Category Archives: USA

Primary Day

Posted on April 20, 2016 by annetbell

My daughter is always telling  me that we should watch the local TV stations and get the local newspaper so we will at least know who has died in the area.  I reply  that  she will let us know.  Yesterday, … Continue reading →

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More Fun with Parker and Violet

Posted on April 19, 2016 by annetbell

The weekend has flown by.  I left on Monday  after putting them on the school bus. Saturday  in the afternoon we headed to the Skaneatles YMCA for Parker to ice skate and then 2 hours of swimming for them both. … Continue reading →

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Rite of Spring

Posted on April 16, 2016 by annetbell

Yesterday was the opening day, and two of my friends and I set out for an adventure.  To top off the shopping , we are all named Anne.   I love these clothes. . . simple yet elegant and I … Continue reading →

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Poor Immigrant Makes Good

Posted on April 14, 2016 by annetbell

‪#‎HappyBirthday‬ to Anne Sullivan Macy born ‪#‎OnThisDay‬ in 1866. Macy was the eldest daughter of poor, unskilled Irish immigrants. When she was 7 years old, Macy developed trachoma, a bacterial infection of the eyes, which was left untreated. At age … Continue reading →

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156 Feet Below Ground. . . . . Howe Caverns

Posted on April 12, 2016 by annetbell

Imagine a farmer in Upstate New York during Victorian Times discovering this underground wonderland  when he wondered where the hole with cool breeze lead.  Farmer Howe would have had only a torch or lanterns to light his path. On our … Continue reading →

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Life at The Edge

Posted on April 9, 2016 by annetbell

The Capital Region’s state-of-the-art indoor climbing facility is home to more than 14,000 square feet of textured climbing terrain, a massive free-standing boulder with seamless padding, nearly every bouldering section topping out, and a huge selection of top rope and … Continue reading →

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The KKK. . .Hatred in America

Posted on April 8, 2016 by annetbell

  A photographer hung out with the KKK in Tennessee and Maryland, here’s what he saw Writer Kenneth Dickerman April 8 at 8:02 AMA cross lighting after the wedding of two members of the KKK, Tennessee, 2015. (Peter van Agtmael/Magnum … Continue reading →

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Troy, New York On Snowy April 04, 2016

Posted on April 4, 2016 by annetbell
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Steve Miller Band. . . Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame Inductees

Posted on April 4, 2016 by annetbell

The Steve Miller Band was a mainstay San Francisco band in the late 60s and early 70s where they were a blues rock band.  During the 70s and 80s their style changed to a top selling pop/rock band.  The songs … Continue reading →

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“The Boys in the Boat” by Daniel James Brown

Posted on April 2, 2016 by annetbell

For my readers. . . .  .* * * * *  This is a wonderful story, wonderfully written.  Brown’s descriptive writing in this nonfiction narrative story includes  word pictures of the Dust Bowl, the Depression, Germany as Hitler began taking … Continue reading →

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