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Tintoretto
Tintoretto We spent Monday through Wednesday of the past week in the nation’s capital. Jerry had been invited to the annual Board meeting of the higher ed organization he founded, of which he’s emeritus chairman. When we were first married, … Continue reading
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Paying Nostalgia Forward
Paying Nostalgia Forward Jerry and I celebrated our eighteenth wedding anniversary last Friday. We watched the inauguration (moving right along here), and then drove through the rain to a Hindu temple in New Jersey that the wonderful lady who runs … Continue reading
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