’s taken me more than 4 days to get organized to get this posted! Last week, hubby and I enjoyed four museums in as many days (and I want you to know this isn’t a record as we’ve done this many in one day in Paris!). First we went over to Williamstown MA to see [...]
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Tags: Cassat·Manet·Monet·museum·museums·Predergast·rain