tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-157240722024-03-21T14:30:18.522-07:00Arlene Bice blogwriting and inviting and carrying on in life...Hamilton, Bordentown City NJ, Macon NC, South Hill VA, past, present, future?Arlene S. Bice bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08727242659750423335noreply@blogger.comBlogger241125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15724072.post-43817484462746806012021-01-14T12:08:00.000-08:002021-01-14T12:08:35.632-08:00<h2 style="text-align: left;"> </h2><h2>Invitation</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgYisFoVDeTTIrlxXrQGPz0y2fdof7aTvXgFTLa4_64cC-KrlK0e1SJXOvCEnF5Wh2gooVOx5u6g8j8f4D-7f-EMSi-Hh7vmTPpue4Wgu_QWR9TXc0vVgpbbsVWzoNk8SW0n1B/s320/j+a+books.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="238" data-original-width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgYisFoVDeTTIrlxXrQGPz0y2fdof7aTvXgFTLa4_64cC-KrlK0e1SJXOvCEnF5Wh2gooVOx5u6g8j8f4D-7f-EMSi-Hh7vmTPpue4Wgu_QWR9TXc0vVgpbbsVWzoNk8SW0n1B/s0/j+a+books.JPG" /></a></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">It's been too many years since i have used this Blog. I think it is time to start anew. To begin I am inviting you to submit to my upcoming :</h2><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i>Jane Austen, an anthology</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Write what your
passions are about Jane Austen and/or her books; your favorite characters, the
character you like to laugh at, favorite books, movies-like or dislike and why.
This includes the offshoot books and movies that are related to Jane Austen i.e.
Lost in Austen, Stefanie Barron’s Jane Austen mysteries, Death Comes to
Pemberley etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Send one item of</span><span style="color: #500050; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> unpublished prose (essay or personal
experience) up to 1500 words; </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">No Fiction </span><i><span style="color: #500050; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">or
</span></i><span style="color: #500050; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">send up to 5 poems, no
minimum number of lines, maximum of 50 lines or less, each: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #500050; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write THE END at the
end of each piece submitted. This will be removed before publishing.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #500050; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Send as an attachment. </span><span style="color: #500050; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Deadline of
March 31, 2021 midnight. Acceptance letter will be sent by April 15, 2021.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #500050; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">For full guidelines or any questions, send an email to : asbice@aol.com</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #500050; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Happy Writing!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #500050; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #500050; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p><br /></div>Arlene S. Bice bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08727242659750423335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15724072.post-26672453251187071232012-07-03T13:43:00.001-07:002012-07-03T13:43:19.143-07:00Cat Reincarnation<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Some people believe that animals are part of the
reincarnation chain. I wonder as I look at Mz Lizzie curled up on the bed
beside my PC. Is she exhausted from the life she led before or is she
re-energizing for the next life ahead of her? She is perfectly content to lay
there most of the day, just waking up to see what particle of food or drink I’m
bringing in to nibble on while I read online. She’ll pounce onto the worktable
next to me, sniff my cup, then turn her nose up, content that it isn’t something
she will lower herself to taste, then turn around and leap back onto the bed,
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She has awakened me in the middle of the night to
communicate something to me. I don’t always understand what she is telling me,
but most often I do. This is amazing to me even after going through this for the
last eight years. At times, she will also very gently pat me on the shoulder
with her paw while I’m deep in concentration writing and lost in a past
century. The first time she did that I nearly jumped out of my skin. Writing
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If life goes as I expect it to go, we should be coming to an
end about the same time. So I’ve decided that I’m going to take her with me
when I go. Maybe in out next lifetime I can be the cat and she can pamper me.</div>Arlene S. Bice bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08727242659750423335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15724072.post-68742447402375988652012-06-28T04:46:00.001-07:002012-06-28T04:59:36.544-07:00Rodin & Camille & Reincarnation<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Knowing the sculptor Rodin through his art impressed
me for many years. I went to the Rodin museum in Philadelphia studying his
pieces. I devoured books with his art work. Small reproductions of The Kiss and
The Thinker complimented my garden and my bookcase. As an artist, he fascinated
me. Then one day I saw the movie Camille Claudel and noted the way their relationship
abused and destroyed her. My respect for him and his art dissolved. No, the man
and his art cannot be separated.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I sought information, reading various viewpoints about
this passionate couple. But I only saw Rodin devouring the talent from Camille,
draining her of her natural right, to better his own self. This obsession
between them screams ‘why’ to both of them.
Why did they remain in such a personal power struggle? Obviously he
gained from it. She couldn’t sever herself from him even knowing that she was
dying because of it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">It makes me wonder if relationships such as these
are a result of a former life. It is often said that when we reincarnate, we
meet the same people again but in a different kinship. What life could they
have possibly led before to create such beautiful work but such a personal
disaster in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. </span></div>Arlene S. Bice bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08727242659750423335noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15724072.post-76089225866812346332012-06-27T03:00:00.000-07:002012-06-27T03:00:20.500-07:00Kenny's Watch<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">His car was demolished,
He was dead without a scratch on him I'm told. But his watch was still ticking.
It too, didn't have a scratch but the band was broken.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">I put his watch
away, still ticking, to look at on another day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Twenty-six years
later I read in a book where someone picked up the watch of their loved one who
had died an hour ago. She was stunned. In reading this sentence, I broke down
and cried as if I had never cried before. That moment was still buried inside
me. Deep inside me. I don’t think of him until a reason comes to be that makes
me think of him. Yet I read a sentence in a book and break down and cry. Does
it ever truly heal? Are we ever reconciled with the tragedies in our lives?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Even
understanding about life-after-life, and accepting it gladly, it’s the loss of
the physical that lingers and wounds. </span></div>
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<br /></div>Arlene S. Bice bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08727242659750423335noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15724072.post-10468430345800460482012-06-26T04:13:00.001-07:002012-06-26T04:14:01.145-07:00Contentment and Life-After-Life<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Many times have I
wondered how a person could be content when they chose to live in a small
world. Some that I’ve known never lived anywhere else that the neighborhood
where they grew up. One man I talked with boasted of never having been outside
his state. He said he didn’t need to see anywhere else, all he needed was right
in his own state. Another man in particular told me proudly that he never left
Bordentown, New Jersey except for his stint in the Army during World War II. He
was stationed in nearby Fort Dix. He drove a big Cadillac but never outside the
tiny area where he found happiness or at least contentment. As far as I know he
never married, either. That may have had something to do with his being able to
follow his desires and not weave someone else’s into his own.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">My youth quietly judged
these people to be of less intelligence than me. In my mind they must be. Not
to have the urge to see other parts of the world must be indicative of a lesser
mind. As time and experience led me on a path to compassion and understanding,
I came to realize that their contentment was just of a different nature than
mine. If anything, these people I’d talked to already attained their area of
satisfaction whereas I was still searching for mine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Adding to these
deductions is my study into life-after-life. I’ve come to believe that people
with shortened lives, as in dying young, and those happy with their limited (as
I saw it) lives are not deficient at all. They have worked out their karma from
a previous life. In the case of shortened lives I firmly believe they were here
to bless us with their presence, to give us something needed, even if it is the
experience of loss. Love and tenderness comes out of the pain of sorrow, if
nurtured. </span></div>Arlene S. Bice bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08727242659750423335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15724072.post-48785337811134123582012-06-25T07:06:00.000-07:002012-06-25T07:06:53.825-07:00The Lively Ghosts of Ireland<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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I recently bought <i>The
Lively Ghosts of Ireland</i> by Hans Holzer, published in 1967. My copy was
given as a Christmas gift in 1996 to Barbara from Jan & Hal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s inscribed on the free front endpaper.
Here it is 2012 and I’m buying one of his earlier books that I somehow missed. But then it was old when it was gifted to Barbara. I’ve
collected some of his books but haven’t read even half of all he’s written.</div>
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Holzer is basically the only parapsychologist that I’ve
continued to read since I started in the mid 60s after I experienced my first
premonition. I was driving a car on Kuser Road near the old clay pits where I
learned to swim as a kid. (My mother's friend Kip threw me in the deep water and said "swim.") Suddenly I <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">saw</i>
a boy on a bicycle run in front of my car. I just stopped. Seconds later a boy
came flying down a path out of the woods and bang! Right into the side of my
car. I just sat there stunned. He got up, picked up his bike and took off in a
flash. I think he was afraid I would get out of the car and holler at him or
maybe tell his parents. But I was frozen in place. I took a deep breath and
drove away very slowly.</div>
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It was soon after that I became aware of Hans Holzer and
began by reading his first book, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ghost
Hunter</i> published in 1963. I continue off and on because I like his style.
He presents his experiences in a neat, clean way. No dramatics, interesting but
not pompous or theatrical. And he takes witnesses and a psychic along with him
on his expeditions. He tells of his experience then delves into the history of
the place. Who could ask for anything more?</div>Arlene S. Bice bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08727242659750423335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15724072.post-86950700741951685702012-06-24T08:03:00.001-07:002012-06-24T08:04:16.481-07:00End of the World<br />
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As I sat waiting at the Duke Eye Center for my turn for
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nurse was also here for her checkup. He asked each one of us within the area
where we were from and where we lived now. He obviously wanted to talk. As soon
as someone answered he would have comments, personal ones to make about that
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A bit later I happened to again sit near him in the ‘waiting
for an injection’ area. The man seated on the other side of him was reading a
book about angels. I was reading Beautiful Madness by James Dodson about gardening.
The oldtimer apparently had not had enough of talking. This time he talked
about his brother’s overnight cure of cancer by his own (the 87 year old)
handling of crystals. Then he went on to tell us that a wealthy man hired 12
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According to him, it will be this December when a meteor
comes between the sun and the earth. I wanted to tell him that my card reader
said I will be here until I’m at least 85 which will be into 2025. I had a few
other comments to make to him but why take away his joy in delivering such
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I wondered how long he expected to live without the meteor prediction.
Also where was he during the 'big crash of 2000' when the computer predictions were disastrous. Where do these people come from? And why do they gravitate to the seat next to
me?</div>Arlene S. Bice bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08727242659750423335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15724072.post-83117290208660063192012-04-19T08:27:00.001-07:002012-04-19T08:27:39.616-07:00American Bandstand<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Can’t you just hear that theme song as soon as you hear the
name American Bandstand? Bandstand. Back in ’54 two years before Dick Clark
entered the scene, the show was hosted by a big guy, Bob Horn. That’s when
three girlfriends and I played hookey from 8<sup>th</sup> grade and went to
Philadelphia, experiencing my first time seeing ‘trains’ running overhead of
the streets making a loud rumble and dark shadows on the roadways. I was
appalled at the dirty, filthy streets and a little alarmed at the exterior of
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But my mother was just as excited as I was, dressing up to
be on television! I’d be dancing with the stars of the day-teenagers just like
me. Without hesitation of the consequences of being caught absent from school
without proper permission; principals in those days were definitely NOT ‘hip’
and would NEVER allow us to go. We were a merry group. The mother of one of the
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Our first surprise was the small area that looked so big on
the screen at home. It always looked so crowded with lots of kids. It <i>was</i> a
crush but there weren’t so many kids in reality. Most of those were regulars
and danced with the regulars. I did get to dance twice, with a tall, 6 ft. guy.
A full foot taller than me. I remember stretching my arms up to reach him. So I
did get on TV filling Mom with glee.</div>
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The following Monday when we got back to school, the
secretary called us in. Uh-oh. After she closed the doors, she piped up,
smiling. “Hey, I saw you all on Bandstand last Friday! You looked great!” She
was beaming and happy for us adventurous kids. The principal, of course never
would watch that show so we were safe with our daring.</div>Arlene S. Bice bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08727242659750423335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15724072.post-30504219637694292302012-04-18T15:32:00.000-07:002012-04-18T15:35:44.803-07:00Writing Workshop<br />
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Getting back to leading a “Writing Your Memoir” workshop at
the library reminded me how much enjoyment comes from writing with others.
Starting with lists of places we’ve lived, choosing one and writing about it
brought back memories long buried. Good memories. </div>
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Our writing began with describing the surrounding exterior
area that a stranger would see when approaching our home. Sight, sound and
smell were incorporated into the physical. After listening to the writing about
a dorm, and two very different houses that were so easy to picture from the
descriptions, we moved inside to a particular room. </div>
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Out of seven of us, at least three of us chose the kitchen
and each one was very different from the other but as each of the writers read
from their pages, I could feel the warmth and deep feelings come through their
words. It was a good session.</div>Arlene S. Bice bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08727242659750423335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15724072.post-43075974134331693692012-03-21T09:38:00.000-07:002012-03-21T09:52:23.334-07:00Invitation to Dine & Laugh & Enjoy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For all my North Carolina friends, and those that aren’t, it’s
time to invite you to spend an hour with Terri Grady, Linda Paschall and me in
the Community Room at the WCMLibrary on So. Front St. on Wednesday 28 March
from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm. </div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">We
will be talking about history and food, family and food, stories of food and some
of those wonderful memories that certain foods bring back to us. What is your
favorite Thanksgiving Day memory from the table? I know you have one. We all
do; some good, some funny, some still stinging with the pain of it. We’ll be offering
our Warrenton Woman’s Club fund-raising project, the delightful<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> Recipes & Remembrances </i>Cookbook for
$15 and will have a table laden with samples for you to taste from some of the
recipes in the cookbook. Come out and have lunch on us. A little taste of this …..a
little taste of that…… while you listen to our tales of food and life and have
fun. Ummm. Dips, Hors d'oeuvres. Casseroles, Cheesecake, Lemon Bars, & more.</span></h2>Arlene S. Bice bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08727242659750423335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15724072.post-45909120304282771722012-01-19T06:45:00.001-08:002012-01-19T06:46:00.174-08:00Heart Valve Replaced with No Pain<link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CArlene%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link><link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CArlene%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx" rel="themeData"></link><link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CArlene%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml" rel="colorSchemeMapping"></link><style>
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I heard Angelo’s words in my head and carried his triple
by-pass experience, from back in the late 80s or early 90s (forgive me on
dates) with me the entire time that I was recuperating. Of course I watched him
struggling to heal but I had no idea what he was really feeling or suffering.
It’s not like he would ever complain about something like that. He saved his
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But I didn’t have the pain I think he had. NO PAIN. I’m
still sore inside but of course. I had a rather blaze’ attitude about the whole
thing until the anesthesiologist explained what he was going to do to me. I got
a bit serious then, but I had seen myself healing in my mind’s eye so I
couldn’t get too intense about it regardless of the great respect I have for
these knowledgeable and skillful people who held my life in their hands,
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In between anesthesia (as I understand it and I’m medically
blank) he gave me what he called a ‘giggle gas’ (again I’m remembering with a
fuzzy mind) this is where the patient tends to rattle on about whatever.</div>
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“Oh, my God! What did
I talk about?” I asked with great anticipation. He smiled and said “Pickle
Ball. And furthermore everyone in the OR talked about it for two hours because
they had no clue just what it is.”</div>
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I also remember telling my pacing, anxious son just before
the surgery not to worry because I’d had no visitors. Both my mother and
brother had visitors i.e. loved ones who passed away, come to them for a period
of time before they, too passed away. It must be a family tradition.</div>Arlene S. Bice bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08727242659750423335noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15724072.post-66096275046750752242012-01-18T06:23:00.000-08:002012-01-18T06:25:54.801-08:00Watching a Man Who Loves His Work<link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CArlene%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link><link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CArlene%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx" rel="themeData"></link><link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CArlene%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml" rel="colorSchemeMapping"></link><style>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">It’s great to watch a man who
loves his work. It shines out of him without his even being aware of it. At
least it seems that way to me. That’s how I felt as I watched Dr. Donald Glower
come into my Duke U. hospital room each morning, once as early as 5 a.m. (like he
couldn’t bear to wait for another moment to pass) to check his work, as in the sutures, etc.
resulting from his replacing a deteriorating heart valve recently. And I have a
certificate to prove that a cow gave his life to save mine. Noble animal.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">The entire week was a joyful
experience for me. It wasn’t only the doctors who impressed me it was the
entire 3300 patient care floor, RNs, those who take your blood, wheeled me to x-ray
each day, cleaned my room, and the receptionist at the point of the floor,
right across from my room. A camaraderie
blanketed the floor.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">The floor is laid out in a
triangle, which works very well; the receptionist point, as I thought of it,
was certainly an oasis of cheer at the entry position. Many patients were in
pain, some struggling with other problems added to their heart repairs but
responded to any bit of sunshine sent their way. It’s encouraging. There were
always bantering, merriment and joking going on in this area and I loved lying
in my bed listening to the flow of playfulness going on. I felt it very
important and encouragement in the middle of struggling back to normalcy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">I talked and listened to
everyone. How did they choose the medical field, how long did they work here,
who were they, what plans did they have for that night. I do admit to one
noticeable difference. They all looked like they should be in high school!<o:p></o:p></span></div>Arlene S. Bice bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08727242659750423335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15724072.post-46514903817824001712012-01-03T12:51:00.000-08:002012-01-03T12:56:05.046-08:00A Dead Body For The Queen<link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CArlene%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link><link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CArlene%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx" rel="themeData"></link><link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CArlene%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml" rel="colorSchemeMapping"></link><style>
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Sounds like the title for a good mystery novel but in fact a
dead body has been found in the garden on the Estate of Sandringham, the Norfolk retreat of Queen
Elizabeth in England. The Queen and her entourage are there enjoying
the season. At least they were until now.</div>
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So Agatha Christie, where are you? We need your expertise on
the case! Morse is gone. Inspector Lewis and Detective Sergeant Hathaway won’t
leave Oxford. The DCI Barnabys, both past and present along with DC Ben Jones
are small village coppers. Mrs. Bradley can’t be found. Hercule Poirot is in
Belgium and Zen is in Italy. Father Brown is in church.</div>
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Lord Peter Wimsey, Inspector Alleyn, or Inspector Lynley,
the 8<sup>th</sup> Earl of Asherton and his brilliant partner Barbara Havers could
be called. They would fit right in. Wait a minute! Stop the clock, bring out
the cell phones and call Rosemary and Thyme……they could solve the crime, catch
the killer and then fix any damage done to the garden. Then all Brits can sleep
safe in their beds again, even the Queen.</div>Arlene S. Bice bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08727242659750423335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15724072.post-74926158412470428282012-01-02T12:10:00.000-08:002012-01-02T12:23:19.681-08:00Recipes & Remembrances Cookbook<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOuuRkVC288dsaRFaj0-1nIP5GBbtKce9X1odxdhNnlXJYvS_08cfIiVw_riBqTw6UXg97bwzOYyQIIjIOsx1oK8SSuIq_7fFF3S3PDYVtjJdRUpDL24xnDRldl1LqTLmwbuMl/s1600/SANY0017.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOuuRkVC288dsaRFaj0-1nIP5GBbtKce9X1odxdhNnlXJYvS_08cfIiVw_riBqTw6UXg97bwzOYyQIIjIOsx1oK8SSuIq_7fFF3S3PDYVtjJdRUpDL24xnDRldl1LqTLmwbuMl/s200/SANY0017.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693132811071910402" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZQqiTFwAhyphenhyphenkjY2LAPCWYPPvg_4D1t9b6lrQCDsIZywp_FcuLWxIftaAfHqSyILTJZk97kC4Q6cOEO77sv4AODjrLJb1Nas4S9Z2n06Fh6s81CIO8PPP8wesPkLaIDQ7bJ3w4V/s1600/SANY0002-1.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZQqiTFwAhyphenhyphenkjY2LAPCWYPPvg_4D1t9b6lrQCDsIZywp_FcuLWxIftaAfHqSyILTJZk97kC4Q6cOEO77sv4AODjrLJb1Nas4S9Z2n06Fh6s81CIO8PPP8wesPkLaIDQ7bJ3w4V/s200/SANY0002-1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693132691110645714" border="0" /></a><br />The Warrenton Woman’s Club<span style="font-style: italic;"> Recipes & Remembrances Cookbook </span>started out as a fund raiser for this all-volunteer community service group. We’re still working on raising those funds to benefit students with scholarships in our part of North Carolina. But, as so often happens along the way of doing one thing good; another pops-up. Several retail shops and restaurants in Warrenton agreed to place our cookbooks on their shelves to make buying them convenient for their customers. That means we now have the business district included in our volunteer project.<br /><br />Families and friends have cheerfully jumped in to help us too, including sending us orders via email. Our WWC Recipes & Remembrances Cookbook is already in Colorado; Bordentown, New Jersey; Florida, and Texas offering little stories for the cook to read while the <span style="font-style: italic;">Sweet Potato Biscuits</span> are baking. H-m-m-m. Can you smell them? Add the <span style="font-style: italic;">Creamy Squash & Red Lentil Stew</span> to warm and comfort tummies this winter in your house.Arlene S. Bice bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08727242659750423335noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15724072.post-34459574248548494262011-12-24T08:53:00.000-08:002011-12-24T08:57:55.988-08:00Jane Austen ReadersRecently I finished reading <span style="font-style:italic;">A Truth Universally Acknowledged; 33 Great Writers on Why We Read Jane Austen</span>, edited by Susannah Carson. I found it to be more thoughtful to read at leisure rather than trying to read straight through cover to cover, like a novel. Ideas and responses were varied. Since I have read the JA novels multiple times since I found her, I enjoyed seeing the impressions they made on famous writers. <br /><br />A.S.Byatt discusses the different family structures of the Bertram, Price and Norris families in <span style="font-style:italic;">Mansfield Park</span>. C.S. Lewis states that <span style="font-style:italic;">Mansfield Park</span> and <span style="font-style:italic;">Persuasion</span> are JA’s only two novels where the heroine does not deceive herself.<br /> <br />It is also interesting to read which writers preferred which of her novels. W. Somerset Maugham loved <span style="font-style:italic;">P & P; Emma</span> offended him. Martin Amis remarked of “this tizzy of zealous suspense actually survives repeated readings” referring to<span style="font-style:italic;"> P & P</span>. Louis Auchincloss tells us that his favorites changed as he moved through different chapters of his own life. In his youth, <span style="font-style:italic;">Emma </span>and<span style="font-style:italic;"> P & P</span> were the best; in middle age they were <span style="font-style:italic;">S & S</span> and <span style="font-style:italic;">Mansfield Park</span>; still later it was<span style="font-style:italic;"> Persuasion</span>. David Lodge implies that re-reading<span style="font-style:italic;"> Emma</span> is far superior to reading it the first time.<br /><br />At sixty, Virginia Woolf discussed JA. This book is almost like having an intelligent discussion on a favorite subject. It may be one-sided but it sometimes brings new sight into familiar words. And, if you have only seen the movies made of her novels, do yourself a great favor and read them. You’ll not regret it.Arlene S. Bice bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08727242659750423335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15724072.post-7431692978959438442011-12-20T09:24:00.000-08:002011-12-20T09:28:25.112-08:00Holiday SeasonIt’s been too long since I’ve written a word for the Blog or anything else. My mind has been on everything other than putting words together on a string to make sense and stir ideas in others. But that cannot last. My fingers crave the keyboard as much as my mouth craves the taste of good, dark chocolate after a stretch of doing without it.<br /><br />I <span style="font-style:italic;">have</span> read and returned a few emails with comments, quite unexpected from the senders, I’m sure. REALLY, why be offended when someone says Happy Holidays instead of Merry Christmas. Doesn’t our separation of church and state allow us plenty of room to include all the religions nestled in our country? Have we Christens become such elitists that we cannot be generous and include all others who celebrate their religious holidays on or near the same time as Christens do? Have we become so paranoid that we cannot share a happy comment with someone who worships differently than we do? <br /><br />All the world religions have the word love in their fundamental teaching. It’s time we follow it and cease negative comments from those who have not studied religions other than the one they follow. It isn't them against us.......it is 'all of us'.<br /><br />It’s time, now more than ever for all of us to be generous and loving to all peoples. Happy Holidays, whichever one your are celebrating.Arlene S. Bice bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08727242659750423335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15724072.post-83664902804699739022011-11-23T05:42:00.000-08:002011-11-23T05:43:59.763-08:00Thanks for BooksThere will be a lot of thanks given for the love of family, friends, food, and warm, dry shelter and I, too am thankful for those things. But I am also very thankful for books; for words that writers have put together on a string so that I may enjoy, learn and expand my field of compassion and understanding. I’m especially thankful for modern medical technology and medicine that has given me sight from Macular Degeneration Wet, when as recently as fifteen years ago, I would have had darkness.<br /><br />I’ve just finished reading Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand. It’s the true story of Louie Zamperini, his unruly youth that led him to be a record-setting runner before joining up to fight in the Pacific in World War II. The story includes how he was adrift in the Pacific Ocean before being picked up by the Japanese and sent to POW camps. It also follows one particularly brutal war criminal Watanabe, after the war ended. As in Seabiscuit, Hillenbrand does a fine job of stringing her words together. <br /><br />We, as Americans have much to be thankful for.Arlene S. Bice bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08727242659750423335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15724072.post-42279023731633489802011-11-22T09:30:00.000-08:002011-11-22T09:32:26.042-08:00Readers & WritersBooks without readers would be useless. Which means that readers are just as important as writers. Yes, some writers make lots of money but most writers, I think, write because the words and thoughts are within them, bursting to get out. Writing in a journal can later recall a memory possibly forgotten; to write can be healing; to write and be read is very gratifying; to write and be remembered is a star to reach for.<br /><br />Books shared stretch the written word to places they may not have gone. Now that I’ve learned about Bookcrossing.com, I’m spreading the written word around. My first book about pets, has gone to Texas and then to Florida. This week I’m sending one to the Cook Islands in the Pacific. Wow. Check the program out at: http://www.bookcrossing.com/aboutArlene S. Bice bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08727242659750423335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15724072.post-870523807061478442011-10-25T06:58:00.000-07:002011-10-25T06:59:40.957-07:00Italian Hot DogsWow! AOL featured Italian Hot Dogs on their newsfeed this week. They made the mistake of inserting onions in with the potatoes and peppers which is NOT how Tony Goes made them. And he made the best. The Casino restaurant was THE place to buy them in Trenton, New Jersey. The internet tells me the place is still there. Though I know Tony Goes must be gone or be the oldest man in the US of A. <br /><br />Now that the Warrenton Woman’s Club Cookbook is available, you can find the recipe for Italian Hot Dogs in there, the way Tony Goes made them, complete on Torpedo rolls. If you can find those rolls anywhere. Remember them? H-m-m-m. The aroma floated through the air at the Italian People’s Bakery up the street from the Casino. The cookbook has 240 pages of some 400 and more recipes of various kinds from all over the States plus tips, helpful hints, quick fixes, basics, terms, and more. It sells for $15 plus $2 S/H per book.<br /><br />The Italian Hot Dog has become the Jersey Dog, very different from Nathan’s, the Coney Island Hot Dog, the Michigan Dog steamed with a meat sauce on it, and Texas Weiners (my mom’s favorite) the list goes on and on. As American as apple pie? No, the hot dog!Arlene S. Bice bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08727242659750423335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15724072.post-33221864825120656592011-10-22T09:51:00.000-07:002011-10-22T09:52:31.644-07:00Collecting MenusIt’s true. I like eating out, not every night and not just out, but in good restaurants. This doesn’t mean expensive, but eating from the hands of chefs that care, that take the time to use fresh ingredients wherever possible and use herbs instead of just adding more salt.<br /><br />So I’m always trying new spots to add to my favorite places. Yesterday on the spur of the moment, I popped into the car and drove to Raleigh to take a few photos of haunted places that will be featured in my almost-ready-for-the-publisher book. I planned to just zip in, point & shoot and zip out again. Alas! I was denied entrance to the grounds until two hours later. <br /><br />What to do, now? Well, why not have an early lunch. I headed for one of my favorites when I haven’t researched another restaurant, Vic’s Italian on Blake Street. Missing one parking spot, I drove around the two blocks to get back to it and whoa……….there sat a new place that the not-quite-good German place vacated. I checked a little closer before opening the door to Troy Mezze Lounge.<br /><br />The walls are painted a quiet red (oxymoron) in the wrapped bar area where the bar stools stand on an angle, tilted a bit outward, which gives a very welcoming appearance. Four lamps hang on long chains over the bar, laced with fancy designed metal that gives off a cozy light. The dining room has a sponged wall that appears to be the same red. The décor is very tasteful and not overly intrusive.<br /><br />Clay Pot of lamb and fresh vegetables in their own juices, with herbs and topped with just enough cheese are plated with rice or bulgar pilaf and a touch of red cabbage was my delicious choice. Their website is: http://www.troyml.com/index.htm<br /><br />Jenna tendered me all the attention I needed and gave me a tub to take home half my Clay Pot so I could sample their delicious Figmusi-Samolina Pecan Fig cake topped with mascarpone & fresh strawberry slices. It was a generous slice, so I took half of that for later, too.Arlene S. Bice bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08727242659750423335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15724072.post-56652987114703790132011-10-17T08:04:00.000-07:002011-10-17T08:06:24.249-07:00Book Collecting in Warrenton NCNow that I’m on a fixed income with living costs rising (I remember Mom complaining about this and not paying attention) I have curbed my book collecting to only those I will use in research and of course, Jane Austen related books.<br /><br />Soon after I arrived in North Carolina, I managed to pull out my credit card for a few at Oakley Hall Antiques. One of the books, a first edition of 1962, “The Way We Were” by Mary Polk was inscribed to Mary Jane from one of the book’s minor characters, Fairfax Polk Mitchell. A treasure, indeed, even though the cost was much higher than the original price. It was still reasonable. I justify this expenditure on my limited budget by telling myself that it’s important to learn the history of where I live. <br /> <br />Believing in continuing self-education, I also bought a 1953 first edition “Southern Accent” by Warrenton native, William T. Polk. Only the dust jacket is a bit worn, the book is in fine condition. A soft cover of “Poems of the Great South” edited by Jim Stratz and Jerry Medina went onto the pile also. Life without poetry is not a good life. <br /> <br />Another book or two finished out the purchase of the day. While Dot was tallying up and zipping my card, we began talking. She filled me in on some western North Carolina history where she was raised, then followed with some local history. From there we talked about books, business, fashion, people and movies. An hour later my head was filled with lots of good stuff, my bag with great treasures and my heart was full. I love shopping in places where the welcome is gracious and the personal touch is used generously.Arlene S. Bice bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08727242659750423335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15724072.post-15588995501882290972011-10-16T10:18:00.000-07:002011-10-16T10:19:45.861-07:00Adventures in Book CollectingAdventures have happened to me over the years, all in the quest of building my personal library. Nearly driving off the mountain above Bath, England comes to mind immediately. I had already bought a few books in Bath and decided that exploring the area around it, was a good idea. That was just before I found myself on a single lane dirt road that ran around the side of the mountain and a car came approaching me. I froze. To my right were trees, bushes and a drop down about 500 feet. I wasn’t about to move. The other driver, probably a resident and used to such moments, unkindly drove with a part of her car half way up the mountainside to get around me.<br /><br />Who thinks of England being a mountainous country? Again I came close to falling off the mountain but this time I drove to a seaside town in Cornwall to see where Daphne Du Maurier lived after she became famous for her fiction. The coast of Cornwall is breathtakingly beautiful with areas of sheer rock jutting out over the smashing waves breaking on huge boulders below. The road I was on overlooked a village nestled on the shoreline, between rising rock on both sides. <br /><br />The streets that led off my road ran down to the sea. Straight down. ‘Well, I thought, the townspeople must drive down those streets or they wouldn’t be there, right?’ I turned my English, gear-shift-on-the-left car into the street and thought I was going to fall end over front down the macadam! As the car sped on without my foot on the gas, I spotted a street to my right, made an instant decision and swerved the car around the corner, and around the next corner again heading back up off this damn mountain! Gears were grinding, the car screeching in protest, sweating more than I was. People passing by on the sidewalks raised their heads to look at me in wonder, eyes wide but not as wide as mine. I wasn’t sure my car couldn’t make it. I kept pressing on the accelerator, finally reaching the overlook road. Whew.<br /><br /> I found a spot to pull over, put the car in park, got out and kissed the ground while thanking the Angels in the same breath. Another quick decision made-I’d leave Du Maurier for another time.Arlene S. Bice bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08727242659750423335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15724072.post-33212370330440534112011-09-21T14:42:00.000-07:002011-09-21T14:44:06.790-07:00BookCrossingExamining each book as it came into my bookshop and before it went onto the shelf was part of my daily routine. I was always delighted to come across an inscription inside a book and surprised when some of the locations it came from were half way across country or further. So I was especially pleased when my writing friend Jyoti Wind sent me the web address of an article <span style="font-style:italic;">Pulp In The Wild: The BookCrossing Edition</span> by Laura K. Curtis. <br />BookCrossing is the official/tracking way of leaving a book for someone to pick up, read and pass along. It’s your choice of book, your choice of where to leave it and fate for whoever picks it up. This is almost like playing hide and seek as a child. Such fun. For all the hows and whys and wherefores, check out the website at: http://www.bookcrossing.com/howto.Arlene S. Bice bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08727242659750423335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15724072.post-17250458413531313222011-09-15T08:30:00.000-07:002011-09-15T08:31:54.649-07:00The GoatsChurch Hill Road runs from NC Hwy 158 connecting to Hubquarter Road. Along the way is a fenced-in field with an old, old building shell (former house, maybe) weathered and falling down. This is where the goats live; all sizes and probably all ages. I love these goats! Driving by, seeing these goats wander in and out of that shell reassures me that peace can exist in the world, my world anyway.<br /><br />On occasion these goats have gotten out of the fence. There are times when I must stop my car and wait patiently because they are crossing the road like school children getting to the other side where the grass or weeds are greener. Always, I think instantly of ‘stopping to smell the roses.’ It also reminds me of Cary Grant and Grace Kelly driving around France slowly falling in love with each other and the French countryside. But they were surrounded by sheep flooding the road.<br /><br />Then there are the times when I suddenly slow my car down to a crawl because the goats are grazing roadside. Very peacefully, the daddy of them all with his horns and goatee (?) kind of looking over his herd is nibbling away. Not a care in the world. Lovely to see.<br /><br />But recently I see the house that accompanies this field is vacated. Empty. Windows gone. The goats seemed to be gone, too. I miss them terribly. It’s another reminder of how we as a people depend on the acts of others, even those we don’t know to enlighten our lives and how we are affected when they are gone. Then a surprise! They aren’t gone after all! They must have been grazing in another field unseen from the road.Arlene S. Bice bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08727242659750423335noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15724072.post-45850008674690420182011-09-14T05:50:00.000-07:002011-09-14T05:51:40.787-07:00The CalendarAny person who loses themselves in genealogy knows about the date 1752 as one that puts a kink in some research. Or at least draws their attention. It makes the researcher pay attention to birthdays and can confuse the issue.<br /><br />It was this day, the 14th of September 1752, in Merrie Olde England that they began to adhere to the Gregorian Calendar leaving the Julian Calendar behind. In doing so, they lost 11 days. Just vanished. Don’t bother to look for them, ‘cause they aren’t there. January 1 also became New Year’s Day instead of the March 25 date they had used previously. <br /><br />Think it doesn’t matter since a day lived is a day to remember? Not so. Many people rioted since they lost those 11 days with no pay for work not done but still had to pay a full month of rent. It was serious business that affected lots of people. <br /><br />The quote, “Live a day at a time” takes on new meaning when you think of days disappearing.Arlene S. Bice bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08727242659750423335noreply@blogger.com0