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Connect the Dots
31 Dec 2025

Connect the Dots

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, History, Science and Reason | 10

Your dot makes a difference.

Click on the photo on the left to join us for a New Year’s Eve reflection….

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New Year, Bird's Nest Soup, São Tomé, Hopkins and Allen, Dots, Connection, New Year's Eve, Melania, Yayoi Kusama, Jacqueline Kennedy, Falkenstein, Tin Tin, Nilton De Sousa
A Wonder-Filled Year
31 Dec 2024

A Wonder-Filled Year

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, History | 0

Bear and I would like to wish you a Very Happy New Year!

Pour yourself “a sly thumb of rye” and join us as we listen to music that affected us this year.

Click on the whisky for details.

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Music, New Year, 2025
Life Imitating Art
31 Dec 2023

Life Imitating Art

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, History | 10

“Life imitates art” – Oscar Wilde wrote these words in 1889.

Click on The Saturday Evening Post for details …

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New Year, Life, Art
Lang May Yer Lum Reek
31 Dec 2022

Lang May Yer Lum Reek

by Russ Paton | Posted in: History, Travel | 4

We have a wood-burning stove, two fat lazy chairs, and some leftover eggnog; it should be a great evening.

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New Year, Crimson lake, Cabin

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  1. Russ Paton on Win the War19 January 2026

    Thank you. The story has been repeated many times with proper noun substitutions.

  2. Autumn Downey on Win the War19 January 2026

    Thanks. Good lessons once again.

  3. Russ Paton on Win the War19 January 2026

    It shall, I don’t think the “Athenians” have the stomach for this much longer”….

  4. Judy Darvill on Win the War19 January 2026

    Sounds scarily familiar! Thanks for the history lesson and hope that this too shall pass.

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