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2025
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Friday Flags: A Good Night in Colchester, CTWe attended an awards night for the students at Bacon Academy, the high school that serves the 9-12 grades in Colchester, CT.Our grandson, Raphael was to receive some recognition, and when the evening was over, he was the recipient of 5 certificates of ...
05/30/2025
Memorial Day 2025 Remember Those That Paid the PriceWe watched the Memorial Day Concert last night on PBS It was emotional as they had set the show to have storylines given by award winning stars that presented the real-life accounts of heroes from WWll, Korea, Viet Nam and the Middle East.At the...
05/26/2025
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I Don't Remember That Pond in Waterbury CTWe have an above average wet spring, or at least it feels that way. We are a bit sun deprived and hope that it does find a way to break through the clouds before too long. For some of the wildlife, however things could not be better especially for the wat...
05/25/2025
Friday Flags: In Galloway, NJ Every Day is Memorial DayLate in March of this year, we spent a weekend away at a resort in Galloway, NJ, which is across the water from Atlantic City, NJ.On a morning when we went out for breakfast, the wind was blowing hard, and as I always look for the right flag ...
05/23/2025
Friday Flags: A Wind Blowing to the West in WaterburyOur spring here in Connecticut has been completely out of the norm. We have gotten warm weather, then it drops back to low temps.We get a lot of rain and then we get another dose of snow.Weather patterns typically are from the west to the east ...
05/16/2025
If I Could Turn Back Time on my Real Estate CareerThere is an expression as relates to post action reviews of being a Monday Morning quarterback. This is meant to attempt anticipate what might have happened had a particular event been approached in a different manner.The ActiveRain Challenge for ...
05/12/2025
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Mother's Day 2025 Day Moment Becomes More Precious One has to be a woman, and to be more precisely, a mother, to comprehend thoroughly the emotions involved. There is a connection between a mother and her children that defies definition. It reaches past the sense of logic and no matter how many t...
05/11/2025
Friday Flags If You Wait, it will Wave in Watertown CTWhile driving into Watertown, CT to meet someone at a condo complex, I noticed the flag at the entrance was less than furled. The limbs on the adjacent trees were moving slightly so I waited a few minutes to see if the flag would strut for me....
05/09/2025
53rd Annual Mother's Day Greek Festival in Waterbury CT It is highly anticipated each year for the food that is offered and the fun as well. A tradition for Mother's Day weekend to come and enjoy authentic Greek food, entertainment and the fellowship of your friends and neighbors.There will be ...
05/03/2025
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Friday Flags: Big and Beautiful in Watertown CTI was heading into Watertown, CT on Wednesday morning. On a main road is a plant with a very large flag out front. It very seldom is fully furled, however this week, there was enough wind that I just had to stop.Most flag sizes are sized for the heig...
05/02/2025