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Dead or Alive?

Botany is used to illustrate points in many passages in the Bible. God uses grass, lilies, fig trees, seeds, weeds, and grapevines to make allegorical references to the way our lives are lived. I’d learned of this old grape variety … Continue reading

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The Homeless Celebrity

When you grow up in Los Angeles, you experience lots of chance encounters with actors, rock stars, news personalities and the like. There’s also a lot of “local color” – local characters who make the street scene interesting. Venice Beach … Continue reading

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s’looF s’lirpA

April 1st is the holiday for tomfoolery. Merry pranksters never rue this day. Uncertainty surrounds the origins of the designation of April 1st as a day to pull shenanigans and practical jokes with impunity. Iran has a practical joke day … Continue reading

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The Breakaway

It was March of 2010.  I took my daughter to the Pittsburgh Zoo.  We’d been reading about polar bears, and she wanted to see one for real.  The trip seemed like a good remedy for the many cold days we … Continue reading

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Ever Green

I find St. Patrick, the Patron Saint of Ireland and engineers, fascinating.  Facts about his age, his birthplace and the events of his life are uncertain and the subject of much debate.  We do know Patrick was born the son … Continue reading

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Slow Food

Do you have fond memories that are associated with the enjoyment of food?  After busy, fast paced weeks of school activities and parents working long and changing shifts, I loved the opportunities weekends gave us to slow down, to break … Continue reading

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Boxes

It seems like life is made-up of all kinds of boxes.  There are lunch boxes that sometimes contain juice boxes.  There are check boxes on forms, drop boxes at video rental stores, squawk boxes at drive-throughs, kill boxes on battle … Continue reading

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Those Little Hearts

It’s almost Valentine’s Day again and that means candy!  The choices used to be pretty limited; a rectangular box of chocolates or a heart shaped box of chocolates.  These usually had to be purchased at a candy store or a … Continue reading

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Popcorn Nation

How do I love my popcorn?  Let me count the ways.  I like caramel kettle corn, cheesy popcorn, Frank’s Red Hot with garlic popcorn, dark chocolate & sea salt kettle corn and good old fashioned movie theater style buttered popcorn.  … Continue reading

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Stuck in Traffick

I used to have a half-hour commute to work.  Most of that drive was on the Cleveland Memorial Shoreway, aka “The Shoreway”, which was comprised of Ohio Route 2, US Routes 6 and 20 and Interstate 90.  Since I drove … Continue reading

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