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120 Years Ago Today: A Towering Achievement

Posted in History, Holidays/Celebrations, Paris sights, tagged , , on Tuesday, March 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

A hundred years after it was supposed to be demolished, La Tour Eiffel (Eiffel Tower) still stands, a masterpiece of engineering on the edge of the River Seine. And, it’s impossible today to imagine Paris without the Eiffel Tower.
This symbol of Paris is visible from almost anywhere in the city and is especially attractive at [...]

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Earth Hour 2009—We Did It!!

Posted in conservation, tagged , on Monday, March 30, 2009 | 6 Comments »

Rod and I turned off all the lights in the house on Saturday March 28, and had a candlelit dinner.
Proud to be part of this new tradition to bring awareness about climate change, global warming, saving the environment etc.

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Albin Polasek, world-renowned sculptor

Posted in Travel in USA, art, tagged , , , , on Thursday, March 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »

 The Albin Polasek Museum & Sculpture Garden

 This sculpture park is an unexpected gem in the Orlando area. It’s an inspiring place with excellent art work in a gorgeous setting, and we were very happy to find out about someone we’ve never heard of before, especially someone so obviously talented, of this stature. Albin Polasek is [...]

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More March Mania in the Butterfly House

Posted in Nature, Travel in USA, conservation, seasons, tagged , , , , on Tuesday, March 24, 2009 | 3 Comments »

 We are in touch with nature at the Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House in St Louis, Missouri.

 This March (2009), the 2nd Annual March Morpho Madness at the Butterfly House has been expanded, as the first March Morpho was such a success last year. Staff will release hundreds of new Morpho butterflies each Saturday from February [...]

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National Wildlife Week

Posted in Holidays/Celebrations, Nature, conservation, tagged , on Tuesday, March 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

NATIONAL WILDLIFE WEEK
March 16-20, 2009
Get involved in National Wildlife Week, a time to honor wildlife of all forms and to instill a love of nature, nature both big and small.
Wildlife Week started in 1938 and since then has been important in wildlife conservation, bringing awareness of this issue to people of all ages.
As the NWF [...]

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Paris Street Signs

Posted in France---general, History, Paris--general, tagged on Thursday, March 12, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Who Do You Know?

It’s fun to pay attention to street signs in France because streets are often named after people who contributed to society or somehow left their mark. In this way, I can learn a little more about French history and culture. Who is that? And why were they important? Each sign also tells us [...]

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Honoring Women

Posted in Holidays/Celebrations, art, cultural understanding, tagged , , , , on Monday, March 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »

In honor of INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY (March 8), and WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH (March, in USA), here’s a review of a very interesting book by an African America woman writer, Zora Neale Hurston.

“Their Eyes Were Watching God”, a novel by Zora Neale Hurston, was first published in 1923. It was never particularly popular during the author’s [...]

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Not Mardi Gras?

Posted in Holidays/Celebrations, tagged , on Tuesday, March 3, 2009 | 2 Comments »

“Ce n’est pas Mardi Gras aujourd’hui” (It’s not Mardi Gras today)
Some folks  have just celebrated Mardi Gras, which got me thinking about this saying.
This French expression is used to make fun of a person who is wearing something outrageous or crazy. It came about because  the Mardi Gras period is famous for crazy costumes [...]

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