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a healing Dream – Donald’s dream – The Hunter
For the letter D, I would like to add a guest post. My husband Donald has a blog where he imparts his wit and wisdom about life. This particular post is so powerful, I had to share it here. A lot of you are literary minded, so I thought you would really enjoy it. You…
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Calabria, Italy
Most people are happy to have a little family history. I am an exception. As a small child, I quizzed my grandparents, immigrants all; about where they came from. They patiently repeated the answers when I asked them again and again, and it occurred to me one day, when I was a teen, I had…
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B is for Blackfooted cat
One of my favorite species of wildcat is the Blackfooted cat. Black-footed cats are described as a naturally rare species. The World Conservation Union Red List shows them as Vulnerable, with a total effective population size of less than 10,000 and declining. They may be locally common in certain localities in South Africa, but being…
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Aunt on an Automobile
Here is my Aunt Tess sitting on her husband’s Buick. I actually have more pictures of that Buick than I do anything else from that time. Cars meant a lot to my family, they were status symbols even in the 1940’s. My Aunt looks a bit like a hussy here; but she was a beautiful…
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Cormorants – Mimi tries acrylic painting
I took an Intro to Acrylic class last week, taught by Alicia Harvey, who I would recommend to anyone who wants to get a start with the acrylic medium. I sat side by side with my husband, a total beginner to the world of painting, and the two of us explored and went in completely…
Mimi Torchia Boothby
a gallery of paintings