Month: November 2016
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Happy Thanksgiving
Potatoes are being mashed, turkey is being smoked, pies are ready, children are running around, beers and wine poured, mom is busy checking the last details of Thanksgiving lunch, while I quickly type this blog post before I get…
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Thanksgiving Abroad, Homeland Sweet
Thanksgiving is an American holiday. Thanksgiving celebrates the beginning of life in a new land. The seeds of friendship between two different cultures. The pilgrims and the Indians. The journey of the Mayflower. The need for one another. The…
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The Back Roads
Driving along the back roads looking for photo opts for my niece's senior graduation photo. We found a few and will drive back in the days to come. We stopped every five minutes, it was sunset with pink ribbons,…
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My Mother’s Garden
Golden straw, rusty metal, chartreuse, grey pavement… down the lane, amongst the fields, a canal running in back, Willow creek over yonder. Leaves tumbling down faster than we can rake them. My mother loves to garden, but…
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Home Made Love
After seeing many videos of my niece Marie (a Senior in high school) and my Godchild/Nephew George (a Freshman in high school) I finally saw them last night rocking out on the high school field. …