Tag: environment
group name: allaboard
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November 28, 2007 03:42 PM EST --
How quickly American?s seem to turn their backs on our roots?the simple foundations on which our country was built upon. Some of these ideas, while seemingly outdated and maybe not the most convenient, . . .
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December 12, 2007 03:40 PM EST --
On my way home; Confessions of My People Watching: Amtrak- New Jersey - Boston ( A do - gooder version )
I've just stepped onto the train; I'm managing my bags and fighting off tears all . . .
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May 27, 2007 05:39 PM EDT --
When visiting a friend in the San Francisco area she insisted that we go to the Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park. I love gardens, and I had no clue as to what a great treasure . . .
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May 26, 2007 11:16 AM EDT --
Mountains have always beckoned to me, perhaps because I am from the Midwest where at best we have some rolling hills. I first fell in love with the mountains when some relatives moved to the Denver area . . .
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April 25, 2007 05:57 PM EDT --
Boothill Cemetery, Tombstone Az.
Boothill Cemetery, Tombstone, Az.
There are Boothill Cemeteries all over the United States from . . .
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May 28, 2007 08:45 AM EDT --
When I travel I like to get out into nature to see and learn about the local natural habitat. I'm always amazed at the variety of plants and how they adapt to the different growing environments. So . . .
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October 19, 2007 09:37 AM EDT --
The Adirondack Route: Montreal – Albany – New York
Welcome aboard! You’re about to take a tour of the first route in the Next Stop series: The Adirondack. For the next three . . .
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June 09, 2008 04:55 PM EDT --
Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley
(c) Dorine Houston 2008
http://philadelval.gather.com/
The Delaware River begins in upstate New York, somewhere in the Catskills, and flows south, . . .
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July 23, 2007 09:20 AM EDT --
Let's go on a journey together to meet the world's largest animals, the whales.
We begin at Barnstable Harbor, Cape Cod, Massachusetts on board the Whale Watcher from Hyannis Whale Watcher . . .
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March 05, 2007 03:28 PM EST --
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Hello to all,
Have you taken an urban hike yet? If not - why not? It isn't hard to do. It doesn't take much preparation. You don't need to . . .
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March 20, 2007 02:27 PM EDT --
The deep green pyramid rises to disappear in the mist.
It stands with dignity, adorned with creamy ornaments.
No pharaoh had finer monument than a grandiflora magnolia!
A familiar fragrance . . .
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October 03, 2007 08:51 AM EDT --
Life has a way of handing us great moments when we least expect them. And so it was with my summer as an on board naturalist on the Whale Watcher out of Barnstable Harbor, Cape Cod, MA.
I would . . .
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July 01, 2007 08:19 PM EDT --
Cranbrook was founded by Ellen and George Booth. Ellen was the eldest child of James Edmund Scripps, the founder of the Detroit News. Ground was broken for Cranbrook House in January 1907 and the Booths . . .
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July 24, 2007 09:33 AM EDT --
Humpback whales have unique markings on their tail flukes, just like our human finger print, that helps to identify them as individuals. And, of course, it helps that the humpbacks sometimes gratiously . . .
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February 07, 2007 03:11 PM EST --
I've recently finished polishing Tracks, a novel in stories.
As Alice McDermott will tell you, prose is never finished (see previous post of that title). But there comes a time . . .
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February 26, 2007 06:06 PM EST --
On the heels of a successful fiction reading at the Patterson Theater in downtown Baltimore, I received more good news. My short story, "Freedom," is being published in Coloquio.
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February 09, 2007 04:43 PM EST --
I've established a website for TRACKS, my novel in stories!
TRACKS takes place on an Amtrak train traveling from Baltimore to Chicago. Each chapter is the story of a passenger on the . . .
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September 25, 2007 12:08 PM EDT --
The Great River Adventure
Where to begin---
Start humming the theme from Gilligan's Island
( A true Story)
It is noon-- Sunday afternoon...
Here we are nine people setting out for a lovely . . .
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February 27, 2007 05:08 PM EST --
Tracks, a novel in stories, is in search of an agent or publisher.
As many of you know, Tracks takes place on a train traveling from Baltimore to Chicago. Each story is told from the perspective . . .
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February 02, 2007 06:06 PM EST --
My novel in stories, TRACKS, continues to steam ahead. A short excerpt from the novel has been published on the Write Here Write Now website.
The Write Here Write Now site showcases the . . .
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