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Don’t Bug Me!
Ever come across a bug in your home, not an electronic device; but one which usually has a chitinous exoskeleton, three sets of legs and body parts, with two antennae? Then there are centipedes, spiders and millipedes, something that isn’t … Continue reading
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Throwback Thursday: The Look
Holidays always bring on reminiscing, especially about those who are no longer with us. To buffer the sadness felt for their absence in one’s life, it’s often best to dwell on the good times or humorous aspects from when our … Continue reading
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Tagged baggy pants, British Invasion, brother, Cloud Nine, contemporary, Dad, father, fire-breathing dragon, hackensack, holidays, Humor, iron maiden, Kelly, Main Street, memories, Mod, mother, nun, Packard-Bambergers, pop, reminiscing, Rocker, sadness, Sears and Roebuck, The Look, The Who, twisted sister
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Spring is Eternal
Today’s the ninth anniversary of my father’s death. I was going through some old pictures yesterday, reminiscing about him, my youth, the unusual circumstances that surrounded my mother’s untimely demise, and his unbefitting parting from this dimensional plane. Mother’s Day … Continue reading
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Tagged Bergen Pines Hospital, birthday, canada, Cancer of the Uterus, Dad, death, hackensack, Labor Day, lee, Leona, mom, mum, pop, Québec, reminiscing, Ridgefield Park, rooming house, Sam's Saloon, waitress, wheel of fortune
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A Bittersweet Memoir of Montmartre
Brilliant memories of the wonderful times spent in a delightful, historic city overseas has filled this aperiodic world-traveler’s thoughts recently with too few days of boundless joy, rousing merriment and zestful wanderlust to boot. I’ve been rummaging through a battery … Continue reading
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Tagged bloodshed, Butte Montmartre, carnage, communards, eiffel tower, firing squads, france, French History, French restaurant, Germans, gypsum mines, insurrection, insurrectionists, la Basilique du Sacré-Coeur, memories, Montmartre, National Assembly, paris, Paris Commune, Parisians, photos, Provisional Army, Prussians, reminiscing, uprising, Versailles, vincent van gogh, wanderlust
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