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Lawn Signs

Periodically I do a 6-7 mile loop walking thru Woodbury.  Just about half that distance is on Main St. (Route 6), but most is off the main drag. {Sidebar 1:  it is a stretch to consider any road in Woodbury … Continue reading

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Martini Construction

As you may be aware, there are few things I hold as dear as a superbly made Martini.  And it is rare that I find an “away” Martini ever comes close to what I create in my “home court.”  The … Continue reading

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My First Martini

The details… Time: 1973, circa. AprilPlace: The pool bar @ Cambridge Beaches, Sandys Parish, Bermuda. Background, Part 1: Ellen and I honeymooned at Cambridge Beaches the previous June 4.  And discounting my collegiate experience with Boone’s Farm Apple Wine (an … Continue reading

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The Mamaloshen

In 1791 Catherine the Great created the Pale of Settlement. It was the territory within Russia where Jews were permitted to live. It included all of Belarus, Lithuania and Moldova, much of present-day Ukraine, parts of eastern Latvia. And with … Continue reading

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