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Tiny Terror And The Stomach Ache
No Longer Tiny
The tiny terror is now 8 years old and hates the name "tiny terror" because she is "big" now but she is still the same impulsive, "devil may care", "let's try it right now" wild child, who goes to skateboarding lessons, roller skates with n
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GUEST POST: How Golf Can Help Improve Your Confidence
Golf and Confidence
Golf is the perfect sport for learning focus, strategic thinking, and precision. But that’s not all. Here’s how golf can improve your confidence as well.
Golf is a unique sport. It’s relaxed, it’s played
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Student Syndrome
So What Is Student Syndrome
Putting off starting because it's not due for ages. It is used to refer to students because many are given projects that are not due for several weeks, in order to allow them to research or read particular books. But because it
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Bidwell's Travels 4 - The Countess
The Countess
Bidwell travels by boat to Europe and then by train to Europe, carrying the stolen bonds. He meets a detective on the train, who is following a woman who married an elderly man for his money. The husband caught his wife with a new lover
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THE FIRST TREE PLANTED BY AN ORNAMENTAL TREE SOCIETY.
I have been reading through old books again, but a change from Bidwell's Travels and troubles this time (see Bidwell part 1, Bidwell Part 2 and Bidwell part 3) to a poem, that comes from
Bertha's Christmas Vision: An Autumn Sheaf, by Horatio Al
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Cartoons Prompt Bad Behavior
New Cartoon
My grandson likes watching cartoons on Netflix. The children's programs are usually pretty good, though I take issue with some of them (some are silly, other promote stylish fashion - not appropriate for young children). Other cartoons promote
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Bidwell's Travels The Stolen Bonds
Bidwell is on the Primrose Path
I have skipped a fair bit of the story now and have summarised this below.
Bidwell has now lost all his money from his first venture into commerce. He owes a lot of money and his creditors are pressing for payment. H
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Bidwell's Travels Part 2
Here is a second extract from Bidwell's travels, telling how he started out on Wall Street.
"'TWAS EVER THUS." OF COURSE IT WAS.
The situation my father had obtained for me was with a sugar broker bythe name of Waterbury. He was a partner in a large refi
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Bidwells Travels
George Bidwell's Adventures. Book published 1897
Here is an extract from Bidwell's Travels, Fifteen Years in Solitude
I recently found this book, which is in the Public Domain and thought it started out very humorously. He ends up in prison, apparently f
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Preparing for a Disaster
Prepping
This is the act of having a backup plan in case of an emergency, whether it's natural man-made or both. Survivalism is an international movement or groups that actively plan for possible disruptions in political or social order, such as potential
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We just about made it another year. Fall is coming and hopefully the Autumn of 2018 will be cooler and 2019 will be an improvement.
Glad to see that it's still around, even though it isn't the same as before. Will be reading and sharing things from people who are still posting.
Hi, I followed you back I thought there are few people that is active here. Thanks for following me. :)
Hi, yes I am on Facebook. I'm a little leery of putting my full name here, but if you are friends with Kasman, Feisty56, Alex D-G, or Coral, you will find me among their friends. My current profile pic is Wonder Woman.
HEY there! I just noticed your message. I didn't know it before. Are there still people around? I hope so. Please drop me an email? Let me know what's happening! XOXOXO
