Category Archives: family

T he Call of the Wild A film review

Posted on February 29, 2020 by annetbell

Buck is this beautiful half St Bernard, half Scottish sheepdog and yes he is computer generated. In fact, all the dogs in the film are computer-generated but that,  in no way,   takes away from the story loosely adapted from Jack … Continue reading →

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The Parable of the Good Samaritan

Posted on October 17, 2019 by annetbell

g A parable is a teaching tool explaining a moral or lesson. Jesus used this method repeatedly in the New Testament, in fact, 65 times in the Gospels. The Parable of the Good Samaritan is an illustration of Christ teaching … Continue reading →

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THE FAREWELL. . . . A Comedy of Death?

Posted on September 5, 2019 by annetbell

From the image above of the cast  you can see that the story was culturally specific to Chinese people…..death and how it is met as each of us must do. During the film the Chinese culturally accepted approach of keeping … Continue reading →

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Normandy Church . . . . Loving Your Neighbor

Posted on June 3, 2019 by annetbell

The Scars Of Angoville-Au-Plain    – February 15, 2014 by  “The scars of Angoville-au-Plain” Postcard match.  This peaceful beach has seen so much. On our way to the vast beaches by Les Gougins in Manche, just north of Utah Beach, we took a small … Continue reading →

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Merry Christmas

Posted on December 25, 2018 by annetbell

Grave of my brother, who gave his life on  D-Day +2,  fighting to liberate France from the Fascism of Germany                                          … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday from Buca Di Beppo’s

Posted on August 12, 2017 by annetbell

Katie and Henry have  birthdays in August and today seemed the perfect opportunity to celebrate .  At the last minute Chris and his family were unable to join us and we missed them  but  a good time was had by … Continue reading →

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Notre Dame Cathedral of Paris

Posted on August 5, 2017 by annetbell

Notre Dame of Paris, is  one of the most famous  Gothic Cathedrals in the world , if not the most famous.  We visited it three times in four days in Paris  so D could get photos with just the perfect … Continue reading →

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Celebration of a Hero’s Too Short Life

Posted on July 14, 2017 by annetbell

July 4, 2017 is an Independence Day we will never forget.  That is why I chose it.  All eleven of the the family were in Cambridge UK at the American Cemetery  to celebrate the life of my oldest brother George, … Continue reading →

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