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A Connecticut Yankee

July 9, 2009 gaisheagirl

I spent the Fourth of July weekend in Connecticut.  Salisbury, to be exact; the charming town that Meryl Streep calls…

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Posted in: humor, Life, travel, Uncategorized, Words, writing Filed under: Connecticut, Conservation, Ecology, Lawns, Meryl Streep, Salisbury, Water

Mother's Day, Encore

May 22, 2009 gaisheagirl

In the history of my children’s lives, I have never been home for Mother’s Day.  This saves much angst on…

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Posted in: humor, Life, travel, Uncategorized, writing Filed under: Cards, Children, Daughters, E-Cards, Horses, Mother's Day, Riding, Riding Groups, Trail Riding, Women

Penny Postcards

May 12, 2009 gaisheagirl

  I love penny postcards.  After my grandmother died, I spent hours going through her old files and found a…

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Posted in: Life, travel, writing Filed under: Antiques, Cards, History, Penny Postcards

Striped Ice

April 20, 2009 gaisheagirl

The world is truly an amazing artist.  The photographs here are of striped icebergs.  They are formed by layers of…

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Posted in: Life, travel Filed under: Antarctica, Glaciers, Ice, Icebergs, Oceans, Striped Ice

We, The People

April 16, 2009 gaisheagirl

No matter where man is, man always finds something to love.  Sweet, salt, wine, water, beauty, truth, company, solitude, greed,…

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Posted in: Life, travel, writing Filed under: Diversity, Feeling Good, Love, music, Project FEELGOOD, Stand By Me, The World, Videos, Words

Do-Re-Me

April 12, 2009 gaisheagirl

Another installment for Project FEELGOOD: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UE3CNu_rtY] Don’t you just love Grand Central? Happy Easter!  Enjoy.

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Posted in: Life, travel, Words, writing Filed under: Dance, Do-Re-Me, Grand Central Station, humor, Julie Andrews, New York City, Project FEELGOOD

Broadway Festival

March 25, 2009 gaisheagirl

Pacific Northwest Ballet offered another great program last week with Broadway Festival.  With music from Carousel, West Side Story, Take Five, and…

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Posted in: Life, music, travel Filed under: Ballet, Broadway festival, Carousel, Dance, McCaw Hall, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Seattle, Slaughter on Tenth Avenue, Swan Lake, Take Five, West Side Story

To Merge or Not To Merge

March 19, 2009 gaisheagirl

I just spent a week in New York helping my younger daughter settle into an apartment.  Being under twenty-five years…

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Posted in: humor, Life, travel Filed under: Driving, Merging, Moving, New York

PIFF

February 9, 2009 gaisheagirl

I attended a portion of the Portland International Film Festival this weekend.  It was really a great mix of short…

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Posted in: Death, Life, movies, music, travel, Words, writing Filed under: Cannes Film Festival, Film Festivals, Greek Ilands, Love, Love Stories, Marriage, PIFF, Portland, Portland International Film Festival, Relationships, Short Films, SIFF, Tessa Papas, TriBeCa Film Festival

Lenticular Festival

January 24, 2009 gaisheagirl

Friday, December 5th, Mt. Rainier, Washington: The show was spectacular!  I’ve seen these occasionally over the years, gracing the top…

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Posted in: Life, travel, writing Filed under: Lenticular Clouds, Mt. Rainier, Seattle, Washington, weather

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