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Archive for May, 2008

Escalator Hazards

Posted in Edna, technology, tagged , , , on May 25, 2008 | No Comments »

I was reading at the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission website regarding how to use escalators safely. Most of their concerns were regarding taking children onto escalators. However, there was no warning at all about the type of event that I recently experienced, which involved only adults.
I entered onto a Washington DC Metro escalator behind  a woman in a [...]

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My Father’s Naturalization File

Posted in Edna, family, photographs, tagged , , on May 21, 2008 | No Comments »

Although I was only six years old, I remember when my father became a citizen of the United States of America. I don’t remember the exact day or year, however I don’t need to anymore. I have discovered that the index to his naturalization papers have been published onto the Internet and he was naturalized on June [...]

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My Thornbury Castle

Posted in home, photographs, tagged , , , on May 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »

This Spring I have been watching my one-year-old rose bush continue it’s grow. I see its progress each morning and evening from my front porch rocker; it has been doing well, although there was a slight bout with aphids which I sprayed. Today there are eight buds upon it, with color showing, and I snapped a portrait.

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My Mother’s Market

Posted in Edna, Route 66, family, food, photographs, tagged , , , , on May 11, 2008 | No Comments »

This Mother’s Day weekend I visited Baltimore’s Lexington Market, in remembrance of the times I went there with my mother as a toddler. I remember that I always found it to be a most frightening place, as I only saw the legs and feet of other shoppers. I remember holding onto my mother’s skirt as my younger brother and I stayed with her as she shopped.

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A Virginia Earthquake

Posted in home, tagged , , , , , , on May 7, 2008 | No Comments »

We had a mini earthquake in Virginia and the event even has a name. It is “The North
Springfield/Ravensworth/Annandale Earthquake” of May 2008. the epicenter of the quake was at one of the warehouses on Port Royal Road in Springfield, Virginia: 38.806° NO, 77.220° WE.

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Top of the Rock

Posted in Edna, Route 66, photographs, tagged , , , on May 5, 2008 | No Comments »

Here I am at the Top of the Rock - New York City. Amazingly, this is where my travels along Route 66 took me in late April. My most DARling friend Candace snapped this picture of me and, as I am wont to do, I had fun with some creativity of sorts.
There were seven of us Darling [...]

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