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  • Avenue of the Giants Day Trip Giant Redwoods – Wine & Cheese Tasting – Victorian Architecture – Museums – Tourist Kitsch! http://avenueofthegiants.net/Zoom/map.htm Get an early start around 8 a.m. if...

    Avenue of the Giants

    Avenue of the Giants Day Trip Giant Redwoods – Wine & Cheese Tasting – Victorian Architecture – Museums – Tourist Kitsch! http://avenueofthegiants.net/Zoom/map.htm Get an early start around 8 a.m. if...

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  • The day of Samhain, Hallow´s Eve, where the veil is the thinnest between the world of the living and those who have left their bodies – set a place setting...

    The Thin Veil Between Worlds

    The day of Samhain, Hallow´s Eve, where the veil is the thinnest between the world of the living and those who have left their bodies – set a place setting...

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  • One of my first attempts at oil pastels – I had great fun playing with the big, gooey chunks of pastels. Feet are one of those taken-for-granted sort of body...

    Beach Toes in oil pastel

    One of my first attempts at oil pastels – I had great fun playing with the big, gooey chunks of pastels. Feet are one of those taken-for-granted sort of body...

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  • My third attempt in oil pastels – a rousing success! I thought, why do just a cat portrait? Penny´s a circus performer at heart – so through the hoop she...

    Cat´s Afire!

    My third attempt in oil pastels – a rousing success! I thought, why do just a cat portrait? Penny´s a circus performer at heart – so through the hoop she...

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  • Check out this well done presentation about the controversial conflict in Spain, the Catalan desire to secede from Spain. It’s done in English and features interesting points of view, fairly...

    Spain’s Internal Conflict Explained in English!

    Check out this well done presentation about the controversial conflict in Spain, the Catalan desire to secede from Spain. It’s done in English and features interesting points of view, fairly...

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  • Poble Español is a classic 1929 “Disneyesque” village by village representation of many of the Spanish towns & villages. It is beautifully preserved, and the best thing about it is...

    Poble Español

    Poble Español is a classic 1929 “Disneyesque” village by village representation of many of the Spanish towns & villages. It is beautifully preserved, and the best thing about it is...

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  • An amazing poem that is so pertinent today - AN AWAKENED WORLD Imagine a world where land is known simply as Land ~ Not Russia or Africa, Australia or China...

    An Awakened World

    An amazing poem that is so pertinent today - AN AWAKENED WORLD Imagine a world where land is known simply as Land ~ Not Russia or Africa, Australia or China...

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  • “Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness.”  – Seneca ___ “Always be kind, for everyone is fighting a hard battle.”   – Plato ___ “Our task...

    Kindness in all Ways

    “Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness.”  – Seneca ___ “Always be kind, for everyone is fighting a hard battle.”   – Plato ___ “Our task...

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  • This photo at the top is of Poble Español, which is on the site of the 1929 Int’l Exposition, home of one of my other fav attractions, the Magic Fountain....

    1929 World Exposition site – Barcelona, Spain

    This photo at the top is of Poble Español, which is on the site of the 1929 Int’l Exposition, home of one of my other fav attractions, the Magic Fountain....

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