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Seven Candy Cane Facts or Fiction?

two candy canes
December 17, 2020
carolkubota
Culture

“We elves try to stick to the four main food groups: candy, candy canes, candy corns, and syrup.” Will Ferrell’s Buddy the Elf Seven candy cane facts or fiction? In 1670 a choirmaster at the Cologne Cathedral in Germany was

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8 Facts about Christmas Trees

red bauble on green christmas tree covered with snow
December 13, 2020January 4, 2021
carolkubota
Culture, Personal Stories

The best Christmas trees come very close to exceeding nature. If some of our great decorated trees had been grown in a remote forest area with lights that came on every evening as it grew dark, the whole world would

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Five Tips to Help You Choose a Writer’s Workshop/Retreat

woman reading book while sitting on chair
October 31, 2020January 4, 2021
carolkubota
Personal Stories, USA, Women travelers

“So long as you write what you wish to write, that is all that matters; and whether it matters for ages or only for hours, nobody can say.” ― Virginia Woolf   Do you remember the first time you wrote a note

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Pizza for Breakfast?

October 8, 2020October 8, 2020
carolkubota
Culture, Europe

  “Life, within doors, has few pleasanter prospects than a neatly arranged and well-provisioned breakfast-table.” ― Nathaniel Hawthorne, The House of the Seven Gables Pizza for Breakfast? My friend Myra and I met for Breakfast at 8:00 a.m. at Farm

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Living the Desert Life

October 7, 2020October 7, 2020
carolkubota
USA

A swift streak of color, A silhouette in jade, Ultra marine! A flash of silver underneath On all will be seen. ~Margaret Wheeler Ross (1867–1953), “Spring Styles on the Desert: The Lizard” Gambel’s quail Saucy black plumes on copper berets

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The Sting of Prejudice

September 5, 2020September 27, 2020
carolkubota
Culture, Personal Stories

Mary and her siblings Growing up, I did not feel the sting of prejudice.  My parents and grandparents taught me to not feel inferior or subordinate to anyone. Unlike recently arrived immigrants, my family has lived in what is now

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Trapped in the House

August 1, 2020September 20, 2020
carolkubota
Culture, Personal Stories, USA

Are you reading this in your pajamas? The sales of pajamas have tripled in the last five months, and the sales of business wear have decreased. Maybe you are wearing an old T-shirt and sweatpants? Boxer shorts? Or naked? When

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A Quest for Milk

July 23, 2020September 18, 2020
carolkubota
Culture, Europe, Personal Stories

I reach into the dairy case at Safeway and grab my one-half gallon of Vitamin D whole milk. A five-year-old little boy with big brown eyes and curly black hair sits in the grocery cart. His dad reaches in and

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The invisible enemy.

April 12, 2020April 12, 2020
carolkubota
Personal Stories, USA

Coronavirus Day #20 The invisible enemy. A war is fought between two or more enemies. Soldiers fight for their countries wearing uniforms to distinguish enemies from friends. These soldiers identify themselves by the color of their uniforms and the patches

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Price Tower/Frank Llyod Wright Skyscraper

January 26, 2020September 20, 2020
carolkubota
Frank Lloyd Wright, Personal Stories, USA

Bartlesville, Oklahoma was not on my bucket list. My daughter lives in Tulsa and suggested we visit Bartlesville and stay in the Price Tower, a forty-five-minute drive from her home. Price Tower, located in Bartlesville, is one of the only

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