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76Copperheads and Hornet Stings
We had just moved into a big two story house with huge rooms, and fourteen acres and I loved it. We always lived in big houses as I grew up, with acres of land and lots of places to roam. My two kids each...
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70The War of the Magicians: Part 2
On the night of 4 January 1893, Joseph-Antoine Boullan was beaten by the invisible hands of fearsome hidden forces. He wrote about his presentiments to the author Joris-Karl Huysmans, who had just finished his history of satanism...
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62An Architect Reflects on 9-11
I guess that September 11, 2001, will be one of those days you will remember exactly where you were and what you were doing. Not unlike when the Challenger blew up, when President Kennedy was shot, or when...
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67The Dark Horse of Poetry Dylan Thomas
In 39 tumultuous years Dylan Thomas left his broad strokes of literary genius on the canvas of human experience. One of Dylan’s greatest achievements was lauded after his death as Under Milk Wood captivated...
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55The History of Traditions
Have you ever wondered where certain traditions originated from? Curious were certain sayings or terms came from? The following are a few that might surprise you! Back in the day, around the 1500's I would...
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54Cat Love Craziness
I have had the pleasure of being a part of a cat's household staff (because as everyone knows, cat's don't have family...they have servants) from the time I was eight years old and my sister brought home a...
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67Hampton Academy
The rumor reached my six-year-old ears long before the first day of school: my assigned first grade teacher, Miss Perry, was strict. I wasn’t sure what that meant, but it did not sound good. For one thing,...
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66ACDC Black Ice Tour 2009
ACDC Black Ice Tour 2009 A Sort of Homecoming It's maybe not full steam head for the ACDC 'Black Ice' Tour since some dates have been cancelled as lead singer Brian Johnson is resting under doctors...
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63The grey room
A fresh breeze clears perception Blowing away cobwebs of yesterday's learned culture, gained by proximity to familial nature and nurture. Art adorns our prison walls, once believed to cover natural...
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54The Internet Makes For Strange Readfellows
I began blogging in earnest when I began my website (www.somelikeitscott.com ) in August of 2006. At first it seemed like quite a solitary endeavor. (And sometimes to this very day it feels a bit the...
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