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| Howard on the box, Chey to his left on the box seat |
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| Judge Moore's famous coach that traveled to the continent, in it's hey day |
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| Deborah and Jonathan Chase dressed in period |
Madlyn enjoying the sun before lunch
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Coaching in the Berkshires
Message in a Bottle, Secrets of the Heart
When I read "Evening" by Susan Minot, I thought that my book, Secrets of the Heart, was like that, but, my book, is more than one scene in a life. Then as I read the 3rd Nicholas Sparks, I thought that my book was like that, but again, it is more than one scene in a life.
Secrets of the Heart , where more than one voice tells the story and encapsulates the growth of love in the most powerful generation that ever lived. This generation became the first of the teenagers, the first of the media controllers, they amassed hugh fortunes in great numbers, and learned to use propaganda, better than any other generation in the world.
"Secrets of the Heart", touches on the same core of emotion that you find in Nicholas Sparks, but, it goes beyond that into the background of what is happening at this pivotal time (40's and 50's) of growing up and finding love. The sounds of the time are expressed in music, which in turn represents what is happening in a culture.
"Secrets of the Heart", is a small book, loaded with emotion, the feel of the culture, the joy and pain of living and learning love. Deeply emotional, the story will bring tears to your eyes. It is available at various prices from different sellers, even an e-book. Give it a chance. I think if you enjoy Nicholas Sparks, you will like this book too.
Secrets of the Heart , where more than one voice tells the story and encapsulates the growth of love in the most powerful generation that ever lived. This generation became the first of the teenagers, the first of the media controllers, they amassed hugh fortunes in great numbers, and learned to use propaganda, better than any other generation in the world.
"Secrets of the Heart", touches on the same core of emotion that you find in Nicholas Sparks, but, it goes beyond that into the background of what is happening at this pivotal time (40's and 50's) of growing up and finding love. The sounds of the time are expressed in music, which in turn represents what is happening in a culture.
"Secrets of the Heart", is a small book, loaded with emotion, the feel of the culture, the joy and pain of living and learning love. Deeply emotional, the story will bring tears to your eyes. It is available at various prices from different sellers, even an e-book. Give it a chance. I think if you enjoy Nicholas Sparks, you will like this book too.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
9781587369957: The Soul Genome: Science and Reincarnation (Used, New, Out-of-Print) - Alibris
9781587369957: The Soul Genome: Science and Reincarnation (Used, New, Out-of-Print) - Alibris Paul's studies have led me to think more about family resemblances. My cousin Tracy looks so much like my young mother, and even me. Her sister Ann, looks like our Aunt Ann and Aunt Ann's mother. This is how the family resemblance branches out...
Pietro and Theresa had 13 children.......... among them Peter , Rose , Ann ( looks like her mother Theresa)
Peter married Rose Marie 12 children of these 2 daughters ........
Tracy.................................................................looks like Peter's sister Rose and Rose's daughter, Madlyn
Ann ...................................................................looks like Theresa ( her grandmother ) and Ann, her aunt
Is it that we have more than one life, at the same time in the same moment in time, and in other moments in time?
Pietro and Theresa had 13 children.......... among them Peter , Rose , Ann ( looks like her mother Theresa)
Peter married Rose Marie 12 children of these 2 daughters ........
Tracy.................................................................looks like Peter's sister Rose and Rose's daughter, Madlyn
Ann ...................................................................looks like Theresa ( her grandmother ) and Ann, her aunt
Is it that we have more than one life, at the same time in the same moment in time, and in other moments in time?
Saturday, September 25, 2010
"Secrets of the Heart" a novel by Madlyn Fafard
Did you ever wonder what it was like to grow up during the second world war? Did you ever wonder if other people had love troubles as bad as yours? "Secrets of the Heart", answers those questions and more.
It is a novel of love and emotions told in more than one voice. Meggie the lead character lies dying, and in her reverie she drifts off to conversations with her friends as she prepares to join them in the next life. Scenes come to life with each story telling, while emotions and universal pain are unveiled, in the secret lives of the
various voices.
Meggie touches on the miracles that are all around us, waiting to be noticed, such as her premonition of 9/11, her vision at her mother's bedside, and the dreams that answered her daughters dying wish, that they would communicate beyond the grave.
It is a novel of love and emotions told in more than one voice. Meggie the lead character lies dying, and in her reverie she drifts off to conversations with her friends as she prepares to join them in the next life. Scenes come to life with each story telling, while emotions and universal pain are unveiled, in the secret lives of the
various voices.
Meggie touches on the miracles that are all around us, waiting to be noticed, such as her premonition of 9/11, her vision at her mother's bedside, and the dreams that answered her daughters dying wish, that they would communicate beyond the grave.
Friday, September 24, 2010
Zoning, 40 B, housing
Some towns are in a dither over 40 B, they don't know how to handle them, yet, everyone wants affordable housing. Instead of panic, towns need to look at their present zoning, and consider how to clean up the areas that are now affordable, make them more attractive and perhaps change some of the zoning they have had on the books for years.
Having been in real estate for years, I still do not consider myself an expert, due to the constant flux of circumstances in the market, one has to be able to change direction constantly . Right now, some of the suggestions I have heard, make sense, such as renovation of houses in affordable areas of town.
Town can take inventory of the low tax areas, and evaluate each house as to the number of violations existing, and cost of repair and replacement. In this thoughtful manner, neighborhoods can be evaluated as to whether a zoning change would benefit the whole neighborhood. If for example the homes are on 5,000 sf lots and losing value because of run down neighborhood, new zoning could be put in place in this circumstance that would allow ( for point I am trying to make I will choose an arbitrary number)the lots to be put together to allow a developer to gather up a minimum of 30,000 sf or 6 lots on which he could build 12 units of which 4 would be affordable if the town required that. This is one solution, which is far superior to the idea of building 1 affordable in every 8 houses proposed in a subdivision. (My husband and I are proponents of low density, not over 10 to the acre if possible)
Another idea is to have the developer buy and fix up a house in an affordable area, that has multi family in existence so he could take a single family home and make it into a two family, it is a win win for the seller and the developer and the town, because it increase the value of the property, the incoming taxes to the town and solves the problem of affordable houses.
The problems are not well thought out. Affordable homes have too many strings on them now, and the ideas that have not risen to the surface are cut off, with only one approach to the problem. Everyone wants home ownership whether they can afford it or not, witness the debacle that occurred with the relaxation of the bank requirements to get a loan, and the destruction of the stock market, when these worthless loans from FNMA and Freddie Mac were packaged and sold to unsuspecting buyers all over the world.
From my perspective, as an observer who sees both sides of the coin, we need to consider more viable options and leave the doors open.
Consider this:
Zoning...........In a town that has a historic value of low priced homes, 2 acre lots do not make sense to a developer, since the cost of developing land is tremendous, with anywhere from 5- 20 plus years involved in the planning and permitting of a subdivision. Add on to this the tremendous cost of infrastructure, and road frontage for the large lots, and you price yourself out of the market. So, a low value town with big acre zoning, should re-consider the value of keeping the big lot requirement. Re-Zoning, not only the large acre requirement but looking at the town as a whole and figuring out how to improve the whole town by zoning changes that benefit all. Zoning is the very best tool any town has to improve itself. It is like having money in the bank.
Affordable homes......They can fit in any restructuring of a town, and they should be set up to be sold at some point to the people who benefit from the ability to buy one. Right now they are tied to the town who shares in the profit, rightly so, because of reduced taxes, etc. However, why not establish a value when the first owner wants to sell, and make it possible to buy out the towns share, so the first owner can stay in the house, with a process that is done through mediation and 3 real estate value experts who set the price on the house. Now the affordable housing returns to the free market, as it ages.
Affordables should always be offered in a number of ways to a developer and the most attractive way for a town to benefit, is to allow off site locations to be purchased by the developer of a subdivision. This allows the free market to work, without restriction and everyone is a winner. The seller who can not fix up his house because of lack of money, the developer that needs the credit, and the town gets a property of higher value in a low value neighborhood , that it designates as a location for rehabilitation.
The real solution is to use the money in the bank (ZONING ABILITY) to grow more money. Re evaluate the town, with a panel of people that can contribute to the thought process. In Framingham we are lucky to have the College to evaluate neighborhood values, from a non partisan point of view. Bankers can give their input as to what they consider the neighborohood loan worthiness is, now and with a zoning change. Begin by working on areas that need help to bring themselves to becoming attractive places to live. The free market could suprise you!
For an example of total dismay in the market, look at what happened to the over 55 housing. The market died, and each person who lives in an over 55 unit that wants to sell, has become trapped by the zoning restriction, in addition to a dead housing market. A double whammy!. Maybe it is time to look at that also. You can see that the market forces are always at work in an up market or a down market. The towns have to learn to keep re evaluating their zoning and improving their towns, rather than regulating and bringing more problems and higher costs.
Why do we insist on rigid zoning? Years ago, I witnessed a Texas town with open zoning, that allowed ideas to be presented to the Planning Board and through this process, the city developed. A true developer and good engineer is a design team, with a gift to look at the land and follow the design of nature, but hands are tied, by rigid laws, that cause the team to be defensive against the political onslaught of the town.
I propose that a forward looking town, consider the re evaluation of its problem areas, and decide what they would like to have happen there, including affordable houses and apartments, looked at as a group. Then allow that area to become an open zoning area, so that people that want to develop can look at the area, figure out what they can afford to purchase at market prices, and make a proposal to the town that would bring an attractive change to the area. This would allow the owners in the area to sell run down property, and the town will gain increased value property, higher taxes, and the affordables for sale and or rent would be part of the zoning package. No rigid laws, just let the market work!
Another example is to take an area of two acre lots and if someone has a large holding let it be presented in various zones....50 acres could be designed to produce.....75-100 houses in various designs, such as 26 single family in a condominium with conserved land on small lots, intermixed with affordables, a group of apartment buildings with units for rent including affordables, and perhaps 25 homes on 1/2 acre lots and another 25 homes on 1 acre lots. The land has to dictate the use and a good engineer and developer given free rein to come up with the best plan they can come up with, might surprise you, if they know up front that the proposal will accept at least a minimum of so many houses, so they are not forced to come in with 200 houses on the plan to end up with 100 houses.
Remember, affordable housing is not a gift, someone is paying all along the line. So it makes sense to have it happen as part of an improvement project for the whole town, using the free market.
Having been in real estate for years, I still do not consider myself an expert, due to the constant flux of circumstances in the market, one has to be able to change direction constantly . Right now, some of the suggestions I have heard, make sense, such as renovation of houses in affordable areas of town.
Town can take inventory of the low tax areas, and evaluate each house as to the number of violations existing, and cost of repair and replacement. In this thoughtful manner, neighborhoods can be evaluated as to whether a zoning change would benefit the whole neighborhood. If for example the homes are on 5,000 sf lots and losing value because of run down neighborhood, new zoning could be put in place in this circumstance that would allow ( for point I am trying to make I will choose an arbitrary number)the lots to be put together to allow a developer to gather up a minimum of 30,000 sf or 6 lots on which he could build 12 units of which 4 would be affordable if the town required that. This is one solution, which is far superior to the idea of building 1 affordable in every 8 houses proposed in a subdivision. (My husband and I are proponents of low density, not over 10 to the acre if possible)
Another idea is to have the developer buy and fix up a house in an affordable area, that has multi family in existence so he could take a single family home and make it into a two family, it is a win win for the seller and the developer and the town, because it increase the value of the property, the incoming taxes to the town and solves the problem of affordable houses.
The problems are not well thought out. Affordable homes have too many strings on them now, and the ideas that have not risen to the surface are cut off, with only one approach to the problem. Everyone wants home ownership whether they can afford it or not, witness the debacle that occurred with the relaxation of the bank requirements to get a loan, and the destruction of the stock market, when these worthless loans from FNMA and Freddie Mac were packaged and sold to unsuspecting buyers all over the world.
From my perspective, as an observer who sees both sides of the coin, we need to consider more viable options and leave the doors open.
Consider this:
Zoning...........In a town that has a historic value of low priced homes, 2 acre lots do not make sense to a developer, since the cost of developing land is tremendous, with anywhere from 5- 20 plus years involved in the planning and permitting of a subdivision. Add on to this the tremendous cost of infrastructure, and road frontage for the large lots, and you price yourself out of the market. So, a low value town with big acre zoning, should re-consider the value of keeping the big lot requirement. Re-Zoning, not only the large acre requirement but looking at the town as a whole and figuring out how to improve the whole town by zoning changes that benefit all. Zoning is the very best tool any town has to improve itself. It is like having money in the bank.
Affordable homes......They can fit in any restructuring of a town, and they should be set up to be sold at some point to the people who benefit from the ability to buy one. Right now they are tied to the town who shares in the profit, rightly so, because of reduced taxes, etc. However, why not establish a value when the first owner wants to sell, and make it possible to buy out the towns share, so the first owner can stay in the house, with a process that is done through mediation and 3 real estate value experts who set the price on the house. Now the affordable housing returns to the free market, as it ages.
Affordables should always be offered in a number of ways to a developer and the most attractive way for a town to benefit, is to allow off site locations to be purchased by the developer of a subdivision. This allows the free market to work, without restriction and everyone is a winner. The seller who can not fix up his house because of lack of money, the developer that needs the credit, and the town gets a property of higher value in a low value neighborhood , that it designates as a location for rehabilitation.
The real solution is to use the money in the bank (ZONING ABILITY) to grow more money. Re evaluate the town, with a panel of people that can contribute to the thought process. In Framingham we are lucky to have the College to evaluate neighborhood values, from a non partisan point of view. Bankers can give their input as to what they consider the neighborohood loan worthiness is, now and with a zoning change. Begin by working on areas that need help to bring themselves to becoming attractive places to live. The free market could suprise you!
For an example of total dismay in the market, look at what happened to the over 55 housing. The market died, and each person who lives in an over 55 unit that wants to sell, has become trapped by the zoning restriction, in addition to a dead housing market. A double whammy!. Maybe it is time to look at that also. You can see that the market forces are always at work in an up market or a down market. The towns have to learn to keep re evaluating their zoning and improving their towns, rather than regulating and bringing more problems and higher costs.
Why do we insist on rigid zoning? Years ago, I witnessed a Texas town with open zoning, that allowed ideas to be presented to the Planning Board and through this process, the city developed. A true developer and good engineer is a design team, with a gift to look at the land and follow the design of nature, but hands are tied, by rigid laws, that cause the team to be defensive against the political onslaught of the town.
I propose that a forward looking town, consider the re evaluation of its problem areas, and decide what they would like to have happen there, including affordable houses and apartments, looked at as a group. Then allow that area to become an open zoning area, so that people that want to develop can look at the area, figure out what they can afford to purchase at market prices, and make a proposal to the town that would bring an attractive change to the area. This would allow the owners in the area to sell run down property, and the town will gain increased value property, higher taxes, and the affordables for sale and or rent would be part of the zoning package. No rigid laws, just let the market work!
Another example is to take an area of two acre lots and if someone has a large holding let it be presented in various zones....50 acres could be designed to produce.....75-100 houses in various designs, such as 26 single family in a condominium with conserved land on small lots, intermixed with affordables, a group of apartment buildings with units for rent including affordables, and perhaps 25 homes on 1/2 acre lots and another 25 homes on 1 acre lots. The land has to dictate the use and a good engineer and developer given free rein to come up with the best plan they can come up with, might surprise you, if they know up front that the proposal will accept at least a minimum of so many houses, so they are not forced to come in with 200 houses on the plan to end up with 100 houses.
Remember, affordable housing is not a gift, someone is paying all along the line. So it makes sense to have it happen as part of an improvement project for the whole town, using the free market.
Monday, September 20, 2010
Amazon.com: America Alone: The End of the World As We Know It (9781596985278): Mark Steyn: Books
Amazon.com: America Alone: The End of the World As We Know It (9781596985278): Mark Steyn: Books my friend just finished reading this book, and I just finished looking at the reviews on this page at Amazon. It is a fair accounting of what is going on in the world and I liked that he said you could read this book no matter your political persuasion. I plan on reading it.
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Secrets of the Heart, book by Madlyn Fafard
WORLD WAR 2, pre-baby boomer generation ....The war made a big difference in our lives! We never forgot it and we exchanged stories with others who were children in other countries during the war.
Growing up in the United States we were lucky that we did not suffer the bombings that other children of the world had to face.
Did you ever wonder what it was like to grow up during the 2nd World War, and how did it affect the children who did? There are hidden scars. These children hold a different view of life, than the children who grew up in the baby boom years. What made the difference? The view is there in my book,
Secrets of the Heart.
We were affected by the war, though we never had bombs dropped on us in the United States! We saw, we listened, and we read the newspaper as children. We were scared for our own lives, and those of our relatives who went to war, possibly never to come home again.
Posted by madlyn at 8:29
Growing up in the United States we were lucky that we did not suffer the bombings that other children of the world had to face.
Did you ever wonder what it was like to grow up during the 2nd World War, and how did it affect the children who did? There are hidden scars. These children hold a different view of life, than the children who grew up in the baby boom years. What made the difference? The view is there in my book,
Secrets of the Heart.
We were affected by the war, though we never had bombs dropped on us in the United States! We saw, we listened, and we read the newspaper as children. We were scared for our own lives, and those of our relatives who went to war, possibly never to come home again.
Posted by madlyn at 8:29
Breadman bread making machine
The other day I decided to try the bread mix at whole foods. I followed the directions and it looked pretty wet, but after an hour it had risen and was beginning to look like it was going to be bread!
Yikes, about 10 minutes later smoke started pouring out, it had boiled over and now I need a new machine! So I am going to try this one. Any suggestions?
Yikes, about 10 minutes later smoke started pouring out, it had boiled over and now I need a new machine! So I am going to try this one. Any suggestions?
Thursday, September 16, 2010
The Starseed Transmissions by Ken Carey
I read this book a number of years ago and forgot about it. Then I decided to read it again, about two months ago. I was so impressed, I marked paragraphs. Now I am reading it, for the third time. It is a book that sits on the shelf and calls one back and back, to understand the nature of consciousness. "Even when you die,the entirety of your experience may be coded in the spin of electrons that make up your dust." This quote is from the book, it gives you something to think about. Stephen Hawking's new book talks of the multiverse and so does Ken Carey in this book published in 1991. It is worth reading, it grows with your mind, as you expand your knowledge, the book becomes more of a gem.
Monday, September 13, 2010
Dick Haymes - My Heart Stood Still (Rita Hayworth)
if you can not see the recording of My Heart Stood Still go to youtube, it is absolutely beautiful and so is Rita Hayworth
Ella Fitzgerald - These Foolish Things (Live! -1957)
Search Amazon.com for Ella Fiztgerald 
Ella has a nice clear sweet voice in this fabulous song .
Ella has a nice clear sweet voice in this fabulous song .
Artie Shaw Count Every Star
Search Amazon.com for artie shaw count every starThis one is hard to find. I also love Dick Haymes rendition of "My Heart Stood Still", I can not seem to post on the blog, but you can go to youtube and see it
This one is hard to find. I also love Dick Haymes rendition of "My Heart Stood Still", I can not seem to post on the blog, but you can go to youtube and see it
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Friday, September 10, 2010
Maserati Biturbo making a comeback in 2014
Maserati Biturbo making a comeback in 2014
for Maserati lovers...here is the new version
You can buy a model really inexpensive for Dad, so he can dream on it...
for Maserati lovers...here is the new version
You can buy a model really inexpensive for Dad, so he can dream on it...
Anita O'Day - A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (live in Sweden)
Anita 0'Day and Chris Connor knew how to make their voices fit jazz! They personified an era, along with the other great ladies of jazz. The Great Ladies of Jazz album is one of my favorites.
The Seth Books
You need to read the books by Jane Roberts, if you consider yourself spiritual. It is difficult to get through the comments by her husband which breaks up the spiritual information as it is being channeled, but you can read and skip the comments, then go back and read it with the comments. I have done both. I have found it most helpful to read the books more than once. Jane , as she channeled Seth, spoke of many lives all at once. This is the multiverse, our scientists are just now speaking of.
Jane was on tv one night when I was young, maybe it was in the early 1970's. I knew then that she was a sensation. However in those days my skepticism overpowered my brain, and I did not listen to her or even read her books. One day, 10 years later, my daughter mentioned Jane Roberts, when my "awakening", was beginning. Karen and I then devoured all of the Jane Roberts books, and opened our eyes to the unknown worlds. Skpticism was taking a place to the side,( of open eyes to everything, and listening to our hearts and soul's).
The fact that I read those books and then re read them helped me to identify the information in her channeling, more than once, with what is now being discovered. Believe me, I read and re read each of her books with skepticism sitting at my side, but as science proves her right more than once, you can only say, Jane Roberts was the best!
Jane was on tv one night when I was young, maybe it was in the early 1970's. I knew then that she was a sensation. However in those days my skepticism overpowered my brain, and I did not listen to her or even read her books. One day, 10 years later, my daughter mentioned Jane Roberts, when my "awakening", was beginning. Karen and I then devoured all of the Jane Roberts books, and opened our eyes to the unknown worlds. Skpticism was taking a place to the side,( of open eyes to everything, and listening to our hearts and soul's).
The fact that I read those books and then re read them helped me to identify the information in her channeling, more than once, with what is now being discovered. Believe me, I read and re read each of her books with skepticism sitting at my side, but as science proves her right more than once, you can only say, Jane Roberts was the best!
According to Hawking'a latest book there is a multiverse and more.Seth as channeled by Jane Roberts said this many years ago, that we exist in many forms and places all at one time, the same multiverse theory. I remember from reading Seth, which I pick up and re read as leisure allows, because it is a bible of sorts, to get through life with understanding that there is more than meets the eye, so go with the flow and do your best everyday to be your best! I will post the Seth books next for those of you that are interested.
Evidence for God from Science
Evidence for God from Science interesting article about the latest
"discovery" of Noah's ark.
"discovery" of Noah's ark.
WORLD WAR 2, pre-baby boomer generation
Did you ever wonder what it was like to grow up during the 2nd World War, and how did it affect the children who did? There are hidden scars. These children hold a different view of life, than the children who grew up in the baby boom years. What made the difference? The view is there in my book, Secrets of the Heart.
We were affected by the war, though we never had bombs dropped on us in the United States! We saw, we listened, and we read the newspaper as children. We were scared for our own lives, and those of our relatives who went to war, possibly never to come home again.
We were affected by the war, though we never had bombs dropped on us in the United States! We saw, we listened, and we read the newspaper as children. We were scared for our own lives, and those of our relatives who went to war, possibly never to come home again.
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Hank Williams - Hey Good Lookin'
Hank Williams and Eddie Arnold brought the sound of Country to the Northeast, and we loved it!
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Sports Car Market Magazine - Car Reviews, Buyers Guides, Automotive Auctions and more!
Sports Car Market Magazine - Car Reviews, Buyers Guides, Automotive Auctions and more!
love cars, and anything you can get your hands on about the lore of cars, this is one of the best
magazines...
love cars, and anything you can get your hands on about the lore of cars, this is one of the best
magazines...
My vintage brooch bouquet, so far | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
My vintage brooch bouquet, so far Flickr - Photo Sharing! What a fun idea, this is for a bridal bouquet.
My 2nd cousin is getting married and this is the bouquet she will carry, with memories of her Nana, and her soon to be husband's Nana. Just thought i would look and see if there were ideas on Amazon. I think a beautiful rosary in the bouquet would be super!
My 2nd cousin is getting married and this is the bouquet she will carry, with memories of her Nana, and her soon to be husband's Nana. Just thought i would look and see if there were ideas on Amazon. I think a beautiful rosary in the bouquet would be super!
Monday, September 6, 2010
Eddy Arnold - Anytime (Stereo Version)
This is the beginning of the love of western music, Gene Autry started it, and Eddy Arnold guaranteed it, for me.
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Saturday, September 4, 2010
The Great American Graffiti Race
You will never have the fun our generation had with cars, because they are different today. Boys could take the old cars apart, and cut them, put them back piece meal, and tailor them to fit their own taste. This is not available anymore unless you can find an old car that has not been chopped. These were called "chop cars" or "hot rods".
More American Graffiti 2-LP Soundtrack 1979 - Intros: Wolfman Jack
This has to be part of our history!
Goodnight My Love
I heard this song over and over, and always forgot the name of it....Finally I captured it and bought the album, love to listen to it!
The Doors - Riders on the Storm (original album version) - Music Video
What potential, what a waste to lose him so early!
Sound and Space in Renaissance Venice
Interesting thought....it appears that art and music do mimic each other. So....with this thought in mind....I read the description of this book.....
While composers of sacred music in 16th-century Venice were devising increasingly complex choral polyphony, Venetian architects began to develop new configurations of sacred space. This fascinating book explores the direct relationship between architectural design and sacred music in Renaissance Venice. Deborah Howard and Laura Moretti combine historical research into the architectural and liturgical traditions of a dozen Venetian churches with the results of a parallel series of scientific surveys and live choral experiments of the acoustic properties of the chosen buildings.
I then recalled a two hour ride last week from Maine to Mass., with the "grands" in the 20 year old's car. The music was not really music, because there was no melody, just an incessant cacophony of noise, whether drum beats, or chants of the street , that we now call music. It this is the music that is the mode of the coming society, what is the architecture of this generation going to spawn? Will we lose the grace and beauty of arches, vaulted ceilings and flowing parts, and face a revolution of angles, odd shapes and mismatches that mirrors the lack of melody, the lack of flowing sound that teases the ear to hear more?
Here is something to browse, see if you can hear the street chants and drums in the visions we are creating! Just browsing can be interesting.
While composers of sacred music in 16th-century Venice were devising increasingly complex choral polyphony, Venetian architects began to develop new configurations of sacred space. This fascinating book explores the direct relationship between architectural design and sacred music in Renaissance Venice. Deborah Howard and Laura Moretti combine historical research into the architectural and liturgical traditions of a dozen Venetian churches with the results of a parallel series of scientific surveys and live choral experiments of the acoustic properties of the chosen buildings.
I then recalled a two hour ride last week from Maine to Mass., with the "grands" in the 20 year old's car. The music was not really music, because there was no melody, just an incessant cacophony of noise, whether drum beats, or chants of the street , that we now call music. It this is the music that is the mode of the coming society, what is the architecture of this generation going to spawn? Will we lose the grace and beauty of arches, vaulted ceilings and flowing parts, and face a revolution of angles, odd shapes and mismatches that mirrors the lack of melody, the lack of flowing sound that teases the ear to hear more?
Here is something to browse, see if you can hear the street chants and drums in the visions we are creating! Just browsing can be interesting.
Friday, September 3, 2010
Scientists Take Quantum Steps Toward Teleportation : NPR
Scientists Take Quantum Steps Toward Teleportation : NPR
This ties in with a new energy healing called Matrix Engergetics
This is very surprising! Read it and follow the directions.!
This ties in with a new energy healing called Matrix Engergetics
This is very surprising! Read it and follow the directions.!
Teleportation Is Real – But Don't Try It at Home - TIME
Teleportation Is Real – But Don't Try It at Home - TIME
This should get your "kids" interested in science. Nothing is impossible in this world.
Years ago, I said out of the blue, nothing to back it up...."someday we will be able to do
what they do on Star Trek, we will be able to....say "Beam me up,Scottie" and it will happen
My friend who was much smarter than me said, "You can tell you do not know much
about science." I was really sad, to think that my imagination was shot down.
This should get your "kids" interested in science. Nothing is impossible in this world.
Years ago, I said out of the blue, nothing to back it up...."someday we will be able to do
what they do on Star Trek, we will be able to....say "Beam me up,Scottie" and it will happen
My friend who was much smarter than me said, "You can tell you do not know much
about science." I was really sad, to think that my imagination was shot down.
IBM Research: Sometimes Nature is the Best Medicine
IBM Research: Sometimes Nature is the Best Medicine: "Written by guest bloggers Prof. Marcel Jaspars and Prof. Rainer Ebel, from the University of Aberdeen At the University of Aberdeen we have ..."
The True Story of the Philadelphia Experiment 1
Here is some of what I was watching, there is more on You Tube...
The UnMuseum - The Philadelphia Experiment
http://www.unmuseum.org/philex.htm
The other night, I watched this fascinating story , on The History Channel, I think, and I could not stop watching it, as I wonder if it was possible to experiment with the Unified field theory. It appears that there are a number of unseen dimensions, so why couldn't it be possible to enter other dimensions with the right conditions. Of course death is the right condition to enter another dimension.
Now, Steven Hawking is saying that there is not a God, because there is too much redundancy in the Universe. I wonder if that reason is the right reason to believe that there is no God. It appears that redundancy is common in the universe and maybe that is God's Plan, who are we to know. Perhaps there are a number of people that exist as you, in different regions, and in different life styles, as there are other universes where we exist in other worlds...and on and on.
The other night, I watched this fascinating story , on The History Channel, I think, and I could not stop watching it, as I wonder if it was possible to experiment with the Unified field theory. It appears that there are a number of unseen dimensions, so why couldn't it be possible to enter other dimensions with the right conditions. Of course death is the right condition to enter another dimension.
Now, Steven Hawking is saying that there is not a God, because there is too much redundancy in the Universe. I wonder if that reason is the right reason to believe that there is no God. It appears that redundancy is common in the universe and maybe that is God's Plan, who are we to know. Perhaps there are a number of people that exist as you, in different regions, and in different life styles, as there are other universes where we exist in other worlds...and on and on.
The Sounds of Stars: Ringing Like a Bell : Discovery News#mkcpgn=rssnws1#mkcpgn=rssnws1#mkcpgn=rssnws1#mkcpgn=rssnws1#mkcpgn=rssnws1#mkcpgn=rssnws1#mkcpgn=rssnws1
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Interesting news about our far away world. Wonder how we can connect space sound with sound and space in renaissance Venice.???
Interesting news about our far away world. Wonder how we can connect space sound with sound and space in renaissance Venice.???
Secrets of the Heart
A novel about growing up in a New England town from the point of view of love, and how it affected the people born between the first world war and the second world war.
We were the pre- baby boomers, we got none of the credit for what came to be, but we were the ones who learned how propaganda can influence the world, from our growing up during the seond world war. It was our generation, that brought tv broadcasting to what it became by the time the baby boomers were even watching it. We were the first of the teenage cult! Sevnteen Magazine grew up with us!
We were a lost, overlooked generation that became the most powerful generation in the world, those born between the two wars. A small novel that just touches on the core of the generation, personalized by love stories.
We were the pre- baby boomers, we got none of the credit for what came to be, but we were the ones who learned how propaganda can influence the world, from our growing up during the seond world war. It was our generation, that brought tv broadcasting to what it became by the time the baby boomers were even watching it. We were the first of the teenage cult! Sevnteen Magazine grew up with us!
We were a lost, overlooked generation that became the most powerful generation in the world, those born between the two wars. A small novel that just touches on the core of the generation, personalized by love stories.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Drill Down: Going Deep With NYC’s Second Avenue Subway Project | Wired Science | Wired.com
Drill Down: Going Deep With NYC’s Second Avenue Subway Project Wired Science Wired.com
this is where my grandson Alex is working! He graduated from Wentworth and has chosen
to accept a job on this project deep underground in New York City
this is where my grandson Alex is working! He graduated from Wentworth and has chosen
to accept a job on this project deep underground in New York City
The Real Story: The Hunt for Red October: Sneak Peek - Smithsonian Channel
The Real Story: The Hunt for Red October: Sneak Peek - Smithsonian Channel This is a diversion on a rainy day,we are going to have two of them, Friday, Saturday . So, let the hurricane run by and sit back, enjoy the sneak peek.
This was a fabulous book, if you know someone that never saw the movie or read the book, they will really love it for a gift.
This was a fabulous book, if you know someone that never saw the movie or read the book, they will really love it for a gift.
Secrets of the Heart
Meggie Pitter grows up in Framingham, Mass., and tells her story as she lies dying, wandering between the worlds, engaged in conversation with her friends, as they too, tell her about their lives and loves
This is part of Meggie's story...remembering Christmas as a child.
Chapter 3
The Years of the Family
In the beginning, there was no big world around us. We were infants
toddlers, and then just kids. At about age four, we began to have memory.
We were under the spell of goodness until December 7, 1941.
Until that date, we knew of only one worldly event, the birth of the
Christ child in Bethlehem. Often I thought, Bethlehem sounds like “birth of
Him.” We children could relate to that far away event because Christ too,
was a child. I saw him only in that manner, when we said our prayers at
night. We loved to celebrate his birthday. Looking back, it seems that in our
innocence, we came closer than we ever would to the divine.
In those days, I imagined that everyone had a home like we did, with
a mom and dad, a family car, a dog, our own bedrooms, and an extended
family who visited at least weekly. Yes, all that and the magic of Christmas.
As we reached for the divine, Christmas fueled our imagination.
Christmas morning was spectacular. It was heralded the night before by
listening and singing along with Christmas carolers on the radio, and we
learned that it was a treasured evening. Then as we settled into the quiet of
our bedrooms, my brother and I could close our eyes and imagine where
Santa might be on his journey around the world. In this small way, we
learned to dream of the future, to meditate on something that brought love
to the children of the world.
Our home smelled like a wonderful forest. The six-foot fir, decorated and
exciting to us, nestled between the twin chairs of mom and dad. We were
lucky if it snowed so we could be transported into a world of snowy vistas
where snowflakes looked like precious lace and ice sparkled like diamonds
in a fairy kingdom bustling with Santa’s toy makers. Mom wove the stories
for us as we sat under the tree, lost in the dream she created, and our eyes
grew large with the wonders of the world.
We learned that Santa was really St. Nicolas, and he helped make all the
children of the world happy on the birthday of baby Jesus! Mom told us the
story, popular during the Depression, of “The Poor Little Match Girl.” I
wanted to hear it again and again, how she had suffered to save her mother
from starvation, but in the end had lost her own life. I cried in disbelief.
It was the beginning of learning that we had to make our own goodness
in the world. We believed in love as we hurried to bed with all the love we
had in our little hearts!
Christmas morn always dawned with the feeling of a spectacular event
about to unfold. Dad had gone to take care of the furnace. We could hear
the steam starting to ping and bang the radiators. Maybe this woke us?
Or was it the luscious smell of turkey that was wafting through the early
morning hours since mom had placed it in the oven before she went to bed?
Ah, Christmas was and always will be for children!
The magic of Christmas was even greater if Santa ate the cookies and
drank the milk we left on the kitchen table as softly falling snow blanketed
the ground around us. I thought that Santa was always better off to have
snow for his sleigh to slide on before he rose into the air.
Christmas morning, we checked the kitchen table first for crumbs then
rushed to the tree to identify our presents. In the night, frost had crept in
and left its mark on the windows. It grew almost all the way up the thin
glass to the sash. As the house began to grow warm, mom, in her special
way, captained the day, always steering a strong course through the mishaps
of conversation, interaction, and childishness.
Are we the same people who celebrated the birth of Christ by creating
the spirit of a magical time on that special day? How many times did we
recite “The Night before Christmas “with wonder and awe before that fateful
December day in 1941?
The scene melts away with the melting window frost as the steam heat
rises under the windows, blending all into the mists of the past. The water
on the windowsills is all that remains of the magical frost. Did the crying
windows know the future and begin the mourning for those special days that
would be lost forever when our small family shared an experience of love
with the world? Is family still strong enough to do that in this new world?
Movie scenes of my life flicker in my head as I recall moments in time
that never truly leave us. I first saw the jitterbug (swing) in my Aunt Mary’s
farm house kitchen. My cousin Bob was getting ready to leave for the service.
“Java Jive” blasted out of the phonograph, and Bob grabbed his girl, Beverly,
to take over the small kitchen in the most fabulous dance I had ever seen.
I could not wait to learn it!
Music was everywhere in our lives. Mom played the piano, dad, the
accordion, my brother Frank, the clarinet. I played piano and accordion.
We played and sang the songs of the time. At the end of the war, songs
with abandon became popular, like “Let it Snow, Let it Snow” by Vaughn
Monroe, and I especially remember, “Five Minutes More” by Frank Sinatra.
Love was back in the world, and we could finish growing up!
This is part of Meggie's story...remembering Christmas as a child.
Chapter 3
The Years of the Family
In the beginning, there was no big world around us. We were infants
toddlers, and then just kids. At about age four, we began to have memory.
We were under the spell of goodness until December 7, 1941.
Until that date, we knew of only one worldly event, the birth of the
Christ child in Bethlehem. Often I thought, Bethlehem sounds like “birth of
Him.” We children could relate to that far away event because Christ too,
was a child. I saw him only in that manner, when we said our prayers at
night. We loved to celebrate his birthday. Looking back, it seems that in our
innocence, we came closer than we ever would to the divine.
In those days, I imagined that everyone had a home like we did, with
a mom and dad, a family car, a dog, our own bedrooms, and an extended
family who visited at least weekly. Yes, all that and the magic of Christmas.
As we reached for the divine, Christmas fueled our imagination.
Christmas morning was spectacular. It was heralded the night before by
listening and singing along with Christmas carolers on the radio, and we
learned that it was a treasured evening. Then as we settled into the quiet of
our bedrooms, my brother and I could close our eyes and imagine where
Santa might be on his journey around the world. In this small way, we
learned to dream of the future, to meditate on something that brought love
to the children of the world.
Our home smelled like a wonderful forest. The six-foot fir, decorated and
exciting to us, nestled between the twin chairs of mom and dad. We were
lucky if it snowed so we could be transported into a world of snowy vistas
where snowflakes looked like precious lace and ice sparkled like diamonds
in a fairy kingdom bustling with Santa’s toy makers. Mom wove the stories
for us as we sat under the tree, lost in the dream she created, and our eyes
grew large with the wonders of the world.
We learned that Santa was really St. Nicolas, and he helped make all the
children of the world happy on the birthday of baby Jesus! Mom told us the
story, popular during the Depression, of “The Poor Little Match Girl.” I
wanted to hear it again and again, how she had suffered to save her mother
from starvation, but in the end had lost her own life. I cried in disbelief.
It was the beginning of learning that we had to make our own goodness
in the world. We believed in love as we hurried to bed with all the love we
had in our little hearts!
Christmas morn always dawned with the feeling of a spectacular event
about to unfold. Dad had gone to take care of the furnace. We could hear
the steam starting to ping and bang the radiators. Maybe this woke us?
Or was it the luscious smell of turkey that was wafting through the early
morning hours since mom had placed it in the oven before she went to bed?
Ah, Christmas was and always will be for children!
The magic of Christmas was even greater if Santa ate the cookies and
drank the milk we left on the kitchen table as softly falling snow blanketed
the ground around us. I thought that Santa was always better off to have
snow for his sleigh to slide on before he rose into the air.
Christmas morning, we checked the kitchen table first for crumbs then
rushed to the tree to identify our presents. In the night, frost had crept in
and left its mark on the windows. It grew almost all the way up the thin
glass to the sash. As the house began to grow warm, mom, in her special
way, captained the day, always steering a strong course through the mishaps
of conversation, interaction, and childishness.
Are we the same people who celebrated the birth of Christ by creating
the spirit of a magical time on that special day? How many times did we
recite “The Night before Christmas “with wonder and awe before that fateful
December day in 1941?
The scene melts away with the melting window frost as the steam heat
rises under the windows, blending all into the mists of the past. The water
on the windowsills is all that remains of the magical frost. Did the crying
windows know the future and begin the mourning for those special days that
would be lost forever when our small family shared an experience of love
with the world? Is family still strong enough to do that in this new world?
Movie scenes of my life flicker in my head as I recall moments in time
that never truly leave us. I first saw the jitterbug (swing) in my Aunt Mary’s
farm house kitchen. My cousin Bob was getting ready to leave for the service.
“Java Jive” blasted out of the phonograph, and Bob grabbed his girl, Beverly,
to take over the small kitchen in the most fabulous dance I had ever seen.
I could not wait to learn it!
Music was everywhere in our lives. Mom played the piano, dad, the
accordion, my brother Frank, the clarinet. I played piano and accordion.
We played and sang the songs of the time. At the end of the war, songs
with abandon became popular, like “Let it Snow, Let it Snow” by Vaughn
Monroe, and I especially remember, “Five Minutes More” by Frank Sinatra.
Love was back in the world, and we could finish growing up!
Monday, August 30, 2010
Blue Man Group | About Charles Playhouse
Blue Man Group About Charles Playhouse This is the old Storyland that was part of Boston nightclubs scene.
Earl Bostic great sax player
We went to see him at Storyland, in Boston, when we were teens! Between Storyland and The Totem Pole, we had music. I remember going on a date to Storyland to see Gene Krupa, and Ella Fitzgerald , too!
Saturday, August 28, 2010
www.philipssteel.
http://www.philipssteel/. If you are going to Arcadia National Park, or MtDesert Island, please stop in the Salty Dog Gallery and see our friend Phil Steel, his art work is great.
Phil has been painting forever, in his early life he was an architect, but the lure of painting captured him forever.
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Silvana Mangano (non dimenticar) from ANNA movie of 1951
Wow this is hard to find, a great picture with wonderful music, like( Non Dimenticar)
"Undaunted Courage", Stephen Ambrose(The best land bargain ever made)
On July 4, 1803 President Thomas Jefferson, declared the Louisiana Purchase was completed. 825,000square miles doubling the size of the country for a price of about fifteen million dollars. This was the best land bargain ever made...(.from Undaunted Courage, Stephen Ambrose) page 13
Esther Williams: Princess Mermaid
Little girls have hero's too! At least we did at one time, Sonia and skating, Esther and swimming was all I thought about! Little did I know that the practice it took to get them there was not to be for me. But, they kept me dreaming and practicing with my friends, Arlene, Lorraine, Madeline and Marie on Lake Waushakum
Sun Valley Serenade - Sonja Henie & John Payne
What a hero I had in Sonia, the small agile skater, I dreamed of being able to do all the moves, but something happened, and I finally realized, all I could do was dream.
Is this a no brainer!
Just saw a refinance rate of 3.25%.....wow! If you can get that on your home, why bother to sell it. Just refinance, and rent the older home, buy a new home with the cash you took out! How can you beat that?
Thirteenth Tale, The Forgotten Garden, 2 books for fast readers!
The Thirteenth Tale.....................................
Guarantee you will want to keep reading to the end! I read it in two days, and all the time I was reading , I thought I might have read it before. There was a story I read recently, that had a cottage hidden in the woods behind a wall on the estate. The setting of that book, was so similar, that I almost gave up the story, because I felt I had been there. I just looked back, and the book I think this book reminded me of is "The Forgotten Garden".
Guarantee you will want to keep reading to the end! I read it in two days, and all the time I was reading , I thought I might have read it before. There was a story I read recently, that had a cottage hidden in the woods behind a wall on the estate. The setting of that book, was so similar, that I almost gave up the story, because I felt I had been there. I just looked back, and the book I think this book reminded me of is "The Forgotten Garden".
Cash is King!
Money in the bank is hardly worth having there! Where have you got cash? Many people after living in a home for 20 years or more have a home that is paid for. You can borrow on the equity of that home for under 4%, I saw 3.75% advertised! Try to get that cheap a loan in the future!
So here is what to think about! See what you can borrow on the equity in your home. If you can borrow $200,000 or more, look around for a new house that is selling reasonable in this market. Why new? New homes have a 20 year overall life, whereas an older home has various components nearing the end of their life.
Look at the history of the real estate market, back in the last big dip, early 80's a house advertised for $495,000 sold for just under that amount. Today the house is worth at least $1.2 -$2 million dollars, waterfront at the Cape with indoor pool, 5 acres of land, ( I am holding the value down)...
Houses we sold at that time sold for $49,990 and today they are in the $300,000's....even in this down swing and in spite of the fact that they are 30 years old.....where else can you make that kind of money?
Some buyers have even taken a loss on their old house, to get into a new house, that has shown extra value, by the new pricing the builders are offering, just to keep their employees working!
If you can work the numbers or not, talk to mortgage officers, talk to real estate people and look around. Some homes are renting for $2500 a month. What is your house worth for a monthly rent?
Anyway, you should come and see our bargain pricing for new homes. If you do not see the house you want in the town you want, make an offer and let us respond. All our models are available on lots in any town where they will fit, but each town is priced different, depending on the value of the land....
If you don't live near us, take advantage of this thinking and do the research, you might end up with a new home. Make sure that you check all the pros and cons, and have some cash in the bank for fall back!
So here is what to think about! See what you can borrow on the equity in your home. If you can borrow $200,000 or more, look around for a new house that is selling reasonable in this market. Why new? New homes have a 20 year overall life, whereas an older home has various components nearing the end of their life.
Look at the history of the real estate market, back in the last big dip, early 80's a house advertised for $495,000 sold for just under that amount. Today the house is worth at least $1.2 -$2 million dollars, waterfront at the Cape with indoor pool, 5 acres of land, ( I am holding the value down)...
Houses we sold at that time sold for $49,990 and today they are in the $300,000's....even in this down swing and in spite of the fact that they are 30 years old.....where else can you make that kind of money?
Some buyers have even taken a loss on their old house, to get into a new house, that has shown extra value, by the new pricing the builders are offering, just to keep their employees working!
If you can work the numbers or not, talk to mortgage officers, talk to real estate people and look around. Some homes are renting for $2500 a month. What is your house worth for a monthly rent?
Anyway, you should come and see our bargain pricing for new homes. If you do not see the house you want in the town you want, make an offer and let us respond. All our models are available on lots in any town where they will fit, but each town is priced different, depending on the value of the land....
If you don't live near us, take advantage of this thinking and do the research, you might end up with a new home. Make sure that you check all the pros and cons, and have some cash in the bank for fall back!
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Ella Fitzgerald - A-Tisket, A-Tasket
This early Ella is wonderful!
The day the Music Died, Ella Fitzgerald, her fan club site....is worth a visit.
The day the Music Died, Ella Fitzgerald, her fan club site....is worth a visit.
http://www.zipcar.com/bosweb/
Zip Car, the answer to your emergency need for a car! Have you seen them around town yet. I saw them in Boston, and in Newport, Rhode Island.
BOOGIEWOOGIE.wmv
Well watching this, I think you can understand why I had to have both hips replaced! Wish I could have danced like this!
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Real Estate Tips
Search Amazon.com for uxbridge, MassDid you know you can borrow money on your existing house for less than you can get a loan on a new home? I have seen ads that say 3.75%....so I was thinking, about it. If you want a new home, and your present home is paid for, then the way to get the new home is to borrow the equity in your old home.
Maybe you can then have your cake and eat it too! One thing, most everyone agrees on, is that the interest rates right now are the best !
So, if you are thinking about trying this....we have a new plan called the Duchess,one story 2 car garage 2 bedrooms on the first floor, and the American, this too has 2 bedrooms on first floor, 2 car garage and you can buy these new models in Uxbridge, in the low to mid $200,000.00 price range. Our prices start at $199,990, so how can you go wrong. Of course you will lease out your old house, until the market returns!
If you need to be near Route 495, just minutes away, ask about Holden , Mass. you can buy one of these new styles in the mid $200,000's...just come and see us...
Call us about building a house for you in one of our many locations around MetroWest, Boston area, we have 9 locations and price ranges fromthe $200,000's to million plus. 508-881-6662
Did you know you can borrow money on your existing house for less than you can get a loan on a new home? I have seen ads that say 3.75%....so I was thinking, about it. If you want a new home, and your present home is paid for, then the way to get the new home is to borrow the equity in your old home.Maybe you can then have your cake and eat it too! One thing, most everyone agrees on, is that the interest rates right now are the best !
So, if you are thinking about trying this....we have a new plan called the Duchess,one story 2 car garage 2 bedrooms on the first floor, and the American, this too has 2 bedrooms on first floor, 2 car garage and you can buy these new models in Uxbridge, in the low to mid $200,000.00 price range. Our prices start at $199,990, so how can you go wrong. Of course you will lease out your old house, until the market returns!
If you need to be near Route 495, just minutes away, ask about Holden , Mass. you can buy one of these new styles in the mid $200,000's...just come and see us...
Call us about building a house for you in one of our many locations around MetroWest, Boston area, we have 9 locations and price ranges fromthe $200,000's to million plus. 508-881-6662
Monday, August 23, 2010
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Jazz Lost and Found - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com
Jazz Lost and Found - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com: "Jazz Lost and Found"
Great page to get a sampling of what it was like to live in the Jazz Age!
Great page to get a sampling of what it was like to live in the Jazz Age!
Monday, August 16, 2010
Facebook (100) | Dalai Lama
Facebook (100) Dalai Lama this is such a help for people that have trouble getting calm and staying calm.
Think about somone else's problems, say prayers, divert attention in many ways, clean your closet,
under your sinks, your car, but change the focus and you will learn to handle life better.
Think about somone else's problems, say prayers, divert attention in many ways, clean your closet,
under your sinks, your car, but change the focus and you will learn to handle life better.
Free statins with fast food could neutralize heart risk, scientists say
Free statins with fast food could neutralize heart risk, scientists say
this is great news, a statin included with your ingestion of forbidden foods!
I love fried clams, hopefully, we can eat them more than once a month in summer!
this is great news, a statin included with your ingestion of forbidden foods!
I love fried clams, hopefully, we can eat them more than once a month in summer!
Saturday, August 14, 2010
The MetroWest News,(The Framingham News), the paper and growing up!
When I was growing up, a newspaper was suppose to print news. The Framingham News was careful not to hurt the feelings of the people in town, as they printed stories,and news. Everyone in the neighborhood got the paper.My younger brother was a paper boy, he made a small amount of money each week for delivering the paper by bike. When he was sick, I had to do the delivery for him. The paper had to be delivered just as the mail had to be delivered.
The postman for our neighborhood, though I can't rember his name, was a daily fixture, alive in my mind, as he walks down Hollis Street, and Waushakum Blvd, where I lived on the corner. Somehow in my mind the news paper and the mail were interlinked., they both connected us to the world. Air Mail brought news of my uncles fighting in the war, news that they were okay! Mornings the paper would arrive in a stack outside our door, while the dew was still on the grass. Frank, my brother, would put them in a special bag used to fold them for delivery then he would jump on his bike pedalling off as fast as he could, and I would read the paper!
It was important that I got the paper first. It was full of so much "stuff", not only the "funnies", but what was happening in the world. The war was ending, and peace was coming to us forever and ever! I was so glad that we would never have another war,(I thought). I learned so many important things in the paper, I learned patriotism, from reading about the difficulties and dangers of war. I wanted to become a double agent and help our country win the war. After looking up in our newspaper, the latest movies playing in our town, I was off to the movies, to the Hollis Theater, the St George, or the Gorman. Yes, we had three theaters in our small town.
Tears come to my eyes now, writing this , as I watch out of the corner of my eye, a televised movie of my childhood, The Halls of Montezuma, yes, those days of war as a child protected in this country, still cause a great pain in my heart.
In my book , Secrets of the Heart, the character Meggie talks about growing up in Framingham , about the newspaper and the war. It was a period that no one can forget! The newspaper was our link to the world, along with the mail and radio, news commentator, Gabriel Heater that Mom and Dad listened to nightly and our President Franklin Roosevelt. Yes, I heard the words, "This is a day that will live in infamy", as President Roosevelt announced the attack on Pearl Harbor.
We depended on these links, to help us overcome our broken hearts. My uncles, went to war, they came home all of them, bringing ribbons of valor, a few were wounded, our family experienced many of the terrors, yet, we survived while clinging to our major link to the outside world, The Framingham News.
In my opinion the local newspaper can become important again, because there is a gap in the news. International news is not important anymore in the local papers, that is available on television, and internet. The gap in news is what is happening locally. People are naturally interested in what is going to reduce or increase their taxes. What is going on and how deep can you penetrate to find out that unnecessary burdens are being imposed on new ventures, costing jobs, loss of expansion . Towns and their representatives need accountability and journalists can bring that to the attention of the local newspaper readers.
Maybe it will come to be, who knows? Will our children hurry to read the newspaper before we get it, at the end of the day? I would like to hope so, maybe we can make them important in the local news, not just as athletes but as students., volunteers, and government trainees?
The postman for our neighborhood, though I can't rember his name, was a daily fixture, alive in my mind, as he walks down Hollis Street, and Waushakum Blvd, where I lived on the corner. Somehow in my mind the news paper and the mail were interlinked., they both connected us to the world. Air Mail brought news of my uncles fighting in the war, news that they were okay! Mornings the paper would arrive in a stack outside our door, while the dew was still on the grass. Frank, my brother, would put them in a special bag used to fold them for delivery then he would jump on his bike pedalling off as fast as he could, and I would read the paper!
It was important that I got the paper first. It was full of so much "stuff", not only the "funnies", but what was happening in the world. The war was ending, and peace was coming to us forever and ever! I was so glad that we would never have another war,(I thought). I learned so many important things in the paper, I learned patriotism, from reading about the difficulties and dangers of war. I wanted to become a double agent and help our country win the war. After looking up in our newspaper, the latest movies playing in our town, I was off to the movies, to the Hollis Theater, the St George, or the Gorman. Yes, we had three theaters in our small town.
Tears come to my eyes now, writing this , as I watch out of the corner of my eye, a televised movie of my childhood, The Halls of Montezuma, yes, those days of war as a child protected in this country, still cause a great pain in my heart.
In my book , Secrets of the Heart, the character Meggie talks about growing up in Framingham , about the newspaper and the war. It was a period that no one can forget! The newspaper was our link to the world, along with the mail and radio, news commentator, Gabriel Heater that Mom and Dad listened to nightly and our President Franklin Roosevelt. Yes, I heard the words, "This is a day that will live in infamy", as President Roosevelt announced the attack on Pearl Harbor.
We depended on these links, to help us overcome our broken hearts. My uncles, went to war, they came home all of them, bringing ribbons of valor, a few were wounded, our family experienced many of the terrors, yet, we survived while clinging to our major link to the outside world, The Framingham News.
In my opinion the local newspaper can become important again, because there is a gap in the news. International news is not important anymore in the local papers, that is available on television, and internet. The gap in news is what is happening locally. People are naturally interested in what is going to reduce or increase their taxes. What is going on and how deep can you penetrate to find out that unnecessary burdens are being imposed on new ventures, costing jobs, loss of expansion . Towns and their representatives need accountability and journalists can bring that to the attention of the local newspaper readers.
Maybe it will come to be, who knows? Will our children hurry to read the newspaper before we get it, at the end of the day? I would like to hope so, maybe we can make them important in the local news, not just as athletes but as students., volunteers, and government trainees?
Friday, August 13, 2010
Obituaries
George Ralph DiCenzo, of Washington Crossing
Published: Thursday, August 12, 2010
George Ralph DiCenzo of Washington Crossing, died Monday, Aug. 9, 2010 at St. Mary Medical Center, Middletown Township. He was 70.
He was the beloved husband of 11 years to Donna Artz-DiCenzo.
Born in New Haven, Conn., he was the son of the late George and Lucy Rourke DiCenzo.
Mr. DiCenzo was in show business for more than 30 years with extensive film, TV, stage and commercial credits. He was a graduate of Union College in New York and the Yale Drama School.
Mr. DiCenzo was an acting teacher in Philadelphia and New York City for many years. He appeared in many feature films, guest-starred in a wide variety of TV shows and appeared on Broadway. His voice was heard on many commercials, cartoon series and books on tape. He enjoyed Culinary Expression, watching football and was an avid reader. He will be deeply missed by his family, friends and admiring fans and respected colleagues.
In addition to his beloved wife Donna, he is survived by his dearest son George DiCenzo Riedel and his wife Suzanne of Ruxton, Md., his sister Margherita Jelinek of Henderson, Nev., and his three grandchildren, Megan, Sarah and Madison Riedel.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend his viewing Thursday, August 12 from 2 p.m. until his funeral service at 4 p.m. at the Joseph A. Fluehr III Funeral Home, Richboro.. Interment will be private.
In lieu of flowers, contributions in his memory may be made to A Women’s Place, P.O. Box 299, Doylestown 18901.
George Ralph DiCenzo, of Washington Crossing
Published: Thursday, August 12, 2010
George Ralph DiCenzo of Washington Crossing, died Monday, Aug. 9, 2010 at St. Mary Medical Center, Middletown Township. He was 70.
He was the beloved husband of 11 years to Donna Artz-DiCenzo.
Born in New Haven, Conn., he was the son of the late George and Lucy Rourke DiCenzo.
Mr. DiCenzo was in show business for more than 30 years with extensive film, TV, stage and commercial credits. He was a graduate of Union College in New York and the Yale Drama School.
Mr. DiCenzo was an acting teacher in Philadelphia and New York City for many years. He appeared in many feature films, guest-starred in a wide variety of TV shows and appeared on Broadway. His voice was heard on many commercials, cartoon series and books on tape. He enjoyed Culinary Expression, watching football and was an avid reader. He will be deeply missed by his family, friends and admiring fans and respected colleagues.
In addition to his beloved wife Donna, he is survived by his dearest son George DiCenzo Riedel and his wife Suzanne of Ruxton, Md., his sister Margherita Jelinek of Henderson, Nev., and his three grandchildren, Megan, Sarah and Madison Riedel.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend his viewing Thursday, August 12 from 2 p.m. until his funeral service at 4 p.m. at the Joseph A. Fluehr III Funeral Home, Richboro.. Interment will be private.
In lieu of flowers, contributions in his memory may be made to A Women’s Place, P.O. Box 299, Doylestown 18901.
Click here: George Ralph DiCenzo, of Washington Crossing - Obituaries - Bucks Local News
Click here: George Ralph DiCenzo, of Washington Crossing - Obituaries - Bucks Local News
It was with sadness, that I learned today that George DiCenzo had passed on. He was cheerful and full of life and excitement. His acting classes loved him . I will send the link to his acting studio , so you can read the commernts. Dark Shadows will always be associated with George as will the movie Helter Skelter
It was with sadness, that I learned today that George DiCenzo had passed on. He was cheerful and full of life and excitement. His acting classes loved him . I will send the link to his acting studio , so you can read the commernts. Dark Shadows will always be associated with George as will the movie Helter Skelter
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Lenny Breau_On Green Dolphin Street
I love this song by Mel Torme, but Lenny Breau has a great recording...
Lenny Breau_Chet Atkins_Taking a Chance On Love
I always loved this song by Ella Fitzgerald, so here is Lenny B and Ella is next
And The Angels Sing,Ziggy Elman with Tommy Dorsey
\bet you don't know this one....he played with Tommy Dorsey and it was a major hit!
Django Reinhardt - J'attendrai Swing 1939
I can not resist this song, it has been blogged before by me, but I could listen to it over and over
Django Reinhardt - Nuages one more time, could not resist
I could not resist one more by Django....you got to love him!
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