Doors- Boston Beacon Hill

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I managed to snap this photo just as I sat down and the trolley headed off. I must say I really didn’t want to leave Beacon Hill. I love the mustard colour of the building. The street lamp is always … Continue reading →

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A Boston Moment of Tears- The Boston Holocaust Memorial

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There are no words here, only numbers. It is Boston’s Holocaust Memorial. Towers reach up with numbers etched in the glass and soar upwards, just as the smoke did in the chimneys when human ash became snow across Europe. It … Continue reading →

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Doors- Two Doors in Boston

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Boston showed me some wonderful doors. These two on Newbury Street made me want to move to Boston, move into one of these lovely Boston Brownstones and just become a Bostonian.  I did learn that there is no such thing … Continue reading →

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Five Days in Old Beantown- Day Two- Beacon Hill and Boston Harbour

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I jumped off the trolley in Beacon Hill and fell in love with Charles Street and the various side streets that lead off into the Beacon Hill neighbourhood.  I started at one end of the street and walked down to … Continue reading →

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Tales From the City- Hallo Pops! We won’t forget the fallen and those in harm’s way.

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It’s November, and the little red poppies are colouring winter lapels. It’s a bit of bright red cheer in the gloom of approaching winter. I came across Pops just by chance on a walk about. Pops was made by a … Continue reading →

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Five Days in Old Bean Town- Boston Day one

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Sometimes taking a red-eye isn’t the smartest thing to do. I got some sleep on the plane only to be woken up far too soon. Boston was warm, hot actually, and very sunny. As I headed towards baggage, I was … Continue reading →

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Write On- The act of typing

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I haven’t used a typewriter for donkey years. I was listening to a podcast on the plane and an author was saying- he didn’t use a computer. He used an old typewriter. He was asked if the slowness of the … Continue reading →

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Doors- Boston’s Little Alice Door.

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Boston had some amazing doors! But this one made me do a double take! At first I thought it was a cellar door, but it leads into a flat below. I knocked on the door and really hoped someone would … Continue reading →

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