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Monthly Archives: March 2014
The (Three Dimensional) Image of a Being
For millennia, man has been creating sculpted, carved, and cast representations of people and animals. No matter where in the world you go, you will find statues. These pieces were made for various reasons, but many of them are designed to … Continue reading
Posted in Recipes, Travelogues
Tagged Hawaii, lifestyle, Montreal, photography, Rodin, Statues, Weekly Travel Theme
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Beautiful Gardens, Elusive Dreams
OK, I confess. I had a sort of nerdy childhood. The heroes I hungrily read about were composers, artists, writers, kings and queens. My mother was particularly fascinated by Henry VIII and his family, the Tudors. She told us stories … Continue reading
Posted in Photo Challenges, Recreation, Travelogues
Tagged Gardens, Hampton Court, Henry VIII, lifestyle, photos, Tudors, Weekly Travel Theme
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Temptation and Sacrifice
For years, our friends bought calendars, boy scout light bulbs and popcorn, school music program candy bars, and any number of other tempting and whimsical things from our children and grandchildren when they were fundraising. Girl Scout cookies are my … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Giving Back, Ruminations
Tagged Diet, Girl Scout cookies, God's Will, lifestyle, Sacrifice, Temptation, Weekly Travel Theme
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Ancient, Abandoned, and Repurposed
I’m not always a fan of the way we design new words in English. It’s sometimes a little grating, for example, when we make nouns into verbs. But one of those expressions has caught my eye quite a bit in … Continue reading
Posted in Photo Challenges, Retirement itself, Ruminations
Tagged Abandoned, aging, Ancient, lifestyle, Re-Purposed, Sense of purpose, Usefulness
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