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Poet’s Corner – Lift Your Glass, It’s Christmastime

(Three score Christmas past:I sit with my loves;Some felt;Some seen;Some lost in ether;Some?  A dream.Bells of time, knelling:I have caroledHolding hands;Singing songs of peace and joyFor life across the lands.) Children dream of sugarplums.Silent is the Night.We all hear The Little Drummer Boy,While we dream a Christmas, White.We all can

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Stream Career Women II

Million Dollar Baby 2004 A sports drama based on short stories by F.X. Toole, the pen name of fight manager Jerry Boyd. Directed by Clint Eastwood. Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor Academy Awards. Margaret “Maggie” Fitzgerald (Hilary Swank), an underdog amateur boxer from the Ozarks, is

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Even on Christmas, You Don’t Have to Be in a Church to Pray

Any other year, millions would be looking forward to attending mass on Christmas Eve or on Christmas Day. Whether regular church-goers or Chreasters (those who attend on Christmas and Easter), all would be welcomed. Cathedrals and more modest churches would be decorated with trees and wreaths, the altars filled with

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Stream Selected Films of Diane Keaton

Annie Hall 1977 Co-Written (with Marshall Brickman). Directed by Woody Allen. A classic. Angst-ridden comedian Alvy Singer (Woody Allen) reviews his unsuccessful relationship with Annie Hall (Diane Keaton) who has her own unique idiosyncrasies. Most of us welcomed Keaton with this one. Allen suggested Anhedonia, a term for the inability

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Sweats By Any Other Name

Two piece loungers, cottons, polyesters, & velours for comfy hanging in or sleeping. You know you want one. I clockwise Women’s 2-Piece Tracksuit: 9 available colors Elastic. Hood. Made from fabric that transfers moisture vapors away from the body; helps keep cool and dry $29.39 2 Piece Hooded Sweatshirt +

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Stream Career Women

His Girl Friday 1940 Directed by Howard Hawks. Star reporter Hildy Johnson (Rosalind Russell) is about to retire to marry insurance salesman Bruce Baldwin (Ralph Bellamy). Editor Walter Burns (Cary Grant), also her ex-husband, needs Hildy professionally and still loves her. He goads his ex into covering an execution (that

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A Path Across the River

Imagine stepping into an avalanche of sunlight and refreshing breezes, and walking above an immensity of blue that shifts nuances with every mood of the sky. Cars fly by, but you are completely detached from them as you hover above that magnificent body of water, the mighty Hudson River. Bikes

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Poet’s Corner – Lift Your Glass, It’s Christmastime

(Three score Christmas past:I sit with my loves;Some felt;Some seen;Some lost in ether;Some?  A dream.Bells of time, knelling:I have caroledHolding hands;Singing songs of peace and joyFor life across the lands.) Children dream of sugarplums.Silent is the Night.We all hear The Little Drummer Boy,While we dream a Christmas, White.We all can tell you what Christmas is,No matter where we live.It’s why we grow to understand:The gift ‘s in what we give. The gift of time, wrapped

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Stream Career Women II

Million Dollar Baby 2004 A sports drama based on short stories by F.X. Toole, the pen name of fight manager Jerry Boyd. Directed by Clint Eastwood. Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor Academy Awards. Margaret “Maggie” Fitzgerald (Hilary Swank), an underdog amateur boxer from the Ozarks, is determined to make the big time. Eddie “Scrap-Iron” Dupris, the narrator (Morgan Freeman), helps the scrapper, convincing former trainer/now gym owner Frankie Trainer (Clint Eastwood)

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Even on Christmas, You Don’t Have to Be in a Church to Pray

Any other year, millions would be looking forward to attending mass on Christmas Eve or on Christmas Day. Whether regular church-goers or Chreasters (those who attend on Christmas and Easter), all would be welcomed. Cathedrals and more modest churches would be decorated with trees and wreaths, the altars filled with red, white, and pink poinsettias. Nativities would be displayed, children, in particular, wide-eyed looking at the scene before them. Christmas 2020 will be different. Many

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Stream Selected Films of Diane Keaton

Annie Hall 1977 Co-Written (with Marshall Brickman). Directed by Woody Allen. A classic. Angst-ridden comedian Alvy Singer (Woody Allen) reviews his unsuccessful relationship with Annie Hall (Diane Keaton) who has her own unique idiosyncrasies. Most of us welcomed Keaton with this one. Allen suggested Anhedonia, a term for the inability to experience pleasure, as a working title. Brickman suggested alternatives including It Had to Be Jew, Rollercoaster Named Desire and Me and My Goy. Written

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Sweats By Any Other Name

Two piece loungers, cottons, polyesters, & velours for comfy hanging in or sleeping. You know you want one. I clockwise Women’s 2-Piece Tracksuit: 9 available colors Elastic. Hood. Made from fabric that transfers moisture vapors away from the body; helps keep cool and dry $29.39 2 Piece Hooded Sweatshirt + Sweatpants: Polyester/spandex. Elastic. Pockets. Hood. Drawstrings. $21.00 II  clockwise 2 Piece Jogger Pants Tracksuit: Lycra Cotton. Pull-On . Crewneck, long sleeves, Loose shirts. Drawstring elastic

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“The Age of Innocence” at 100 Years – Edith Wharton’s Gilded Age New York

Architectural Historian/Author Frances Marone under the aegis of The Park Avenue Armory. Edith Wharton nee Edith Newbold Jones (1862-1937), novelist and short story writer, was born into New York aristocracy at the height of its Gilded Age. Her father’s wealthy, socially prominent family is said to be the origin for “keeping up with the Joneses.” The Astors were cousins. Her mother was a Rhinelander. After the Civil War, when currency depreciated, the family lived successively

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Stream Career Women

His Girl Friday 1940 Directed by Howard Hawks. Star reporter Hildy Johnson (Rosalind Russell) is about to retire to marry insurance salesman Bruce Baldwin (Ralph Bellamy). Editor Walter Burns (Cary Grant), also her ex-husband, needs Hildy professionally and still loves her. He goads his ex into covering an execution (that turns into an escape), confident she’ll get drawn back into the business. Dirty politics run hand in hand with hapless comedy. Needless to say, the

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A Path Across the River

Imagine stepping into an avalanche of sunlight and refreshing breezes, and walking above an immensity of blue that shifts nuances with every mood of the sky. Cars fly by, but you are completely detached from them as you hover above that magnificent body of water, the mighty Hudson River. Bikes whiz by, for the double-lane path is meant to be shared. You become oblivious to them too as your senses get wrapped up in water

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