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The Small Visitor (opens the original)
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The Small VisitorI don’t know where it came from. I pay attention, especially when driving but I didn’t see it until I was on the highway. I have to admit, I was heading to a meeting I was needlessly incredibly worried about, so I might have been a little distracted, but I use the wing mirrors on the car more than, or at least as much as I use my rearview mirror. But there it was, antennae flying around like a woman with two widely long braids throwing her hair about at a concert, knocking peopl
Persephone & Pomegranates (opens the original)
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Persephone. Stolen and imprisoned. Forced to return to her captor every winter because she ate the food of the underworld.It's interesting how every culture sees something a little differenly. Pomegranate is native to regions from Iran to Northern India, and high in antioxidants, vitamin C, and potassium. Its key benefits include improved heart health (lower blood pressure and cholesterol - which is good as I am participating in New Hampshire’s Ice Cream Trail - 55 ice creams from 55 of the 60 l
Close Encounters with the Quiet Kind! (opens the original)
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I really wanted to introduce you to Colm McDermott, flight engineer, heat and optics specialist, explorer and raconteur, but sadly he was not available but his brother Frank said he would step in.Frank is, well, Frank. A little like their other, younger, brother Harry, but not quite as bright. Frank is the middle child, and having been left to his own devices (and I am not talking smart phones, or tablets here, I am referring to analog achievements) has been experimenting with gravity. He has ev
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