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Waldo Wanders: July 2009
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Tuesday, July 28, 2009. Part 4: The Wonder that was Baguio. My Shangri-La has gone away. She seemed to drift out on the rain, that came in somewhere softly from the blue. Clouds roll by and hide the sun, raindrops fall on everyone .". From the song by ELO. Apparell'd in celestial light,. The glory and the freshness of a dream. It is not now as it hath been of yore;. Turn wheresoe'er I may, by night or day,. The things which I have seen I now can see no more.". They eagerly made reservations to stay a week.
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Waldo Wanders: January 2010
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Monday, January 25, 2010. Part 21: Return of the Native. Where we love is home,. Home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts". Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. It's surprising how much memory is built around things unnoticed at the time". Having delivered me to the city of my school and thus, in his estimation, having reached the limits of his parental duties, my father and I happily parted company. Filiusfamilias. Had ended. Leaving my dad at the airport to fend for himself, I caught a cab to school.
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Waldo Wanders: March 2010
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Tuesday, March 30, 2010. Part 25: The Blue Lagoon. I see as a young baby sees, and there are things are before me that I do not comprehend. It is not through my bodily eyes that this sensation comes, but through some window of the mind, from before which a curtain has been drawn.". Henry De Vere Stacpoole. Nature has left this tincture in the blood, That all men would be tyrants if they could. Boarder boredom during those first weeks of Martial Law also led to increased activity in the hazing department.
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Waldo Wanders: December 2009
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Monday, December 28, 2009. Part 19: My Summer Vacation (aka Death Race 1972). Home is the place where, when you have to go there,. They have to take you in". Well, I had to go "home" sometime and that time had come. I knew that traditionally kids were supposed to hate school and love summer vacation but I couldn't help but feel like I was headed for prison. I knew it wasn't going to be pleasant but I wasn't expecting the onslaught of misery. And a 3/4 length sleeve. Or just when you did the chores? Somet...
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Waldo Wanders: Sometimes A Great Notion: Part 2 - First Day:Manila
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Monday, February 27, 2012. Sometimes A Great Notion: Part 2 - First Day:Manila. Those who visit foreign nations, but associate only with their own country-men, change their climate, but not their customs. They see new meridians, but the same men; and with heads as empty as their pockets, return home with traveled bodies, but untraveled minds. In proving foresight may be vain;. The best-laid schemes of mice and. Men go oft awry". Is a term that refers to Filipinos. Returning to their homeland (. After hug...
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Waldo Wanders: June 2009
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009. Forward: A Stranger in A Strange Land. For he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.'. Now you are under a curse and driven from the ground .You will be a restless wanderer on the earth.". Both of my father's parents came from strong, outspoken, authoritarian families. Grandpa Karl came to the US from Switzerland in 1920 and Grandma Bertha’s family came from Germany in the mid-1800’s. Nothing was the same after that. These are my recollections of growing up in the Philipp...
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Blog 200: The Pursuit of Peace in the Middle Ages: January 2010
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Blog 200: The Pursuit of Peace in the Middle Ages. Friday, January 8, 2010. So sorry I haven't called. You've been a wonderful friend and e-therapist, and I've cherished the e-friends and readers you've brought me. You were there for me on grey days, and you put a spring in my step on pink, orange, and yellow days. So let's be sure to stay in touch. I have a feeling our paths will cross again someday. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). As 200 words a. Is a bit aggressive for me right now.) I'm a working mom...
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Blog 200: The Pursuit of Peace in the Middle Ages: Walk With Mike: Week 2
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Blog 200: The Pursuit of Peace in the Middle Ages. Wednesday, January 9, 2013. Walk With Mike: Week 2. I tried to walk up to my favorite knoll this morning, but the trail was covered with blowing, drifting snow. So I turned around and hiked at Mud Pond. Simple walk around neighborhood loop with Tom and dogs. Snowshoe at Sleepy Hollow while waiting for Mia at Nordic practice. Quiet out there in the woods. Walk around neighborhood with Tom and dogs. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). I have many days wher...
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Blog 200: The Pursuit of Peace in the Middle Ages: Walk With Mike: Week 1
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Blog 200: The Pursuit of Peace in the Middle Ages. Thursday, January 3, 2013. Walk With Mike: Week 1. The other night, Husband told me about Michael Moore's walking streak: 30 minutes every day for something like 42 weeks now. (His motivation: https:/ www.facebook.com/mmflint/posts/10151165307981857. I typically walk three or four times a week anyway, so why not "step it up? Wed, Jan 2:. Thurs, Jan 3. Fri, Jan 4:. Walked with Tom and dogs at mud pond. Windy, so the trees were noisy- creaking, squeaki...
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Blog 200: The Pursuit of Peace in the Middle Ages: January 2013
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Blog 200: The Pursuit of Peace in the Middle Ages. Wednesday, January 23, 2013. Walk With Mike: Week 4. Around the block with Tom and dogs. These walks are squeezer inners- the kind where we don't really have time to go somewhere more interesting. Plus, it was only 12 degrees, so we didn't want to be out longer than about 30 mins. Tuesday, January 22, 2013. Walk With Mike: Week 3. Tues Jan 15: Around the block with Tom and dogs. Wed Jan 16: Around the block with Tom and dogs. Wednesday, January 9, 2013.
