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The Windland Smith Rice Awards:
Stunning Nature Photography from Around the World

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011
by Winnefred Ann Frolik on Playing Around

The counterfeit and counterpart of Nature is reproduced in art. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow It won’t surprise you to hear that I recently attended an exhibition

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Children’s Books Grownups Can Enjoy, Too

Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
by Michall Jeffers on Shopping Around

As the time left until Christmas dwindles down, we turn once again to some of the outstanding children’s books available this season. Why not buy

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A Walk on the Wild Side

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
by Sue Wiker on Living Around

With summer on its way and school winding down, you may be looking for a creative way to entertain the kids.For an excursion that both

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An Empty Nest or A Full Tree

Sunday, November 15th, 2009
by Aimee Garn on Living Around

This August my younger daughter Emma went to college, joining her sister Louisa, who is currently in her junior year. Both girls had spent the

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Woman Around Town: Edna Curley—Fighting for Others

Sunday, October 4th, 2009
by MJ Hanley-Goff on Woman Around Town

As I write this, Edna Curley is laying comfortably in a Newburgh hospice. She has her loved ones around her, her children, husband, and the

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The Mannahatta Project–Discovering Henry Hudson’s Island

Friday, July 10th, 2009
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around

In September, 1609, when Henry Hudson sailed up the river that would one day bear his name, the heavily wooded island he gazed upon was

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