My 2007 Reign

In April of 2001, I created my first web page in honor of the 100th anniversary of my father’s birth: “RICHARDSONs from Hounslow Heath.” The rest, as they say, is history. There are now thousands of my pages out there somewhere on the Internet. I have an “Internet empire”, which is best described as “out [...]

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Logical English

From Burke Lake Park Ice Cream Parlor

FCPA and I have one thing in common: we are misunderstood. Or perhaps it is that we have trouble communicating with the English language. Apparently FCPA was attempting to say: “Why would you think you can have a ‘private’ Birthday Party in our Birthday Party area? We are public after [...]

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Coffee Anyone?

Have you ever ever started your 5 am coffee by pouring the coffee grind directly into the coffee pot? That is what I did this morning. Fortunately I had the presence of mind to quickly decant the ground beans into the filter where they belonged. I then rinsed the coffee pot and filled it with fresh [...]

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DARling Dames

“We shall wear purple whenever and wherever we please, and on our birthdays we shall wear purple with red and have nary a care that the colors match or suit us, … because we are “DARling Dames.”

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Me and Jamey

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Heirloom Rose

From September’s Rose

I ordered this Heirloom Rose on the Internet last Spring. I planted this ‘THORNBURY CASTLE’ as a very small twig in March. This is my September bloom.It arrived as a tiny twig and I had doubts that it would survive. I planted it in a sheltered location and it really was not thriving. [...]

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New Hampshire Coastline

With guidance from Nonantum’s concierge, Ken, we motored our rental car from Kennebunkport, down the Atlantic coast through New Hampshire, onward to Logan Airport at Boston. It was an incredibly sunny September day and the route was shared with bicycles, motorcycles, other touring cars, joggers, baby buggies and hikers, all out to bask in the beauty [...]

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Colors on Display

From Ocean Avenue

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Gazing Ball

From Seeing Wells, Maine

We gazed into a gazing ball and saw ourselves as never before: The Fireworks of  Ourselves.

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View from the Trolley

From Franciscan Monestery

The second leg of my journey along Route 66 begins on Kennebunkport’s Intown Trolley, narrarated by two outstanding guides. I am following the path of the horse and buggy people going before me. Maine people love to fly the flag, and two are visible in this image that I took from inside the Trolley. I [...]

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