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Opinionated writer with hopes for a better future for all plus a big helping of skepticism about humanity.
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“VERY INSPIRING BLOGGER AWARD” – An honor and a privilege …
— First of all, thank you to Bette Stevens of 4WRITERSANDREADERS who has honored me with the Very Inspiring Blogger Award. This means a lot to me. As I go about my daily life, paying bills, figuring out how we’re going… Read More ›
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“Lincoln” is amazing on so many levels.
It’s exactly what you hope for in a historical movie … and so very rarely get. Spielberg not only made this wonderful movie well, he made it smart. Instead of trying to cover the entire Lincoln saga or perhaps myth,… Read More ›
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It’s that damned wormhole again …
2013 is the 50th anniversary of my high school graduation. That’s five zero. Half a century. After so many years, one might suppose my memories would be fuzzy enough that I could delude myself into believing I had fun in… Read More ›
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First snow, just a dusting …
It’s like an early warning system. It’s not really cold enough for snow to stick around, though it’s cold enough after the sun goes down to cling to tree branches and unpaved surfaces. Like powdered sugar dropped on our cake,… Read More ›
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How many states were trying to secede after the 2012 election?
Not one single state filed anything suggesting secession. Why? First, because no state government was stupid enough to lose the benefits they get from the central government. Secession is illegal. The Civil War decided the issue and there’s no going… Read More ›
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1969 – It was a very good year.
1969. It was the year I grew wings. The world spun faster and everything changed. Neil Armstrong walked on the moon in July 1969. I watched it unfold. I was a new mommy with a 2 months old baby boy. Home… Read More ›
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What’s next for small town America?
It’s lovely out today. The sun is shining. We are having one of the warm weeks we sometimes get in November. These end abruptly when the jet stream drops down from the arctic. Until then, it’s delightful, springlike with a… Read More ›
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We Have Met the Enemy and He Is Us – Walt Kelly and Pogo
“We have met the enemy… and he is us” I receive many inquiries concerning this quote, so perhaps this page will answer most questions, and explain the origins. From the foreword to The Pogo Papers, Copyright 1952-53 “The publishers of this… Read More ›
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Vegan Witches At Work
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Collateral Damage
Another anniversary of D-Day just passed. In case you didn’t notice, it was June 6, just a couple of weeks ago. We celebrate battles, invasion and victories. We honor our fighting men, our veterans and our departed soldiers. War… Read More ›
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The Last Best Autumn – 2008
I have been returning, over the years, to the same locations to shoot. If it weren’t for the data embedded in the file, I often wouldn’t be able to tell when they were taken. Except for the pictures I took… Read More ›
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Coney Island after Hurricane Sandy
See on Scoop.it – Forty Two: Life and Other Important Things CONEY ISLAND, NEW YORK—Despite rumors of looting in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, there was no evidence of mobs near the area’s famous boardwalk this afternoon. around the usually bustling… Read More ›
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Old Coney Island Impressions
Coney Island was back with new rides, glitzy, fancy and clean. They kept the boardwalk, the Cyclone, and the Wonder Wheel, but replaced the other rides and got rid the polyglot food stands, losing much of the unique atmosphere of… Read More ›
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WHERE DO THE SWANS GO?
When the wind blows, when the rain falls, when the snow piles up, where do the swans go? Do they shiver in nests beneath tall trees? Do they hide under one another’s’ broad white wings? When the lake freezes over, how do… Read More ›
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Serendipity – The Swans Are Back
So today, I took serendipitous photographs of swans on an unnamed pond on the road whose name I don’t know. The road runs between Uxbridge, through Northbridge and Whitinsville, past the old mill and the High School through Webster. I’ve never… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 