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"Beyond the Pale... ...I am interested in things which are barely there: transparency, lightness, whiteness, minutiae and ephemera. Things that one has to look hard to see..." |
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"Becoming At Peace With Food is a journey that involves developing a new relationship with food. Instead of being marked by frustration and disappointment, by fear and competition between you and the food you eat, food will take its place as one of the many activities in your life, along with family, friends, working and being active. And, like these other activities, it will be pleasurable..... In order to be At Peace With Food, you need to learn about yourself and why you have the relationship you do with the food you eat. Like all relationships, your relationship with food took time to develop, and it will take time to change. Let's begin." - Leann Simmon, MS, RD, LDN |
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THROUGH THE LENS Chrystina is a narrative landscape and environmental portraitist. Through the lens Chrystina captures the timeless and the fleeting natural world of wide expanses of sky and land. She intends to remind us of our dual nature: our transience and our legacy, how we affect nature and how we are merely passers by.
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“For me, the need to make art has been a driving force in my life. Whether it’s working with and organizing sounds over time, or more recently colors, materials and shapes in space; my work is about turning initially vague, fleeting and amorphous ideas into solid, concrete and comprehensible ‘objects’ (works of art). |
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Meggan Gould is Professor of Photography at Bowdoin College
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Unite under the sun at Great Island Yoga in Harpswell, Maine on the Atlantic Ocean and now on Caye Caulker, in Belize, overlooking the beautiful Caribbean Sea.... find heaven on earth in two spectacular settings. Questions? Call or email us; we are here to help you! Download our brochure! Read about us in the Frommers Guide to Belize 2009 |
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Hello, My name is Gizelle Bushey, and I own Endeavor Paso Finos in Fairfax, VT. |
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Jane Trigère has been many things: a costume and set designer, an architecture student, an art bookbinder, a calligrapher, a cobbler, an eyeglass frame designer, a reporter and editor, a museum director, a teacher, an embroiderer, a painter, and always—an artist.
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SUNNY INTERVALS AND SHOWERS
A Documentary about Family Life with Bipolar Disorder"Incredibly absorbing--a riveting film. I hadn't expected to see such high drama -- almost unbelievable. I am still reeling." --Jenny Towndrow, Author, Love and Madness Jonathan Goodman Levitt (sunnyintervals@gmail.com) |
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Emily Branham, Filmmaker http://www.workandserve.com/ |
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Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer Rebbe and Maggid Shiur - Programs, Lectures and Shiurim
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I am in the process of organizing my speaking and lecturing schedule for the end of the summer and autumn. I have Baruch Hashem a large and varied repertoire of topics and programs, and have been Baruch Hashem very well received in many venues, including shul and hotel scholar-in-residence events and programs. By way of example, I use the film with which I like to open the school year, the classic 1941 film, "The Devil and Daniel Webster." (Students tell me that an additional benefit of taking this course is an appreciation for classic - even black and white! - films.) It is ideal for Elul because of its themes surrounding the yetzer ho'ra and teshuvah. Many of my shiurim and lectures are available online in either audio or video formats at: toseftaonline.org teachittome.com sumseq.com torahanytime.com Author of The Contemporary Eruv |
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"I have always been intrigued by underlying allusions and the universal body language. The genuine truth expressed through the subtlety of the unspoken gesture is my inspiration for sculpture of the human form. |
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Hannah Wesley, daughter of Rebecca and Tom Wesley, who is running for Congress to "Repeal Neal" in MA Congressional 2nd district, were here! Hannah, just back from 6 months in Kenya, wants to share information about the group she represents: Flying Kites is an organization concerned with helping vulnerable children around the world. Currently, we are building a home for abandoned, abused and orphaned children in Kenya. Located at the foot of the Aberdares Mountains, our new ten-acre farm has become home to many children in need. |
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Hope For Women brings premium quality, handcrafted products created by women artisans to the mainstream marketplace. We are a socially responsible organization committed to providing sustainable employment for economically disadvantaged women worldwide.We offer handcrafted products exclusively made by women so they can take control of their lives and their futures.Hope For Women is a proud member of the Fair Trade Federation. Every woman is paid a fair, livable wage under safe and healthy working conditions. |
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 I have been in the field of childcare for many years. Having had children myself, I wanted to do my own investigation into the safety and efficacy of vaccine usage in babies and children. It was during that time, my passion grew for wanting to learn how to heal one's body naturally. I discovered Health Sentinel.... |
Independent investigator and writer focusing on presenting information that is rarely examined by other media sources. Founder of healthsentinel.com which is dedicated to providing the very best information on health, environmental, and the world based on scientific, medical, historical, and other reliable sources.
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Joely Johnson Mork has been practicing yoga since the age of 18 and teaching for more than 10 years. Her teaching style and personal practice are strongly influenced by the Sivananda school, but she also has years of experience in Iyengar yoga and often uses props in class. Joely is certified by the Integral Yoga Institute to teach yoga to people with cancer and by Karma Kids Yoga to teach yoga to children from toddlers to teens. Click on her logo at left to see the Troy Yoga website! |
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During WWI and WWII,People around the USA grew food in back yards, on balconies, in parks, at work, anyplace they could. These urban gardeners provided 40% of the produce consumed in the US. From the Ground Up shows the parallels between then and now. In and around cities across the nation, people have begun to grow food for local consumption for some of the same reasons and some new ones as well- from reducing their carbon footprint and access to beter nutrition, to overcoming environmental challenges and a volatile political landscape. |
Writer, singer, entertainer and cinemasoloist Bill Dyszel is the author of 18 books including Microsoft Outlook for Dummies as well as a frequent contributor to PC Magazine and other national publications. He also sang at the New York City Opera for 14 years and is reputedly the most prolific contributor to the 48 Hour Film Project. He's been called "an urban legend," but it's not entirely clear whether that's a compliment. Cinema Solo: The home of one-man movie-making Some of our personal favorites: Battle Hymn of the Baby Boomers Freelance National Anthem (with sing-along) See all of Bill's You Tube offerings here Find the other Cinema Solo link on our wesite for a 10% discount! |
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"Mark and I are spending the night at The Lathrop House in Springfield, Mass. The proprietor, a photographer named Diana Mara Henry, is wonderful. Some remarkable work on the walls. Also, she has a cat: Toesie. Toesie has extra toes, paws like hands. Diana says Hemingway had cats with extra toes. I'm thinking this is a good sign." | |
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Pastel pet portraits from your favorite photograph Contact Lois Sheppard:
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Scott and Kim Kline stay at the Lathrop House B&B when they exhibit their Alpacas at the Big E. "We have fallen in love with these magical creatures! Being deeply involved in every aspect of their care, we have learned much in these first few years. We have dedicated our breeding program to strive to create the best total package possible. We strongly believe in the North American Alpaca. "Our Alpacas Are More Than Just Another Fleecy Face!" Our goal is to raise high quality, friendly alpacas that are the complete package. We focus on colored huacayas that have strong, correct conformation and wonderful fleece. Great emphasis is placed on the animal's temperament, disposition and ease of handling." Havenfield Farm Alpacas may be visited in Birdsboro, PA and at |
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This photograph by Sarah A. Mohajery is of a music room in one of the Shah's palaces located in Isfahan, Iran. The room was designed to enhance musical acoustics. Sarah A. Mohajery was raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She attended Chatham College where she received her BA in Psychology and English Literature. Sarah also performed in ten theatrical productions with Chatham's Theatrical Group. She will be graduating from Springfield College with her MS in Clinical Art Therapy with licensure eligibility in Mental Health Counseling. Sarah has always relied on photography as her refuge. She has exhibited her photography in Pittsburgh and in Springfield, Massachusetts. Go to www. flickr.com and where it says search type mohajery |
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Bryan Berg, the "Cardstacker", visited with us while building a cityscape of Boston for the Big E, September, 2006.
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Ray and Pat Damiani were here during the Big E too, to present his Flemish Giants, which are......
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Bill and Liz McCutcheon brought their bright and kind spirits and then shared with us his beautiful paintings, as seen on:
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"Ann Shalaski's clear, delicately written debut poetry collection reveals the landscape of her past and a sometimes-tarnished present.With spirit and humor, she introduces a bolder persona, a real woman putting the world on notice that's she's here..." |
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You Again The problem is my mother doesn't know who I am, what year it is. She's forgotten that she loves rose talcum and Tabu on her wrists, taught me right from wrong, drilled weekly spelling words into my head, nursed me when I was sick. It's as if she's never seen me before, labors to say my name, tongue lost on slick river of stones separating us. I put soft felt slippers on her feet, tan sweater over her shoulders and for a moment, I think there's recognition in her eyes. Or maybe it's the way light falls across trees twisted and dying behind the house. Ann Falcone Shalaski Published in Main Channel Voices - Vol.2, Fall, 2006 |
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Ron and Ann at Ann's poetry reading at the Lathrop House B&B May, 2007 |
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Kathy Biever ( center) and friend Blanch came walking through Springfield to celbrate Kathy's 70th birthday, for which she walked from Boston Common to NYC's Central Park. Kathy's husband Keith Biever plotted the route to follow John Adams' and the Boston Post Road. They were awarded Mayoral certificates by Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno. See the full story here. |
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Pam is available for special programs, seminars, talks, and consultations. Her first book, The Spirit of Getting Organized: 12 Skills to Find Meaning & Power In Your Stuff, is in its second printing. Her next book, Awakening in Time: |
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Trainer Larry and bloodhound Holly, star of A Tale of Two Dogs by Tigress Productions who stayed at the Lathrop House during the filming. "A bloodhound named Holly recently stole Diana Mara Henry’s heart. The dog arrived at Henry’s bed and breakfast, Lathrop House in the Forest Park section of Springfield, on a clear summer day with her trainer and a British film crew, which was following Holly on her trek from West Virginia to Massachusetts, where she would make an attempt at becoming a K-9 with the State Police. “It was our first celebrity canine,” said Henry, an acclaimed photojournalist by trade, whose photos are housed in both the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian. As a photographer, Henry said her eye is trained to find beauty in unexpected places, just as she did in Holly’s droopy, forlorn face.... the big, lumbering bloodhound... trotted quickly to Lathrop House’s front door and settled in easily once she’d checked into her room. She, too, turned her visit to Springfield into a new life, passing the State Police exam and joining its ranks. There are others in Henry’s guestbook who have done the same, finding new careers and choosing to stay in the area." from "Noted Photojournalist Diana Mara Henry’s B&B Offers a Snapshot of Springfield" By JACLYN C. STEVENSON |
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