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Yoga Sun Salutation Combined with Gratitude Prayer
Yoga sun salutation exercise combined with prayers of thankfulness. A non-denominational prayer is given for each asana in the sequence.
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Simon Andrews, Composer, and This Worldes Joie
English-born choral and orchestral composer, Simon W. Andrews, shares insights about his Christmas cantata, This Worldes Joie.
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2 Wonderful Baseball Storybooks for Elementary Age Children
Two extraordinary baseball stories at simple, readable level.
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Attract Songbirds By Filling Your Garden With Plants That Bring Birds' Favorite Food Insects
Eco ideas for choosing what trees, bushes, and flowers to put into your yard to attract birds. Simple, green, circle of life gardening idea.
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How to Change a Car Windshield Wiper J-Hook Type
Simple instructions for changing a windshield wiper blade with pictures.
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Telephone Customer Service Reps
If you hold yourself out as being able to speak English or Spanish or whatever language you choose - please be fluent and clear, without accents from your mother tongue or your region.
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High Energy Stray Rescue Kitten
True story of a talented stray kitten who charmed a neighborhood on his way to becoming a fantastic helper at Hopewell Furnace Historic Iron Plantation.
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Why I Relish Christmas
An inspiring description of many ways Christmas can be importantly fun.
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Lancaster Barnstormers Baseball in Central Pennsylvania
This minor league ball team entertains fans without excessive advertising, overly long games, or ticket prices requiring a bank loan. The Lancaster Barnstormers baseball team is an American treasure.
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Carbon Footprinter
A self-examination of my green-ness in the face of global warming.
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How to Put Blown-In Insulation Under a Flat Roof: DIYer Tips and Tricks
How to DIY blown-in insulation under a very low roof. Real advice from the experiences of a non-contractor homeowner.
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Gluten Free Side Dish Recipes Using Cheese
Three super-quick two-ingredient dishes that provide calcium and no gluten! All are single-serving recipes which you can enlarge, if needed.
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Car Maintenance for Non-Car People: 4 Things You Can Easily Do Yourself
Knowing a little about your car is a needed life skill, similar to basic computer ability. Here are the basics to watch so you can either fix simple situations or know to take your car for help.
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Microbrewery with Pub in Lebanon, PA: Snitz Creek Brewery
Review of GREAT microbrewery with pub in Lebanon, Pennsylvania. It uses clever fly fishing theme for decor and menu. Local food specialties are used in bar food.
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How to Kill Ants with Borax without Hurting Your Pet Cats
Recipe and technic for ridding your house of ants without endangering your pet cats.
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Will Rogers: The Top Movie Star in America During the 1920s and 1930s
Will Rogers excelled in almost every entertainment media of his day. This included starring in silent and sound films and being the top-paid movie actor of the 1930's.
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Will Rogers: America's Court Jester for the 1920's and '30's
Will Rogers was a beloved political wit who delivered his message in an unassuming "aw, shucks" manner. Learn about his success in a time of rapid change for the U.S.A.
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Old-Time Hymns for Senior Adults
Retirement communities, senior groups, rehabilitation facilities, activity directors: Feel free to use this list of better-known Protestant hymns for programs for American senior citizens.
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Roberto Clemente, a Hero On and Off the Baseball Field
Roberto Clemente was one of a kind. He contributed to MLB’s successful integration of Latino players and constantly performed charitable deeds, often without fanfare or publicity. He is a hero.
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The Top 10 Family Baseball Movies
Descriptions of plot, ratings, awards, and more for 10 great baseball movies good for children and their families. Many promote faith in God or doing "the right thing."
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Create Space in a Small House: Make Nooks and Shelves Inside the Walls
How to create pockets of space for books, knick-knacks, and other small items inside your walls.
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How to Make a Small Garden Flag DIY
Detailed instructions and pattern to make a small decorative garden flag.
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IronPigs Minor League Baseball near Allentown, PA
A description and review of the experience of attending a home game of the Lehigh Valley IronPigs Triple-A affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies baseball team. 23 photos.
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Historic Iron Furnaces Near Reading, PA: Hopewell and Cornwall
Two iron furnace historic sites capture different eras of iron smelting in early American industrial growth. Photos, maps, and more. Easy visit from Hershey, Lancaster, Philadelphia, and Baltimore.
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Garden Centers and Nurseries for Lebanon, PA: Independent Family-Owned Businesses
Review of indie family-owned and operated nurseries close to or in the city of Lebanon (Lebanon County) in central Pennsylvania. Websites, phone numbers, maps, and 33 photos included.
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Gluten-Free Quinoa and Yogurt Breakfast Recipes
With cooked-ahead quinoa, you can assemble a healthy gluten-free breakfast parfait in minutes. Add a fruit yogurt and nuts. Sixteen photos included.
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Power Veggie One Pot Recipe for One Serving
Cancer fighting antioxidant tomatoes and dark green leafy spinach join 2 more ingredients for a super-healthy, fast, easy meal for one person.
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Cat Spa Bath: How 2 People Can Do It
How to bathe parts of your cat and possibly having it relax and enjoy it. The helper assists with several steps, including drying.
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Training a Kitten to be a Lap Cat
Got a kitten? Here is how to teach it to love sleeping in your lap for all time!
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Is the Reading Fightin Phillies Minor League Baseball Team leaving Reading, PA?
The Reading Phillies (now the Fightin' Phillies) have always been affiliated with the major league Philadelphia Phillies. Does the team’s new name & other changes signal imminent relocation?
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5 Reasons to Clean Your Place BEFORE You Leave on Vacation
Reasonable and humorous reasons for cleaning your place before going on vacation.
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Small Cheap Mower for Small Lawns
More veggie gardens and less grass means you don’t need a monster-sized lawn mower. Learn about your options for an easy, inexpensive mower that will do the job for you!
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The Top 6 Summer Vacation Romance Movies
Short descriptions of 6 fun films which probably rate no more than one hankie, if that, for summer romantic fun.
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Music and The High Note Café, South Philly
At the corner of 13th and Tasker Streets is FrancoLuigi’s Pizzeria, a take-out pizza and sandwich joint. The other half is the spectacular, elegant High Note Café featuring live jazz, opera. and more.
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Shark Bite Would Have Been Easier to Handle: Because I Can
On a cross-country family vacation trip, a mother of three is critically injured in a highway accident. The long road of her miraculous hold on life and the rescue of her left leg from amputation..
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How a Singer can break into Performing at Jazz Jams
Four tips for how to sing at a jazz jam session.
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LaRose Jazz Club – Rob Henderson's Sunday Jam Sessions
For five years, every Sunday night at 5531 Germantown Avenue, Phila, a vigorous synthesis of jazz arranging, improvising & playing was the order of the evening at the LaRose Club Jam in Germantown.
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Costs of a Bathroom Remodel
Lists of supplies with costs and 16 photos of a bathroom fix-up project done partially by the homeowner and partially by paid help.
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The History of Manischewitz Passover Matzos
Every spring we see the rectangular matzo boxes at the grocer's for Pesach. There is a whole story behind why and what they are. It starts in Cincinnati, OHIO...
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Old-Fashioned and Independent Candy Stores in Lebanon County, PA
Candy shops near Lebanon are reviewed. Wertz Candies combines charm, tradition, and homemade treats; the Van Winkles make opera fudge in their home; Smith's Candies makes nothing but sells everything.
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Raffle Basket Ideas for Cat Lovers
Ideas on what to include in a raffle basket for a fundraiser (or as a gift) which will appeal to cat owners.
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Beer Distributors in Lebanon, PA
A survey of five beer distributors in or pretty danged close to the city of Lebanon, PA. Hours, addresses, pix, and more.
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Lebanon, PA Habitat for Humanity Re-Build-It Store: a Partnership which Works
In Lebanon County, PA, the Habitat for Humanity store partners with a Christian mission - a collaboration which works very well. The RE-BUILD-IT STORE has used building supplies plus used housewares.
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Kids Kitten Luminary on Cans DIY
Step-by-step how to for kids and everyone. Includes 9 pictures and real-life experience comments.
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Insulating a Bathtub: How-To With Photos
Many pix and directions for klutzy homeowners on how to put insulation around an existing cold bathtub.
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How to Fix Basement Leak: DIY Basement Wall Crack Repair That Even Novices Can Do
Description of steps to get rid of basement water due to cracks & small holes in the foundation walls. Product recommendations. Personal experience shared by a non-construction worker homeowner gal.
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Jazz Jam at Annville’s Allen Theatre and MJ’s Coffee House
Information on a jazz jam session held semi-regularly in Annville, Pennsylvania (Lebanon County.)
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Wonderful New Kitten Brother for Skeeter Cat
How to successfully introduce a new kitten to the established family cat.
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8 Thrift Stores in Lebanon County, PA
8 great thrift stores along Route 422 in Lebanon, PA. Addresses, phone, hours, maps, and more info given.
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Recipes for Valentine's Day - Salads With Red Ingredients
Three easy recipes with only 3 ingredients for Valentine's Day salads: Green and Red Potato salad, Strawberry-Green salad, and Extra Cherries Fruit salad. 20 photos.
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Snack-Food Treat in Lebanon, Pennsylvania: Shuey's Pretzels
A description of a visit to an old-fashioned small Pennsylvania pretzel bakery and shop tucked into a residential neighborhood in a small town. It does not advertise, but the locals flock there. 14 pictures included.
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The Difference Between a Fixer-Upper and a Wreck for Re-habbing
Someone who knowingly bought a real wreck of a house explains the difference between buying something to re-decorate and buying something that needs major tearing apart and re-building.
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10 Best Puppy Bowl YouTube Videos
The Puppy Bowl is an annual television event with extremely cute puppies romping on a puppy-sized football field. Coincidentally, it airs on the same day as football's Super Bowl. If you have never seen even a part of...
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Great Song Selections for Community Concert Bands
Marches, movie medleys, and other audience pleasing tunes for a level 3 concert band are described.
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The Puppy Bowl on Super Bowl Sunday by Animal Planet
The “Puppy Bowl” is an annual television program aired on the afternoon of American professional football’s SuperBowl game. Puppies romp on a small field as comedian commentators and referees pretend their...
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How to Trim Your Indoor Cat’s Claws – Easy DIY Method
Indoor cat owner's tried and true method for DIY claw trimming is explained with diagrams.
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Does Last-Minute Christmas Shopping Pay?
Some people are über-organized with lists and budgets and timelines for buying Christmas gifts starting in a ridiculous month such as July. Others don’t get into the spirit of Christmas gift shopping until about...
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Festivus Carols
Lyrics to use with familiar melodies for the Seinfeldian winter holiday of Festivus (December 23rd.)
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How You Can Donate a Bike to a Kid: 88Bikes Grassroots World Charity
A charity that givs transportation to children in third world areas and encourages all sorts of self-directed development for them.
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Prayers for Healing When Children Are Killed
For families in Newtown, Connecticut; Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania; Norway, the Middle East, Vietnam, everywhere… Blessed are You, O LORD, our God, who brings forth goodness on the earth. Hear me and hold me, O...
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Borax on Wooden Joists for Mold Treatment
How to put Borax (to kill mold roots) on moldy wooden house structural parts written by a homeowner who did it. Photos included.
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Christmas Activities to Establish as Traditions for Families, Especially those with Young Children
Ideas and descriptions of fun multi-age activities to honor Christmas and bond with the family from December 1st through January 6th.
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180 Great, Original Cat and Kitten Names
Names are suggested in categories such as Food, Mythology, Place Names, Movie Characters, and more.
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Mold Control for Water-Damaged Houses: Mistakes I Made which You Can Avoid
How to DIY remove mold when your home is flooded. With a rather non-existent budget, here is what I did, learned, and recommend for severe mold throughout a house. Photos included.
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How to Decorate Safely for Christmas with Cats in House
Cats know when interesting, fun, new things enter their environment - such as Christmas holiday decorations. This article provides godd, tongue-in-cheek ideas for safe decorating when one owns cats.
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Diseases Humans can Catch from Cats
Explanation of cat-to-human diseases.
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Easy Chocolate Walnut Fudge Recipe
This is an easy, quick fudge recipe using one burner of the stove. The whole process takes less than 15 minutes.
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Bathing a Cat in Dawn Blue Detergent for Flea Treatment
How bathing a cat works, using the vet recommended Blue Dawn dish washing liquid.
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How to Write a Good, Short Family Christmas Newsletter
Christmas newsletters meet needs - we want to know how distant friends are doing. This is a How-to of writing a short, good letter and how to express band news and good news. Slightly humorous.
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Easy Quick Ways to Get Cash for Christmas
This year, avoid the debt cycle as you purchase gifts for loved ones. Instead, earn more cash. Five tips on how to quickly do this before Christmas or Hanukkah.
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Kitchen Utensils Every Cook Should Have or Request as a Gift
These basic eight kitchen items will get any cooking job done.
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Multi-Religion Families-How to Make it Work
An author speaks from experience on how to have children understand their multi-religious family.
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How to Make Cleaning a Bedroom an Easy and Fun Chore
Here is a method of bedroom cleaning guaranteed to accomplish the job and to be rather painless. Steps are given in order for quick, efficient cleaning.
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Information on Neutering Cats
Cat neutering is a surgical procedure. It is the removal of a cat’s reproductive organs— called spaying for females, and called castration for males. Here arre details on the procedure, reasons for it, and costs.
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Easy Cilantro Onion Egg Recipe (Frittata) with Photos
Easy recipe for eggs scrambled with upscale additions and appetizing presentation. Takes only 12 minutes to make - start to finish.
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Terezin Concentration Camp: Art lives on at Beit
During WWII, the Nazis created a “sham” concentration camp, Terezin, to deceive the rest of the world into believing that the Reich concentration camps were tolerable refuges for displaced Jews. Three levels of...
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How to Make a Halloween Ladybug Costume for a Kitten
Detailed instructions and pattern for ladybug costume for a kitten or teacup puppy. 16 photos and additional instructions for adjusting the size if your pet has a growth spurt before the holiday.
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Seasonal Affective Disorder: Start Treating in EARLY Autumn
If you have SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder), be pro-active. Don't wait until there are only 8 hours of daylight to begin helping yourself. The challenge to prevent or reduce the depression you get from lack of...
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Expert Insider Tips on Home Hair Coloring with Photos
No-holds barred description of how to color your hair at home with hints from the author based on experience.
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Kittens Teething and Biting
Kittens have teething & chewing needs similar to puppies. Tips are given on what to expect, how to help, & how to train your kitten so she does NOT learn bad habits, such as routinely biting humans.
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Customer Service at Retail Stores - 4 Ways to Give Great Service
Tips and guidelines for sales people on the selling floor of retail businesses.
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Purses and Handbags: Features and Options
Tips for making a good decision the next time you buy a purse.
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How to Make Halloween Ghost Decorations for Outside
Kids' easy step-by-step how to make ghosts to hang outside from trees or the front porch at Halloween. Very few supplies needed. 14 photos and 2 short videos included.
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Vegetarian Meals for Rednecks - Sound Nutrition with a Little Humor Added
How to combine veggie proteins in meals to make complete proteins (as in Diet for a Small Planet) using redneck favorites. Loosen up and laugh!
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Causes of a WET Basement
Water or wetness in the basement can have more than one source. 9 possible causes described.
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Small Room Solution: Use Vertical Space (16 Photos)
How to use the gap between your furniture and ceiling to create more space in your apartment or house by building a bookcase "lifter."
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How to Make a Window Cat Shelf: Step by Step Instructions
How to make a cat viewing platform at your window several feet above the sill and which does not block light.
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Kitten First Vaccinations and Veterinarian Visit
Description and explanation of the first shots that a 6- to 8-week old kitten needs. Also, a description of tests that are advisable if the kitten comes from unknown sources.
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Honey Wine Winery (Meadery)
Explanation of mead, a wine made from fermented honey. Map of locations in southeastern Pennsylvania where mead is sold.
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How Cell Phones Hurt Toddlers
Put that mobile phone away! You can't go back and claim those hours when you could have and should have been talking to your child, teaching him names of things, sharing his delight in the world.
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Microbreweries & Brewpubs near Reading, PA
Berks County, PA has a pub or two in a college town to the north - Kutztown.
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Microbreweries & Brewpubs in Lancaster County, PA
Review of microbreweries with pubs including maps, phone numbers, websites.
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Cat Dementia
Veterinarians know that the same mechanisms causing human dementia occur in cats. Symptoms and possible treatments are described.
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Cats Can Have Allergies
Cats can be allergic to substances. Learn more.
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How to Make Christmas Fabric Ornaments
Step-by-step DIY How-to instructions to make a lightly stuffed ornament for the Christmas tree using Christmas colors or themed fabric. Many photos.
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Fleas and Worms in Cats
Diagnoses and prevention tips for feline roundworms, tapeworms. and fleas.
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How Teachers and Homeschoolers Can Use Classic Children's Games for Skill Review
Educational uses and tweaks for Bingo, Concentration, Memory, Scrabble and Hangman - good for homeschoolers and classroom teachers.
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How to Make Your Own Christmas Crafts with 23 Photos
Easy instructions with tons of photos on how to make 2 different crafts for Christmas. Inexpensive supplies are used.
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Black History Projects and Lessons
Lesson ideas for grades 4 through 12 on American black history. Web sites given.
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Children’s Gift Ideas for Christmas
Anyone who has a hand in raising a child hopes that the precious little one will grow up to be kind, productive, self-sufficient, and lead a life which is meaningful. Of course, we adults guide their development towards...
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How to Take Care of Aging Parents
Things to check when assessing a parent's ability to live on his or her own.
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Supplies for Craft Making with 12 Photos
Supplies that enable you to make and create all sorts of wonderful crafts.
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The Best Dry Food for Cats
Nutritional and calorie charts for kittens, adults, and senior cats. Also, a blank chart is provided for you to complete to compare foods.
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Chicken Crockpot Recipe
Chicken and 3 more ingredients make a satisfying entree. recipe, photos, instructions.
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Kids’ Salt Dough Recipe for Crafts, Jewelry and Ornaments
Recipe and detailed instructions for making a dough which can be baked and painted or shellacked for permanent jewelry or decorations.
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3 Things for New Home Buyers to Check On-Line
The Internet makes it easy to check on your potential new house and new neighbors. Quick and easy descriptions how to find out things the realtor might not share.
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Cat Poems: A Cat and His Human Wax Poetic
Cats belong to the sub-group of beings which appreciate the finer things in life such as poetry. Thus, 4 poems and 2 great photos are given.
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Sunday School Lesson for Jewish Purim Holy Day
The Bible story of Esther has many positives for children: a female heroine, a wedding, kings and queens, party food, raucous noise, and an ending with the good guys winning. It can be used during any unit on the Bible,...
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Eyebrow Make-Up Tips - Easy Cosmetic Lesson
Women’s eyebrow shapes have changed again. If you observed the fashionable female stars on the Red Carpet at the Oscars’ ceremonies, recent advertisements in print magazines, and guests on television talk shows, or...
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National Civil War Museum in Harrisburg, PA
In Harrisburg, PA sits the rather new National Civil War Museum, an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution. Open 7 days a week, it claims to be the only museum with fair and even-handed representation of all sides of...
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The Oscars for CARTOON Nominees
Review of the Oscar nominees and 4 more gems of Animated Shorts. Be prepared for the 2012 Oscar Night.
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Geri-cat-rics: Aging Cat Issues
Our eldest cat is at least age 6, maybe much more. As she ages, our beliefs about not going to extraordinary measures might be put to the test.
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Cats Love Cuddly Nooks and Tiny Hiding Places
Like all house cats, ours seek out cuddly nooks to protect them, without permitting intrusion. Each cat appears quite content and pleased as he surreptitiously (in his own mind) surveys the world from his Cat Cave. ...
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The Home Owners' Association from H E _ _
For more than ten years, I lived in a private townhouse community subject to the draconian rules of the builder’s charter and the HOA. This place could have been the inspiration for any sit-com episode about the worst...
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Super Bowl Party and Deaf Guests in Denial - Help Me!
The Super Bowl countdown is in its final week. Rachael Ray and every other cooking program have been pushing Super Bowl menus at us for weeks. Wide-screen television and home theater systems are at their best sales. It...
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Movie The Artist: Fantastic 1920s Sets, Costumes, and Hairstyles
Due to its garnering of Golden Globe Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Original Score awards, The Artist has returned. Now, you can see it in mainstream movie theaters. As I watched it, I was thrilled at the level of...
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A 97-year-old : The 2008 economic crisis was not another Great Depression
A 97-year-old friend of mine knows that the economy is rough right now and that able-bodied, willing workers struggle with the lack of jobs and all that goes with that. But, he vehemently declares, “this is not like...
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Travel: Shady Maple Farm Market, Lancaster County, PA
The Shady Maple Farm Market of Lancaster County, PA is part of the famous Shady Maple Buffet Restaurant complex. It is a wide-aisled, immaculately clean, reasonably priced supermarket run by a Mennonite family.
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Drum Circle in Sinking Spring, PA
A Sinking Spring store jam=packed with African goods hosted a new drum circle. This gathering of west African drumming was so successful, it will continue every First Friday of the month at Spears-Harambee Company. It...
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Sammy, Our Peace-Loving Middle Cat
A tribute to our middle cat, Sammy. He is the older "brother" to our rescue cat, Skeeter, who landed in our lives last winter. Sammy is the saint of the feline family and he is very cute.
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January Garden Work
If your land in January is frozen from the topsoil down about a foot, “garden work” may not make sense. However, if you resemble me in my gardening habits, there is work to be done.
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Mist on Our Mountain: Glimpses of Nature
We live in a suburb close by a city of more than 80,000 people. Fortunately, we have a wee pocket of wilderness which affords us much more natural delight than a neighborhood of deforested Monopoly houses would.
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Seed and Plant Catalogues: Heralds of Spring
Two certainties in the mail for the week between Christmas and New Year’s are tax forms and seed catalogues. Paper catalogues are fun and have advantages over on-line listings.
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Christmas Card Friends - The Way to Keep Yearly Connections with Cherished Buddies
We have friends living far away for whom we care even though we are no longer in each others’ lives. The exchange of yearly greetings at Christmastime guarantees we will get caught up.
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Black Walnut Cookie Recipe, a Specialty of Gramma Morgan
Easy instructions with 9 photos for how to make Pennsylvania Great Depression era BLACK Walnut Cookies. This is a Morgan family recipe used at Christmas.
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Christmas and All Holidays: Why Gift Choice Doesn’t Matter
When one cares about another person enough to want to give a present, it usually means one wants to make a good gift-to-person match. This is natural. But the actual gift really doesn't matter...
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Turmeric Spice For Senior Citizen Brain Health
Turmeric is suggested as helpful for prevention of Alzheimer’s Disease. This is easy to work into my daily diet in tiny amounts. I figure that tiny beats none. Here is how I do it.
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Quilted Table Runner is Unique Wedding Gift to a Chinese Couple
If you quilt, you can design and make a table runner as a gift making the panels incredibly personal and special for the recipients. Here is the reasoning I used to make a personalized runner.
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Invite Someone to your Temple, Mosque, Church in December
A kind word or compliment may have happily disproportional effects for someone who is down. Even something as minor as buying him/her a cup of coffee when you go for yours can be a ray of sunshine. An invitation to a...
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Meatloaf Recipe – For Festivus Holiday or Any Other Time, Variations for All of Us
Meatloaf is the main dish for Festivus, but my circle of friends has all sorts of varying dietary needs and preferences. Thus, I have developed a quick and easy way to make 2 meatloaves with minimal work.
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Furoshiki – Green, Earth Friendly Re-usable Wrapping Cloth
Furoshiki is the Japanese art of wrapping anything in a reusable piece of fabric, often a square, is the trendy way to present gifts. This article includes 3 videos demonstrating how to do it.
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Kids’ How to Make Christmas Mouse Ornaments with Photos
Mouse ornaments are popular for Christmas trees. Directions with 9 photos for this simple project which can be done in 1 day plus another day for drying. Good for children who are elementary school age.
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Discount Rx – A Tale of Four Pharmacies for Uninsured Americans
What happens to the gap group which has no health insurance but cannot qualify for poverty assistance or for old age assistance? Why is there a huge range in prices of prescription medications made throughout the world...
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Kids’ Easy How to Make Clothespin Christmas Ornaments with Photos
How a group of adults and kids can make Christmas tree ornaments from wooden clothespins and a few other supplies. 10 photos. Great for family bonding, religious education class, craft group.
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Easy How To Enlarge The Top Platform On Cat Tower
How to put a larger platform top on a cat tower or condo. This Do It Yourself project takes less than a day and is no cost if you have carpet remnants & a good board. Step by step instructions and 17 photos are included.
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Easy DIY How to Make a Christmas Stocking for a Pet
Step-by-step instructions with 14 photos for how to make a simple small Christmas stocking from fabric scraps. Sewing machine is used. DIY craft for adults & children with basic sewing experience.
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Kid-Friendly Family Christmas Advent Ceremony
A reproducible family Protestant Advent ceremony which is short and child-friendly to be used in the home. Adapted for kindergarten through primary grade kids. Provides list of supplies, script, and suggested songs....
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Goschenhoppen Museum and Festival - Pennsylvania Dutch Folklife near Philadelphia
Goschenhoppen. It’s such a fun and funny-sounding name. Pronounce it: GUSH’n HUP’n. It’s also a region, a German-speaking community, and a group of concerned historians in the five-county greater Philadelphia...
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A Thanksgiving-Christmas State of Mind All Year
The older I get, the clearer my blessings are to me. I have grand friends who see the real me and genuinely love me. I love them back, and that is a great blessing – the ability to give love.
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DOG Massage Therapy! Photos and Video
People understand that a massage delivers physical and psychological benefits. It is entirely logical that other mammals, such as our beloved pet dogs, would reap the same benefits as do humans. Fortunately, animal...
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Angel Encounter: A True Personal Story
I experienced a dangerous fall in slow motion. As I lay there, I just replayed the event over & over with full confidence that I had just interacted with my own Guardian Angel. And, that felt grand!
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Kids' Easy How to Make Thanksgiving Pine Cone Turkey Place Cards
Directions with 19 photos on how a child age 3 to 12 can make a pine cone turkey as a place card for the formal Thanksgiving dinner table. This is easy and fast - it can be completed in under 30 minutes. The...
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Support Local Businesses: Thoughtful Gift Ideas which are Cheap and Local
This is my mantra for anyone with challenges in the financial area who contemplates winter gift-giving with bewildered puzzlement: “It’s the love that counts.” If your gift recipients love you, can’t they...
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Frugal Living: How to Score a Turkey Meal for American Thanksgiving
Ways to get either a totally free turkey meal, a very low costs one, or ideas (common sense) for keeping costs down for the big Thanksgiving feast.
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2 Movies for People Dreading the Holidays with Dysfunctional Families
f you’ve ever thought, as you attend some mandatory family get-together, “Who are these people? Where did I come from?”, you are not alone: a significant enough portion of the population feels the same way so as...
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How to change a photo to make a close-up with Microsoft Windows Photo Gallery
Instructions on using free, often pre-loaded Microsoft Windows Photo Gallery to crop a photo.
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Extend Shed Roof Life Easy DIY Way
If you own a shed as an outbuilding in your yard, you really depend on it to store seasonal equipment. Since the shed would cost several hundred dollars to replace, it would be foolhardy to allow it to deteriorate....
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Joe Paterno Scandal Highlights Pennsylvania’s Pitiful Child Protection
Lots of people at Penn State did the wrong thing. But additional bad guys exist. in 1998, civilian police AND an investigator for the Department of Public Welfare collect damning evidence against Sandusky. Despite...
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Soaring on Emily’s Wings
When I wrote this poem, Emily and all her winged art symbolized, to me, the freedom and energy to embrace one’s potential. I admired the position in life where she stood. Realizing that as long as anyone is drawing...
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3 Classic Thanksgiving Movies from 1942-1969 for Baby Boomers
Author reviews 3 full-length flicks from the Baby Boomers' younger days whose plots either involve Thanksgiving or occur at Thanksgiving time. Miracle on 34th Street, Holiday Inn, and Alice's Restaurant are recommended...
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Winter Decorations for “More than Christmas” Holidays
How we can sneak other cultures’ winter holiday symbols into a few pockets of American Middle-Class-Protestant-Mainstream-White-Bread-Land.
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WWII Citizens of Japanese Descent Interred in America: Bronzeville – A Play
A third-generation Japanese-American (whose father was interred) teams up with a Black-American who has lived in both Japan and Los Angeles’s Little Tokyo to create a stage play, Bronzeville. The drama captures the...
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12 Great Gift Ideas for Baby Boomer Women
Gift suggestions for Baby Boomer women for consumable items, so there is neither clutter nor need for more storage space. Her grateful memories will be huge. Additionally, you will be the perceptive, sensitive,...
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Family Value Gentle Halloween Movies
Five flicks from “baby boomers' era” involving Halloween are reviewed. They were not made-for-television children’s specials. They are films from our lifetimes produced for the general public. Today they all...
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Kids’ Spooky Books for Autumn
In cool Halloween and dark fall, here are two books which have enough of the mystery of the autumn combined with a happy ending, that it meets your reading needs for preschoolers and early elementary children.
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How to Make a Cat’s Costume for Halloween: Patterns and Instructions
Step-by-step guide with 12 photos and diagrams for making costumes for a cat. No sewing is required. Often, all the materials are already at hand so no cost is involved. Win-win!
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How to Legally Dumpster Dive and Trash Pick and Re-Purpose Your Finds
Save your hard-earned money and help the planet with perfectly legal trash re-purposing. Four venues for finding good items are described.
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Halloween Cat Costumes Ideas - Funny Adventures in Cat Adoption, Part 14
Photos for ideas for Cat Halloween Costumes. I had great fun making costumes for 3 cats for a photo shoot at home. The cats; Skeeter, the Goddess, and Sammy, all cooperated - amazing!
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Genealogy Road Trip and Beginners’ Tips
Genealogy research lessons and narrative about finding ancestors’ resting places. Ideas for beginners in finding family forebears.
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Bereavement: Ways to Cope to Get to the New Normal After the Loss
The author combines 2 perspectives on grieving to comfort those adjusting to a major, unhappy change. They are the Kubler-Ross model of five stages of grieving, and the "new normal" philosophy.
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Cleaning the Garage and Workbench Feng Shui Style
Common sense cleaning and organizing automatically incorporates the fundamentals of Black Hat Feng Shui. Yes, even in a garage, you will get “two-fer” credit when you start cleaning! Photos of the good and the not...
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The Musical "Rent," the Stage Drama "Our Town," and Life Lessons
Review and comparison of stage offerings RENT and OUR TOWN. These are vehicles to demonstrate the need to savor and cherish each day and the people in them.
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2 Books for Baby Boomers Who Want to Relive Their Childhood and Teen Years
A Baby Boomer highly recommends two biographies as a blast from the past for fellow post-war babies. The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid and Dangerously Funny take you back to the 50's and 60's.
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Eco-tourism is an Intimate Friendship in Peaceful Southcentral China
How to experience the real life of Chinese people in Yunnan province with a multi-lingual native tour guide. In addition, the scenery is wild and unspoiled and the Old Town of Lijiang is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Historic Apple Orchard near Birdsboro, PA Open to Public (13 Photos)
Public apple picking at rock-bottom costs occurs every fall at a National Park Service historic site in the southeastern Pennsylvania. For $1 a pound, visitors may pick heirloom apples the old-fashioned way at Hopewell...
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6 Online Used Book Stores and Sellers
A list of 6 online bookstores which include used out-of-print books. Each has its own twist on what it sells and how it operates.
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4 Kids' Books For Peace-Loving (Pacifist) Religions
Pacifist religions. If one is looking for children's books to entertain and concurrently reinforce the belief that killing is a bad activity, I recommend these four.
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Funny Adventures in Cat Adoption, Part 13 - Pink Thread
Stories of blending an abandoned yearling cat, Skeeter, into a staid two-cat family. Skeeter has enough gumption, energy, and personality to make every day a delightful adventure.
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How to Copyright One's Writing in the USA
Description, Q and A, and thoughts on stating one's copyright at the end of a blog or a hub or other original writing.
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Alpha Cat Adapting to Newcomer Cat -Funny Adventures in Cat Adoption, Part Twelve
After taking in an abandoned yearling cat, a couple deals with blending him into the prior cat family of a mother tabby and her placid son. The angry mother cat finally starts to soften up. But hissing has not totally...
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How the Brain Works when Playing Piano
Explanation of all the things the brain does when reading music to play piano.
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Funny Adventures in Cat Adoption, Part Eleven - The Woodwind Player
What happens when a mischievous cat discovers his human master left her clarinet out and unprotected in the living room overnight.
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National Weather Service – Good Guys in Government
History and mission of the National Weather Service: one of the efficient and useful agencies in the federal government. This agency is a keeper which has saved lives and property since 1870.
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Funny Adventures in Cat Adoption, Part Ten
Owners of 3 cats describe the adorable antics of their newest, a rescue cat named Skeeter. They wonder if he is channeling the spirit of the renowned Labrador Retriever, Marley, of the book "Marley and Me."
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Recipe for Noodles from Scratch from The Great Depression
Simple recipe for egg and white flour noodles made from scratch and air-dried traces back to the Great Depression and the author's Altoona, Pennsylvania grandmother. Many photos included.
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Bathroom Plumbing Fixtures: How to Keep Them Clean
Graduated list of ways to keep bathroom plumbing fixtures sparklingly clean.
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Robby Felix, NFL Lineman with Stroke at Age 22
Robby Felix is trying to return to pro football after suffering a stroke. Kudos to your determination, but can't you choose a new career lower on the brain-injury probability scale?
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Mistakes to Avoid When Harvesting and Roasting Sunflower Seeds
Sunflower seeds. This is the NOT-TO-DO guide for a newbie’s leap into sunflower food production.
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Re-Enactors: Amity Colonial Dancers
A group of living history devotees performs English Country Dances as they would have been enjoyed in Colonial Pennsylvania from 1740 to 1840. They rehearse in Douglassville, PA which is near Philadelphia.
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Funny “Red Green” Style Laptop Computer Cooler using Duct Tape and Coffee Cans
Red Green, Canadian Handyman, is a man who knows the value of duct tape. Such is his genius that there is no equipment problem which he CANNOT fix with duct tape. In his spirit, I lightheartedly offer my Red Green style...
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Kyle D. Pagerly 5K Run
Twenty-eight-year-old Deputy Sheriff Kyle Pagerly was fatally shot on June 29, 2011 in the line of duty. People in the county where he lived and worked have been extraordinarily generous in giving to his family. A 5K...
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A List of Jazz Jam Sessions at Clubs in the Philadelphia Area
A list of some of the jazz jam sessions in Philadelphia and the greater Philly area (in Pennsylvania only.) Keeping track of changes is hard, but phone numbers and cover charges are included when possible.
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Campfires and Firewood: Emerald Ash Borers Raise Concerns for Vacation Camping
The United States Department of Agriculture determined that emerald ash borer has gained territory through transport of timber, nursery stock and firewood. Commendably, federal and state environmental departments have...
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3 Ways to Cool Your Home without Using Electricity or Spending Money
3 ways to cool your place and none of them cost you money. In times of tight money, we need tips to survive.
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Exeter Community Band Growing and Glowing
Pulling out the old instrument and shaking up those brain cells a bit, joking around with buddies, giving pleasure to audiences, and making some pretty good music – “A community band is a lot like Heaven,” admits...
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Travelling World War I Exhibit
A traveling exhibit affiliated with the National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial, Kansas City, Missouri is making one-day stops throughout the country. It is free.
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Caregiver Rants and Reviews of 3 Cancer Movies
Some of the films coming out are very unrealistic in depicting individuals with cancer. As a cancer caregiver. I rate three films on realism.
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Jynx, a K-9 Cop Hero
The true story of Deputy Sheriff K-9 dog Jynx, who alerted a police task force to the location of a sniper, and tried to pull his wounded partner to safety. June 29, 2011 in Berks County, PA.
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Princes William and Harry of Wales
The sons of the late Princess Diana - comments on the book Diana’s Boys: William and Harry and the Mother They Loved.
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U.S. Army Jazz Ambassadors Band SWINGS!
Review of the excellent, professional U.S. Army Jazz Ambassadors traveling band.
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Front Yard Garden Beds Combining Vegetables & Flowers
A photo-filled example of the gardens of a homeowner growing vegetables and flowers combined together in her front yard. Yes, the various foliage and shapes work wonderfully! 15 photos.
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Dead Bird in the Freezer True Story Humor
Humorous story of trying to convince the West Nile Virus screening agency to come test after finding a dead bird in the yard three times in short succession.
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How I Bought a Liz Claiborne Purse for 91 Cents
How to find and evaluate great gently-used clothing, purses, shoes at salvation army, goodwill, and thrift shops for even less than a dollar! The author bought a used Liz Claiborne purse for 91 cents.
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Nativeseeds.org: An Online Heirloom Seed Company with a Low Profile
Gardeners - Nativeseeds.org -SEARCH offers heirloom seeds especially suitable for the arid southwest USA and Northwest Mexico through its on-line catalogue and its retail store in Tucson, AZ.
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The FIRST Cat - The One Who Adopted the Person, Part Nine of Adventures in Cat Adoption
Cat adoption is when a cat chooses you. In this case, a streetwise tabby in North Philly broke into a bachelor's apartment and stayed.
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Farmers' Markets in Berks County
In Berks County, PA, as real estate developers gobble up farmland to make housing tracts, townhouses and condos suburbs, the people clamor for old-fashioned Farmers' Markets. In recent years, many townships and...
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Funny Adventures in Cat Adoption, Part Eight - Hubwriter Helper
My cat supervised me as I wrote a demonstration article. This is the back story.
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Kids' How to Make Corn Husk Dolls with Photos
Step-by-step photos and instruction on how children can make a corn husk doll (sometimes with a little help.) Includes 15 color photos. Very simple supplies used and the author's personal experience tips.
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Jazz & Martini Fridays at Cafe Waldorf, Reading PA
Live jazz musicians perform upstairs every Friday night at this American cuisine restaurant in Reading PA. The Cafe Waldorf is minutes from Berks Jazzfest venues, the Reading Royals, and the Reading Fightin' Phils.
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Learning to Play Clarinet in my Fifties
A baby boomer with some musical training decides to learn the clarinet at age 55. Brava! She describes her slight speed bumps and her fierce determination. Older gals keep vital and keep learning!
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Apprenticeship Alum
Caring for little people, mature people, plants, and my pet cats is a big part of my life. Here is a big fireworks display of love going out to my two incredible sons: they are the best thing that ever happened in my life!
Also, I love creating, learning, and making music.
Learning led me to teaching. I have taught from pre-school through college in urban, suburban, and rural settings. Although I consider myself to be an unmasterful jack-of-all-trades, I do particularly well with gifted education, math, and music.
I play a variety of musical instruments and sing. Again, it is the jack-of-all trades situation: I am so-so at all of them. But, for those who are interested, here is the list: piano, guitar, recorder, mallets, djembe, percussion auxilliary and most recently clarinet. For voice, I have a wide range, but my best notes are in the mezzo range (the soul of the chorus).
From my gardening hubs, it must also be very obvious that I "paint with plants." In other words, I play a lot in the garden. I happily share the good parts, funny parts, and challenging parts of this passion with my readers.
Plus, I am a late starter at cat loving and cat caregiving. As if cats need care, right? They don't think so, but they do enjoy being fed by us humans. I am besotted with my furry family members and I am sharing it shamelessly in my hubs. You can read about my personal experiences with their love at my other HUB site http://CatCottage.hubpages.com
You may want to start at the Cat Adoption hubs I have written.
Earlier, I described myself as being a jack-of-all trades. Nonetheless, there is one activity at which I am undisputedly an expert: burning food onto the bottoms of pots! I can walk away from the kitchen to do "just a few things" while food is simmering, browning, and cooking, and I have a high success rate of not returning in time to stir the pot. It's an inborn talent.
I am in wonderful Pennsylvania, but I love getting to warm and sunnier places on vacations. Maybe the next time I am visiting my brother in the Bay area, I'll drop in on the Hubpages headquarters!
mmbmorgan4@gmail.com
http://CatCottage.hubpages.com