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UP IN SMOKE!
First, a Hurricane Dorian Update since it was the topic of my last posting…Lucky us, we may have dodged a bullet as the latest tracking has Dorian heading north. This means we will not get the brunt of the storm, … Continue reading
Posted in consumerism, death, health, history, lifestyle, media, Uncategorized
Tagged advertising, breathing, cancer, cigarettes, congestion, coughing, culture, health, history, lung cancer, medical, nicotine, smoking, tobacco
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WHAT DREAMS WERE MADE OF
I do not remember where I was on November 25, 1946. Afterall, I was only a few months past my first birthday. But thanks to my dad’s sense of history he put away that week’s edition of LIFE Magazine, its … Continue reading
Posted in aging, consumerism, Family, lifestyle
Tagged American Dream, economy, Family Dream, history, household goods, Life Magazne, Material goos, nostalgia, photographs, Post World War II
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The Big Move, on again!
Two months back, Rosemarie and I were in the process of packing up the house and preparing to sell it and move to a smaller place. It’s a common exercise many of us our age go through when we realize … Continue reading
Posted in moving, travel
Tagged boxes, Family, GARAGE SALE, history, MEMORABELIA, memories, moving, MOVING VAN, packing, PURGING, walking, WORLDLY GOODS
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MY MYSTERY FAMILY PHOTOS
I have been going through some of those packed-away boxes we all keep stored and hidden on the top shelf of a closet. Some day, we tell ourselves, we will go through them and get them all organized…but that never … Continue reading
Posted in Dress, Family, history, lifestyle, photography, whimsy
Tagged ancestors, antique cars, Family, history, nostalgia, photo album, photographs, photos, pictures, relatives, vintage photos
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GOODBYE SEARS!
Goodbye Sears. Thanks for all the good things you sold me. It’s almost un-American to even think you may not be around much longer after some 130 years. I know, it’s been a slow death. Sears has been trying … Continue reading
A GLORIOUS DAY!
Today is May 12th. It’s not a particularly outstanding date on the calendar. I looked it up and, of course, there were some historical events that took place on this day. Here are some of the highlights: Race car driver … Continue reading
Posted in Family, history, life
Tagged adulthood, age, aging, being born, benchmark, birth, birthday, celebration, childhood, day in history, dyslexia, Family, growing older, happy birthday, history, Lifetime, senior citizen
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IT’S ALL IN THE GENES
A few months back I spit into a small tube and mailed it off to Ancestry.com which promised to trace my genetic history back to oblivion and beyond…or somewhere around that time. As a result, my eastern European Jewish background … Continue reading
Posted in Family, history, WHATEVER!
Tagged ANCESTRY, Baltimore, distant relatives, Family, family history, genes, genetics, history, lookalikes, relatives, trains, world war I
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MY “BEST SELLER” KEEPS SURPRISING ME!
I do not sell many books and if I were a girl scout I would most certainly stick to peddling cookies. But I did not start out publishing books with the intent of making a gazillion dollars and seeing my … Continue reading
Posted in WRITING
Tagged author, best seller, book, book excerpt, history, journal, journal keeping, the pope's stone, writer, writing
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SHEDDING NEW LIGHT ON HISTORY
The first history lesson taught to most true red-white-and-blue-blooded kids tells the story about the country’s Founding Fathers gathered together at Independence Hall in Philadelphia on July 4th, 1776. There they signed the document that declared our unalienable Rights, among … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Founding Fathers, history, Independence Hall, Landmarks, lights, Philadelphia, U.S. History
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Author Diaries – Part 2
For the thousands of you impatiently waiting to see if I present the second installment of my Author Diaries, well, wait no longer. You lucky people are hereby being rewarded with the long-anticipated second episode. When will this insanity stop? … Continue reading
Posted in WRITING
Tagged 1940's, authors, books, Centreville, Chesapeake Bay, Corsica River, Eastern Shore, fiction, historical fiction, historical novel, history, ice cream, maryland, MD, novels, plot, publsihers, World War II, writers, writing, writing fiction
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