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We’re headed for Europe this summer

Starting in Nice in time for the Nice Jazz Festival, then to Paris for 2 nights and off to Amsterdam for the North Sea Jazz Festival. July 5-14, 2013…Come on along, you’ll love it and meet new people and hear

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We’re headed for Europe this summer

Starting in Nice in time for the Nice Jazz Festival, then to Paris for 2 nights and off to Amsterdam for the North Sea Jazz Festival. July 5-14, 2013…Come on along, you’ll love it and meet new people and hear

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Terry Glover

One of my dearest friends, Terry Glover has passed on to a sweeter life. I am selfishly heart broken and will miss her tremendously… our world will not be as full and beautiful without her smile. To know her is to love

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Terry Glover

One of my dearest friends, Terry Glover has passed on to a sweeter life. I am selfishly heart broken and will miss her tremendously… our world will not be as full and beautiful without her smile. To know her is to love

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My Mom, June Howes Stradford

This is my Mom when she married my Dad. She was 29 and a white woman with a very strong legacy that dates back to King Henry VIII in England. She had the audacity to marry an American Man, An

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My Mom, June Howes Stradford

This is my Mom when she married my Dad. She was 29 and a white woman with a very strong legacy that dates back to King Henry VIII in England. She had the audacity to marry an American Man, An

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Phew! What a holiday season

What a year, no wonder I’m exhausted New Years Day 2013 after falling asleep at 8pm . No partying for me, just catching up on things, sleep and movies…listening to Arthur Prysock. Moody I guess. Rest. Today is MY day.

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Phew! What a holiday season

What a year, no wonder I’m exhausted New Years Day 2013 after falling asleep at 8pm . No partying for me, just catching up on things, sleep and movies…listening to Arthur Prysock. Moody I guess. Rest. Today is MY day.

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Journeys in Life

Some journeys present themselves as adventures or a chance to visit a place one’s never been or where we feel destiny must lie.  Excitement and possibilities await us.  An opportunity to change the place we are or open up to

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Journeys in Life

Some journeys present themselves as adventures or a chance to visit a place one’s never been or where we feel destiny must lie.  Excitement and possibilities await us.  An opportunity to change the place we are or open up to

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Don’t Get Your Tinsel in A Tangle…Remember, he knows where you’ve been sleeping… Happy Holiday

..And a herd of wild Zebra maybe 50 or more stopped traffic, not that there was much, and just crossed the road, rearing their back legs if agitated.  It is just marvelous to see wild zebra.  I think I’d have

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Don’t Get Your Tinsel in A Tangle…Remember, he knows where you’ve been sleeping… Happy Holiday

..And a herd of wild Zebra maybe 50 or more stopped traffic, not that there was much, and just crossed the road, rearing their back legs if agitated.  It is just marvelous to see wild zebra.  I think I’d have

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My Beloved Turkey

This being human is a guest-house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. …Rumi If you are interested in Christianity, Islam or Mythology; Roman, Byzantine or the Ottoman

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My Beloved Turkey

This being human is a guest-house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. …Rumi If you are interested in Christianity, Islam or Mythology; Roman, Byzantine or the Ottoman