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Happy Labo(u)r Day
It was the end of the long Labor Day weekend following the yearly jaunt to Québec, Canada. Pop and his five brothers rented a space for an amusement booth—a big, annual, family tradition—at the St-Jean-sur-Richelieu Regional Labour Day Fair. They … Continue reading
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Tagged abode, canada, cancer, Dad, death, empire state building, fair, Family, father, frail, hackensack, Hackensack Medical Center, hometown, hospital, Labor Day, Labour Day, Look Homeward Angel, mother, mum, NY, NY Thruway, NYC, Palisades, pop, Québec, Rouses Point, siblings, skyline, St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Thomas Wolfe, tradition, Uncle Leon, uterus, weekend
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A Remembrance for Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day and my birthday have fallen together on the same Sunday sporadically since I can remember. On those particular days, my mother and I would share the same cake; and in one year, we shared the same present. My … Continue reading
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Tagged birthday, cancer, father, frugal, gifts, Happy, mother, Mother's Day, Remington typewriter, tightwad, tool
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Fish Oil
So I’m sitting on the throne, taking care of my morning constitutional while reading an article about how September is National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, in which it warns against popping omega-3 fish-oil globules regularly in large doses, or eating … Continue reading
Prehistoric Archaeology: A Chronicle of Nice and a Bit of Art History
Terra Amata Côte d’Azur, the region surrounding Nice, France, is considered figuratively by historians as being a paleontological primordial soup, once containing the basic ingredients for the conception of prehistoric human ancestry; deemed to be among the first human-spawning grounds … Continue reading
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Tagged alice b. toklas, alpes maritimae, Amélie Noellie Parayre, angelique, antibes, antipolis, aqueduct, archaeological, art, auberge, baltimore, cancer, Côte d'Azur, cemenelum, chantal, christian basilica, cimiez, concierge, death, dominican nun, emperor augustus, etta cone, greeks, henri matisse, Henri-Émile-Benoît Matisse, homo erectus, human-spawning grounds, la chapelle du rosaire de vence, Les-Arènes-Musée, ligures, ligurian, marguerite, marseilles, maryland, massalia, matisse museum, mats, modern art, Monastère Notre Dame de Cimiez, montparnasse, neanderthal man, nice, nice jazz festival, nikaia, nike, pablo picasso, paleontological, paper cuttings, paris, raoul dufy, rimiez, roman, roman empire, russian, terra amata, thermal-bath complex, unearthed huts, via julia
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You’ve Got Mail
Here’s something to try: stay away from your home computer or laptop for twenty-four hours while refraining from checking personal e-mail, Twitter, Facebook, the Internet, and texts on the smart phone for one day. “Not checking my Facebook or texts … Continue reading
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Tagged bangkok, cancer, congressmen, cristo f. lead, doctor, dr. alcock, e-mail, facebook, internet, laptop, neil gordon, philadelphia, supreme court of thailand, twitter, united kingdom, yahoo
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