Monday, July 30, 2012

ANGEL ISLAND: History and Nature in the Middle of San Francisco Bay

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Angel Island Ferry Landing and view of Visitor Center Angel Island sits in the middle of San Francisco Bay, a short ferry ride from San ...
Monday, July 23, 2012

Grinnell, Iowa: A Small Midwestern Town with Roots in the Past

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Grinnell, Iowa, 4th and Main Grinnell’s downtown, a block of mostly two-story brick storefronts,  is on the National Register of Hist...
Monday, July 16, 2012

Tidbits on Nature at Rancho La Puerto by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent (Guest Post)

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African Aloe plants decorate the path to the dining hall at Rancho La Puerta My friend Dorothy Patent is a fellow nonfiction writer ...
Monday, July 9, 2012

Fourth of July Parade, Alameda, California

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What could be a better way to celebrate the Fourth of July than going to a parade?  We spent the holiday this year in the San Francisco Ba...
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Monday, July 2, 2012

Churches of Carlisle, PA, an Introduction, by Judith Stiehm (Guest Post)

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First Presbyterian Church, Carlisle, Pennsylvania My friend Judith Stiehm is a political theorist who teaches at the Florida Interna...
Monday, June 25, 2012

Commentary by Marie Akerman on the poem "Map" by Julie Cadwallader-Staub

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We recently attended a family reunion and Art's aunt proudly shared the essay that her granddaughter, Marie Akerman, had written ...
Monday, June 18, 2012

Kitty Hawk, North Carolina: The Birthplace of Aviation

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Wilbur Wright, Kitty Hawk, NC On December 17, 1903, in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Wilbur and Orville Wright made the first powered fli...