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Those Are Not My Parents
The “grands” bucket list … By Judy Berman Giant muffins and dangerous boardwalks. Just what else would you offer your grandkids on an outing? They had their bucket list of things to do while visiting...
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Private Eyes … Are Watching You
By Judy Berman “Listen? Do you want to know a secret? Do you promise not to tell?” Those innocent lyrics by The Beatles take on a whole different meaning when you realize just how much is out there...
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The Big Night
By Judy Berman Memories are made of this – family get-togethers. Any misty-eyed moment doesn’t last for long. That’s just our family’s way. Last weekend, we gathered at Buca di Beppo’s to celebrate my...
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The WordPress Family Award
By Judy Berman Coming home. That’s how I feel each time I log on to a WordPress blog. It is a community, a family, where I feel comfortable sharing my stories. When I visit other blogs, your stories...
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No Place Like Home
By Judy Berman Sometimes, you don’t know what you got until it’s gone. That thought comes to mind when I consider a little girl who’s swept away with her best friend to a very strange land. She spends...
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Make Someone Happy
By Judy Berman One wintry evening in Syracuse, New York, an unlikely group gathered for a good meal and conversation. Our companions were from all walks of life. At our table: a college student, a...
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Goose Bumps and Shuttle Launches
By Judy Berman Peering into the night sky, we’ve often waited impatiently for that streak of light that means a shuttle is heading into space. Since we moved to Florida, we’ve watched the launches from...
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Into Costa Rica
By Judy Berman With minimal Spanish skills, we ventured into Costa Rica for its Cloud Forest, beaches and its active volcano. This is a favorite destination for eco-trekkers and surfers. Our first test...
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Santa’s On His Way
By Judy Berman Strands of twinkling lights, resembling icicles, dangle from the eves. Christmas trees put on a colorful light show, dance and serenade the neighborhood as I stroll down memory lane....
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The Season of Giving – Awards
By Judy Berman A belated thank you to three bloggers who nominated me for awards in November and December. I’m honored by their thoughtfulness, and hope they’ll forgive me for breaking the rules in...
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Feeling Happy – New Attitude
By Judy Berman One Sunday, as I was leaving church, I turned on my iPhone and started dancing in the parking lot. One man smiled as he left the parking lot. A woman, however, seemed to be hurriedly...
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2013 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 16,000...
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Here I Come To Save the Day
By Judy Berman Did you ever notice how eager folks are to offer help when you’re nearly done with the job? The nine most terrifying words in the English language? President Ronald Reagan identified...
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North by Northwest
By Judy Berman Mistaken identify, darkness, light and double cross play significant roles in Alfred Hitchcock’s (1959) movie, “North by Northwest.” In diabolical plot twists that even Cary Grant found...
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The Thief of Time
By Judy Berman Suppose you could jump into Doctor’s Tardis. If you could turn back the hands of time, what would you do? What would you change? Fear and regret are the thieves of dreams. Regret over...
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The Beatles Pleased, Pleased Me
By Judy Berman Motown’s soul music and surfer music had me in its grasp. But like any fickle teen, my heart soon belonged to a shaggy-haired mop-top group from Liverpool: The Fab Four. Parents had no...
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The Mob Built This City
By Judy Berman Did the mob once run Las Vegas? Some dispute that, but few would quibble about the explosive growth in Sin City as a result of the Mob’s presence. This reputation is one that The Mob...
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Dragon Love and a Thank You
By Judy Berman While my longtime friend Mark Bialczak slogs thru the slush and snow of Syracuse, New York, I’ll be sending him many warm regards for nominating me for the Dragon’s Loyalty Award this...
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Overheard While Just Passing Thru
By Judy Berman As a tourist, you get only a quick glimpse of what life might be like in the places you visit. What I’ve found is sometimes you’re in on the joke that the tour guides tell. Other times,...
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Hunger in the Land of Plenty
By Judy Berman The boy fought back tears when we talked. He worried about where his next meal would be coming from during the long holiday weekend. He’d had no steady address for several weeks after...
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