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I like knowing that there are certain things in this world of ours that I can rely on — like the changing seasons and that spring invariably follows winter. Though I can’t tell from looking out my window that spring is here, I have smelled it in the air for the past few weeks. And,… more »
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Yes, it’s another 50 year anniversary post. Do you know which one? March 13, 1969 — ring any bells? No? Welcome to today’s real topic: How easily we forget. Fifty years ago today, Apollo 9 returned to earth. “Which one was Apollo 9,” you ask? Not the one that went all the way to the… more »
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For the past six years, I’ve surveyed my blog subscribers annually to help me get a better idea who they are, what they want from my blog, and how I will keep them coming back (and bringing their friends). I’ve learned much from those responses over those years and I look forward to seeing what… more »
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I set out wanting to better understand a holiday that is celebrated in my own backyard, yet is one I know very little about: Ash Wednesday In the process I found myself thinking once again about the the churches I attended as a child and the neighborhoods I once lived in.  I spent a few… more »
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Those of you who follow the Comments on my blog probably saw this one I left on last week’s post where Lindsay de Feliz was my guest: Many of you who knew Lindsay already, knew of her ordeal at the hands of an armed robber in her home two weeks ago. In its wake, she… more »
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This week’s Two-For-Tuesday prompt from Rae at Rae’s Reads and Reviews is Two books that help you sleep at night This was the hardest prompt of the four for me because, simply, books don’t help me sleep.  Melatonin does or a glass of red wine. If a book did start to put me to sleep, I’d put the… more »
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  I’ll post her bio and her blog links below. Without further ado (I love saying that) I bring you Lindsay de Feliz.   Adapting to the culture of the Dominican Republic and reverse culture shock when returning to the UK I arrived in the Dominican Republic in November 2001 to begin a six-month contract… more »
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Today’s prompt, from Rae, theeducatednegra, who introduced it last month on her Rae’s Reads and Reviews is Two books that remind you of someone The first two prompts, two that taught me something (week 1) and two that helped me fall in love with reading (week 2) were easy, particularly last week’s. This week, two books that… more »
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Have you wondered as I have why February was chosen as the month to honor African-Americans? Actually, I wonder, when choice is involved, why anything is celebrated in winter. Celebrations, to me, are best exercised outdoors, in the sun, with balmy breezes blowing.  But, I was not consulted, so February it is. Officially established in… more »
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