Posted in Family, Observations, Places, genealogy on Aug 14th, 2008
Around the first week in July I replied to a post on one of my favorite genealogy web sites, Gente di Mare. One of the site’s regular contributors mentioned that he was leaving on vacation for a few weeks in Trapani. Along with adding my well wishes for a pleasant vacation, I mentioned that, coincidentally, [...]
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Posted in Fun, Places on Jul 29th, 2008
This weekend my wife and I slipped off to spend a little time with friends of ours who have built a wonderful home just off the Blue Ridge Parkway near Sparta, NC. The quilt is just one of about a hundred that were on display at the Quilt Festival. I loved the colors –reminded me [...]
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Posted in Fun, Odds & Ends, Places on May 30th, 2008
Since the completion of Triad Park, which was made possible by the collaboration of the local governments of Guilford County and Forsyth County, my wife and I have managed to establish a fairly consistent routine of exercise by walking many of the paths and trails in the park. As soon as the change from [...]
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Posted in Odds & Ends, Places on May 9th, 2008
My son snapped this photo with his cell phone while he was out walking in his neighborhood a couple of days ago. This spot is about fifty yards from his house.
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Posted in Observations, Places, Technology on Sep 4th, 2007
I posted two photographs out of literally dozens more, which were taken while hiking trails along the Blue Ridge Parkway a couple of days ago. Chetola where we are staying for most of the week does not yet offer high speed internet access. I asked a desk clerk when we arrived if there were any [...]
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