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Stories all of 100 years old

Bribery And Blackmail

They have to be retold

Definitions of words have surely changed

as Kilts And Reefers are now explained.

Two Kinds Of Success stories

That Work Both Ways

Stealing From Cities

and the Faithful Toby way

No Poison In The Wallpaper

is History Rewritten

With A Humble Helper

and Powerful Competition

Like a Scene In A Play

The Counterpane Got…

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Added by Doris Anne Beaulieu on August 3, 2014 at 1:05pm — No Comments

New Future Of The Internet

New Future Of The Internet

Cable cost are up too high

You turned to the internet and so have I

My Youtube channel is the way to go

Now I can even make video shows

I group the videos to make a show

To bring you the best of where I go

For kids the mower and stove videos

I also have vehicles and some scarecrows

Kids can watch from morn til night

with lots of things for a kids delight

Light houses, ship building, and horses…

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Added by Doris Anne Beaulieu on July 29, 2014 at 3:54pm — No Comments

Portland is Still my Favorite

Portland, Oregon is a fun place to go as a traveller. I've been visiting Portland for a long time and I always have a good time and see new things.

It's been a year since I've been here. There are new food carts serving…

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Added by Michael Levin on July 27, 2014 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Spring is in the Air

Boy, oh boy... It's beautiful here in the Swamp. I'm writing this from Florida on a sunny, sunny day. I've been traveling a lot lately and have not checked my garden patch for weeks at the beautiful McRorie Community Garden. But, this week's the week to drop by and see how the sprouts have grown. That's the nice thing about a garden. As long as you don't have turbulent…

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Added by Michael Levin on March 9, 2014 at 9:44am — No Comments

From good to great...Dr Harold Kroto

Harold Kroto discovered Bucky Balls. He opened the door to nano technology. Like, that's partly why little smartphones are possible.…

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Added by Michael Levin on February 16, 2014 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Robert Hunter, Grateful Dead songwriter

(Photo from Jambase's Hunter Fall Tour article)

Robert Hunter wrote lots of Grateful Dead songs with Jerry Garcia charting the music. Robert was just on tour in the Fall, 2013. If you want to listen to him playing guitar and singing, there are a bunch of…

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Added by Michael Levin on December 24, 2013 at 12:51pm — No Comments

6 Lessons the Sick can Teach the Healthy

What can you learn from the sick? Well, here's 6 lessons from a chronically ill person who is also a law professor and gifted writer. Here's what Toni Bernhard, JD has to offer:

1. Less is more - clean out the stuff you've accumulated

2. Ruminating about the past and worrying about the future <makes> me unhappy.

3. Rushing to judgment about…

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Added by Michael Levin on December 22, 2013 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Offroad biking in Gainesville, FL - Maps!

If you're looking for places to ride in G'Ville, there's a new website with passion. It's called Eco Agro Trails and G'Ville is featured center stage.

This is straight from the site - and the kind of detail you'll find. It's their map of…

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Added by Michael Levin on December 19, 2013 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Paddling in Florida ::: Outdoor Adventures December 2013

Hello "wanna go" crew,
 
We're entering into a couple of the most popular weeks of the year for paddling. And, as always seems to happen, the schedule has changed a bit due to customer requests. Fortunately, the requests were for popular trips; a couple of which we'll be doing multiple times. This should…
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Added by Michael Levin on December 19, 2013 at 10:29am — No Comments

Volunteer at an Orphanage in Nepal

Welcome to TLC NEPAL!

The organization ‘TLC’ was set up to help match volunteers with our projects working with children in our orphanage in Pokhara, Nepal. TLC facilitates services not Picture 4041only in Pokhara and the surrounding villages but also in the Kaski, Tanahu, Baglung,and Syangja districts of Nepal. There will not be any national and international…

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Added by Michael Levin on December 18, 2013 at 2:52pm — No Comments

Reflections on Gainesville's Sweetwater Park, By Shmal

Photo credit : https://foursquare.com/user/32981361 User "Bob"
REFLECTIONS ON SWEETWATER PARK
Sh’mal
 
             I regularly walk through the…
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Added by Michael Levin on December 18, 2013 at 11:00am — No Comments

Nelson Mandela - Thoughts from Shmal

This photo is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic…
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Added by Michael Levin on December 18, 2013 at 10:58am — No Comments

Charles Bukowski

Added by Michael Levin on December 11, 2013 at 3:12pm — No Comments

The Cure For Winter Blues

The Cure For Winter Blues

Don't be feeling down

Just because winter came around

Let me share things I have found

Before more snow hits the ground

My youtube channel viewwithme

Has much excitement for you to see

So go to the site and join me

It really is the place to be

There are playlists to suit your every need

Anything from wild bats out of trees

To the judging of birds and bumble bees

Take a minute to give it a peek…

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Added by Doris Anne Beaulieu on December 7, 2013 at 10:13am — No Comments

Edible Plant Project {G'Ville} ::: Big Everything Swap/trade/sell/giveaway gathering at the EPP nursery

Hey Gardeners!

 

Mark Your calendar!  Sunday, December 15th from 1-5pm will be the Big Everything Swap/trade/sell/giveaway gathering at the EPP nursery!  Clean out…

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Added by Michael Levin on December 5, 2013 at 8:36am — No Comments

Bicycle Travel with Kurt ... currently in Peru

Kurt's blog is especially good today with photos of biking through Peru. Remind yourself it's a big, fun world out there waiting to be explored:http://www.bikegreaseandcoffee.com/2013/11/this-that-and-andy.html. Photo credit to Kurt's blog for photo…

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Added by Michael Levin on November 12, 2013 at 8:03am — No Comments

Canoeing in Florida with Lars (Cross Creek (Sat), Waccasassa/Wekiva (Sun)

Hello "wanna go" crew,
 
I have a feeling this window of opportunity to paddle Cross Creek might not be open long. While water levels have rebounded a bit after our record…
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Added by Michael Levin on October 31, 2013 at 1:05pm — No Comments

Tokays and Pterodactyls

It's so cool living in the Swamp. We have Tokay geckos in the area. They are escaped housepets. They are nocturnal and grow to be very big if they don't get eaten by our predator birds (hawks and ospreys) which I refer to as Pterodactyls because they sound like you'd expect prehistoric creatures to sound. They are beautiful, too. Lime green with orange dots. They are called…

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Added by Michael Levin on October 31, 2013 at 11:15am — No Comments

Exploring the Waters in Changing Seasons

Hello "wanna go" crew, 
This weekend we'll be winding our way through the very heart of the…
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Added by Michael Levin on October 11, 2013 at 9:30am — 2 Comments

Exploring the Outdoors this weekend with Adventure Outpost

Hello "wanna go" crew,
Things are drying out after our wet summer and rivers are returning to near-normal conditions. Most are just a bit above average with nice flow. And, to top it off, the weather forecast…
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Added by Michael Levin on September 18, 2013 at 7:00am — No Comments

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