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Tuesday, July 24th, 2012

115th Birthday Amelia Earhart  

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The Hunger Games *****

Saturday, June 23rd, 2012

How I managed to ignore the success of the Hunger Games series, I’m not sure, but I did. Until the movie came out and I saw book #1 on a prominent spot in the bookstore (and at a discount, so that’s always a good thing :D). I could hit myself for not reading the book […]

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Leroy Anderson

Monday, May 28th, 2012

Let me apologize for not knowing this composer before. I found out today that I sure did know some of his work, though never knew his name. I will never forget it now 🙂 For years and years one of the programs on a Dutch Radio Station started the show by playing a piece of […]

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Pinterest Pet Peeve

Monday, May 14th, 2012

Although it’s hard to imagine I suppose there are people who don’t know Pinterest yet *gasp* Basically, it’s nothing more than an online pinboard (but very addictive!). My ‘bookmark’ list is long, very long, too long to keep track of all the great sites I found, eventhough I created folders and tried to put some […]

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Remembrance Day

Friday, May 4th, 2012

Today is May 4th, Remembrance Day in The Netherlands. Every year I post a link to a page on my website, dedicated to my late Grandfather. Please read… think about it… and remember! Clicking this link will take you to The story of my grandfather “Where there’s hope, there’s life. It fills us with fresh […]

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