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March 25, 2017
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Hiking Around the Sleeping Bear Dunes
Northwest Michigan
Last weekend I visited a few places around the Sleeping Bear National Lakeshore in the areas near Empire and Glen Arbor. Even in the winter, this is a beautiful place. The first stop was along the Platte River, just before…
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March 1, 2017
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Time Lapse Video of Nighttime Clouds
Southwest Michigan
I went out the other evening, hoping to find clear skies full of stars. The moon was very nearly in the New Moon phase, so I had hopes of perhaps even seeing the Milky Way. Well, that wasn’t going to…
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February 26, 2017
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Back to Winter at the Cabin
Orchestra Camp Colony
After more than a week of unseasonably warm temperatures, winter came back this weekend. We were able to travel north to the cabin and even got in some cross-country skiing. Back home, there is no snow. So, here a few…
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February 2, 2017
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Snow in the Back Woods
Southwest Michigan
Well, the groundhog has rendered his decision; six more weeks of winter. Around here, that would be a good thing, only 6 more weeks. But, who are you going to trust with your weather forecast, the weatherman, or a groundhog?…
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January 29, 2017
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Rome – Fellow Pilgrims
Travel
Over the last 46 posts I have shown some of the wonderful things our group saw while in Italy. We were 9 days on the ground plus 2 days travelling. However, all the places we went were not done in isolation.…
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January 29, 2017
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Rome – Some Scenes from the Street
Travel
Well, we’ve visited many of the true wonders in Rome. Now, we’ll visit some of the other places I passed by along the way. Trevi Fountain In 1629 Pope Urban VIII asked Gian Lorenzo Bernini to sketch possible renovations…
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January 27, 2017
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Rome – Three Other Beautiful Churches
Travel
We visited other churches in Rome that may not be as well know as the major basilicas, but are absolutely beautiful. In this post, I’ll show three of those; Santo Spirito in Sassia, Chiesa di Sant’ Ignazio di Loyola, and Chiesa di…
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January 25, 2017
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Rome – The Pantheon
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The Pantheon from the Greek word Pantheion, (“pan” meaning “all” and “theion” meaning “of or sacred to a god”, thus meaning “[temple] of every god”) is a former Roman temple, now a Catholic church on the site of an earlier…
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January 23, 2017
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Rome – Santa Maria sopra Minerva
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The church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva is just behind the Pantheon. Its most distinguishing feature from the outside is a statue of an elephant with an obelisk on its back. More on that later. However, this church contains the…
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January 21, 2017
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Rome – Basilica San Paolo fuori le Mura
Travel
Here we are at the 4th and last of the major basilicas in Rome, Basilica San Paolo fuori le Mura, or The Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Wall. This was our third basilica of the day, it was getting late…
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