Every year my family gets together around New Years and I torture them with family pictures. They are used to it now and I think they secretly like the event. This year was no different. We were at a mountain cabin in the Shenandoah National Park in Elkton, Virginia. We had a bonfire every night,…
For more than 2 years, I’ve been walking past the Cathedral of Saint Matthew on Rhode Island Avenue on my way home from work. From the outside, the church just looks regular. Nothing out of the ordinary. Old brick building sitting between two office buildings. Usually one or two homeless people hanging out on the steps…
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Watch this 3:36 minute video on BBC News which discusses a PSI initiative which uses mobile phones, text messages and electronic mapping technology to improve the chances that health centers throughout Tanzania have a constant supply of drugs to treat malaria. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-radio-and-tv-14836731
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I’ve been living abroad the last 5 months. While I was gone, the “Occupy” movement started in New York, Washington DC, and other major cities across the U.S. I must admit I don’t really understand the purpose of this movement, but I became a little more informed today by visiting the Occupy DC at McPherson Square…
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Good job MJ bringing the issue to your blog. I read the declaration of the OccupyDC movement (since you made it so handy to do so) and I do find it fascinating. I too admit to ignorance about the movement and what it is proclaiming. Very interesting!! It’s what you have love about the very foundations of America. THIS could NOT happen that I know of in many other countries…
Happy New Year!! May 2012 bring you happiness, good health, and adventure. My family and I spent the weekend in the Shenandoah National Park in Virginia (about 2 hours south of Washington DC). It’s been a while since I drove through the countryside, past large open fields with cattle grazing. I love to look at…
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