The Quiet Life
Friday, June 29, 2007

Forty-four dollars, a new country, and a new life for the family

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My great-grandfather Raffaele Prata came to America at age 28 on the ship Spartan Prince from Naples to Ellis Island. His home town was Rocc...
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Is your state road-worthy?

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How are Maine Roads? Georgia? Rhode Island? A new report has been released, Source of data: Reason Foundation, Performance of State Highway ...
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Thursday, June 28, 2007

What a whiz!

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Car Rolls Into Pond , Sinks When Driver Stops To Urinate On Side Of Road ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- A motorist in Orange County who stopped near...
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Wednesday, June 27, 2007

"We took the kids to Jumparoos...

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..." and the air conditioning was out," said my friend to me. I can't imagine being a mom...taking a pile of kids to an indoor...
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Saturday, June 23, 2007

Kids doin' stuff

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The children of our county...busy, happy, working. These are pics I've taken that were published in the Athens newspaper over the last f...
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Friday, June 22, 2007

Language matters

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For those of you who know me, I've often spoken about and editorialized about the importance of constructive and informative language in...
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Thursday, June 21, 2007

Dreams come true

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From Darren and Christie's blog , thanks Christie for the heads up. "Congratulations to Paul Potts for his outstanding performance ...
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Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Where do the buffalo roam?

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In Comer, Georgia. This ranch has a herd of cows, a herd of goats, and, unbelievably, a herd of buffalo. They are rotated around, so I never...
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Sunday, June 17, 2007

We need better soup

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For a while this winter, I worked for a woman who telecommuted from her house. She had a home office and my job was filing and organizing he...
Friday, June 15, 2007

I'll have the roast duck with the mango salsa.

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Now that the Geico Cavemen have been chosen to star in their own sitcom, Geico should start a thing where the Gecko is depressed at being o...
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Christian writer and teacher's aide who loves Jesus, a quiet life, art, beauty, and children.
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