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BOOKS John Lennon: By his family Beatle John by those who knew him best

TRAVEL Travel Groups for Singles Time for a holiday but nobody to go with? We explore the options

Vacation: Lauderdale by the Sea, Florida A wonderfully quaint resort and ideal for family vacations. Relax, you’re here...

ENTERTAINMENT Judi Dench: Top movies After a successful career on the stage and Television she is probably best known today for her fabulous films.

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“In November, people are good to each other. They carry pies to each other’s homes and talk by crackling woodstoves, sipping mellow cider. They travel very far on a special November day just to share a meal with one another and to give thanks for their many blessings - for the food on their tables and the babies in their arms.” C Y N T H I A R Y L A N T, I N N OV E M B E R

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An Interview with Shinichi Mine of Tabieats

Richard III: The Final Battle

has developed quite a following both for his articles and his YouTube videos.

In 2012 the battle scarred bones of Richard III were unearthed.

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Pirates, Treachery and Murder: A True Story A church yard inscription leads on to an intriguing history trail

The 1935 Labor Day Hurricane

The most intense hurricane to make landfall in the United States

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Fabio’s Success

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Enid Lindeman

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Nancy’s Harvest Time Cookies

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Best Ever Tuna Casserole

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Pioneer fruitcake Sweden & Wales

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Japanese Rice with Mixed Vegetables

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Pets and Allergies

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7 Reasons Dogs are Man’s Best Friend

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How Much Do You Know About Birds?

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Where is Chautauqua Lake?

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On Ilkley Moor (Baht ‘at)

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FROM THE EDITOR JAQUO.com is a fabulous online lifestyle magazine featuring huge variety of articles from a range of experienced writers. Meet them all on the following pages. What will you find at JAQUO? Visit JAQUO.com and you’ll find a wonderful selection of news, book reviews, music articles, how-to information, recipes, health advice and quirky articles to keep you entertained and informed. New articles are added every day so visit JAQUO.com now and be sure to call back regularly. Who knows what you’ll discover next?

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This quarter our writers are thinking about winter drawing in. We have wonderful art articles this month, beginning with the relationship between Vincent Fan Gogh and Paul Gaugin. Then we take a look at Britain’s best loved painter L.S. Lowry and his relationship to the beautiful game. Finally we take a look at the great Yorkshire skies and how they have been captured by painters throughout the century.

The thanks for the site and the print magazine must go out to all our writers - without doubt a truly splendid team.

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The Norman Rockwell painting that was a fake.

From Material to Minimal

More than fifty years after it had been painted, it was discovered that the artwork on display was a forgery.

The most popular images on Pinterest are tiny homes or simple living.

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Clearwater Marine Aquarium

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Art Matters : Vincent and Paul

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L.S.Lowry on Match Day

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Looking at Paintings: The Big Skies of Yorkshire

A Gift of Memories: Pictures Frames If you have that very special picture, frame it for a gift that will last a lifetime.

Here are four Yorkshire artists who have captured the vast Yorkshire skies.

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MEET OUR WRITERS

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Are we not better and at home In dreamful Autumn, we who deem No harvest joy is worth a dream? A little while and night shall come, A little while, then, let us dream. Ernest Dowson, Autumnal

“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.” Albert Camus

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Lyndsy

“Autumn...the year’s last, loveliest smile.” William Cullen Bryant Giovanna

Lucy

“Fall has always been my favorite season. The time when everything bursts with its last beauty, as if nature had been saving up all year for the grand finale.” Lauren DeStefano, Wither

Melanie

Merry

Sam

Susan

Nancy

Sherri

Tanya

“At no other time (than autumn) does the earth let itself be inhaled in one smell, the ripe earth; in a smell that is in no way inferior to the smell of the sea, bitter where it borders on taste, and more honeysweet where you feel it touching the first sounds. Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters on Cézanne

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An Interview with Shinichi Mine of Tabieats

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Then he started cooking. No doubt he has cooked for a long time, but when he started featuring recipes with wonderful photographs in his articles, his followers grew in number as they gazed in fascination (another word for drooling) at many of his recipes.

Thank you so much Shinichi for sharing with us today. Many of us here at Jaquo have followed your writing since the Squidoo days. It’s such a pleasure to see all you are accomplishing now.

something I’ve always loved doing ever since I was a kid. I used to love watching my mother cook in the kitchen, even though she wasn’t much of a cook. So when I was 15, I started to cook for her instead and since then, First, can we have a little I’ve always been the one background about your in the kitchen. I love seeing cooking skills. I want to try We caught up to Shinichi how my dishes can make nearly every recipe you between filming YouTube people smile and give them videos, his latest and perhaps publish. Is your love of pleasure and it’s probably cooking (and your skill) recent, the main reason why I cook biggest undertaking. His followers are rising quickly, and or is it just that the recipes are today. you can see why if you watch. now being published? He has a way of making his Shinichi, you have moved beautiful recipes looks possible I really have no professional to You Tube with much enthusiasm! Will you share for everyone to fix themselves. cooking background and it’s JAQUO MAGAZINE

Interview with us how you got there? Why you decided to do videos? When I was writing for Squidoo, we were able to add YouTube videos to complement our writing. It was around this time that I started to think of making my own videos. I just never did it because I thought it would be technically demanding until one day, my friend showed me how to make videos using my iPad and the built in iMovie app. I was amazed at how easy it was to make videos. Such a big change from 20 years ago when only professionals could make them. But I was still quite uncomfortable in front of the camera. I initially had plans to eventually write a cookbook but I got to thinking how book stores are closing up shop all around us. How many people would actually buy my book? Was it worth all the effort? I also knew that most of my younger friends hardly ever read any more and they were watching YouTube videos all the time. I started looking towards the future and

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decided that video was the way to go. I’d get my content out to a larger audience through video than with any cookbook. That’s what I thought. Of course I still would like to publish a cookbook sometime in the future though. It’s just one of those dreams that won’t die. One of my favorite articles was your food tour of Hawaii. It was so much fun

to see the different foods you ordered while you visited the Islands. What made you start photographing food at restaurants? I first started taking photos of food for my personal pleasure. There is nothing I like better than browsing through food porn! I can do that for hours on end it’s not even funny! You are an artist of food photography. Where did you learn plating and the staging

how beautiful my plate looks. Oh, I also study through looking at other people’s photography and constantly reprimand myself for not doing better. It’s always a challenge though and I find myself still getting frustrated at my photography skills. Really Merry, my photography skills are not that great. You really are too kind. What tips do you have for someone who wants to publish recipes?

for the photography? Aww thanks Merry. You are too kind and always have been. I’ve always been picky with food presentation ever since I was a kid. Seriously I used to annoy my mother because I’d critique her all the time. Most of the time, I’d take the food back to the kitchen so I could present it more beautifully. Yeah I was annoying that way. This continues today where even at a buffet, I fuss over

Well firstly, make sure to take the best photograph possible of the finished product. It’s all about food porn isn’t it? No matter how good the recipe is, people can’t taste it so photography plays such an important role. Make sure to test the recipes and if possible, a short story adds to reading pleasure. Do you have a favorite recipe of all of those you’ve created? I love my Matcha Scones with Lemon Glaze. I had to tweak this recipe a half dozen times to get it right. I also love to give these as gifts to friends and they all love it. Definitely my favorite!

Do you have a favorite travel destination so far for the foodie? This is a tough one and I’m not sure if I can answer this. Hawaii, or should I say the island of Oahu is a top contender. I go crazy with the food there. New York also has an interesting food scene and I can’t wait to go back there. Paris does food very well but so does Tokyo. In fact, Tokyo has the highest number of Michelin stars than any other city in the world. No, I cannot answer this one properly. Sorry. Haha! How often do you make videos now? I make 6 videos every week. It’s crazy I know, but I love it! You now have a schedule for each day, I understand. Can you share that here? I do. Since we release 6 videos every week, a schedule is crucial for me. Our current schedule includes recipes on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, a travel video on Tuesdays, and random Saturdays for fun stuff. JAQUO MAGAZINE

Every Thursday alternates between Ramen Hunt and a Food Review. As for work flow, Tuesdays are recipe rehearsal where we run through the three recipes we’re using that week. Wednesdays we film all three recipes. Thursdays we go out to shoot our travel and food review/ramen reviews. Friday and Saturdays are for editing. Sundays are for uploading, writing descriptions, marketing, blogging, etc. Mondays are supposed to be days off, but we haven’t had one since we started. We

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run into so many problems or additional projects we have to do that we might need to cut down to 5 videos instead. But for the moment, it’s 6 videos. One day centers on ramen. How did you decide to dedicate a day each week to that? When we were on our videos, we realized the need to add trending things so people would find our channel. Ramen seemed to be very popular in and outside of Japan so we decided to do that. It’s also easy for us

because we love ramen to begin with. How did you decide the focus for the rest of the week’s schedule? Well, I knew I wanted to do recipe videos. But I also wanted to do travel because for me, they go hand in hand. I literally travel to eat! I already knew from the start that it would be a challenge to do travel videos every week, but so far, it’s fine and not that difficult to do. Food reviews were something we decided to do because of three reasons. They gave us a

break from the more difficult recipe and travel videos, they were fun to do and people simply love those kind of videos on YouTube. Finally, the random Saturdays were a way for our viewers to get to know us and also a day gave us a day of freedom to do what we wanted to do. But they are always food or travel related. This is also the day we make announcements like giveaways for example. Thanks again Shinichi. It looks like you are having a great time with your new endeavor. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be seeing you again soon.

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Pirates, Treachery and Murder: A True Story In 1981 I was on holiday in Suffolk, England, when I found a commemorative stone with an intriguing story carved on it, in the churchyard of St. Edmund Church, Southwold. The inscription on it led me to a history trail that stretched from the coastal town of Southwold to the Gulf of Florida in America, and on to Charleston in South Carolina. It led to a tale of piracy, betrayal, murder – and eventually retribution for the pirates. However, it was only recently I could write the last ‘justice’ chapter of this true story.

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“By the hands of treacherous pirates lo! he dies” In the churchyard of the Church of St. Edmund in the peaceful coastal town of Southwold, in Suffolk, England, is a carved commemorative stone that reads: Sacred to the memory of David May, the son of Henry and Lydia May, who lost his life in the Gulf of Florida on board the ‘Ann’, WestIndiaman on 28th June 1819. Nor yet have ceas’d to flow a widow’s tears O’er scenes remembered midst the lapse of years On foreign seas he fell but not by storm When boisterous winds the heaving waves deform Nor by the rocks beneath the

tide concealed Nor by the sword which warring nations wield But by the foe received in friendships guise By hands of treacherous pirates lo! he dies.

Intrigued I was on holiday in the town; the year 1981. Intrigued by inscription on the stone, I enquired at the vicarage, but the curate did not know the story behind the inscription. Neither did the local librarian, nor the small town museum curator; it appeared that no one had previously researched the story, accepting that danger and sudden death at sea were commonplace then. This set me off on a history trail involving enquiries in London at the National Maritime Museum,

months, and thanks to some painstaking effort by the staff at the Federal Archives, I managed to piece together the story that follows.

David May David May was born in Southwold in 1788, the second eldest son of Henry and Lydia.

and eventually with the Charleston Library Society and Federal Archives Center in Georgia, USA. As this was done pre-internet, this involved me in typing out lengthy letters, sending them by post, and then awaiting postal replies, which included photocopies of archive documents. After six

The May family had strong working links with the sea and David followed in the family tradition. He joined the merchant service and by 1819 had risen to the position of Mate aboard the Ann of Scarborough, a brig registered at the Port of London. On the 26th June, 1819, the Ann left Matanzas, Cuba, bound for Falmouth, England, with a cargo of sugar and coffee. The Master of the ship

was Thomas Sunley, with a crew of ten, including David May. On the third day at sea, off the coast of Florida, a small boat containing eight men was spotted, apparently in distress. The Ann drew alongside and the men in the small boat asked for a rope to be given to help them with repairs. As this was being lowered to them, they suddenly rushed on board armed with cutlasses, muskets and pistols. The crew of the Ann, taken by surprise, were driven forward, but in the resulting confusion, the shipâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cabin boy fled and hid. The Ann was now in the hands of pirates.

Pirates From the 17th to early 19th

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looking fellow’. He demanded that Captain Sunley hand over all the money on board. But Sunley shook his head; there was no money, it had all been spent purchasing the cargo. At this point, the pirate vessel, the sloop Mary of Moorle, (alias the Black Jake), came into view. Both vessels were about sixty miles off the Florida coastline.

centuries, scores of pirate vessels operated around the West Indies and American coastline. Their ships were fast and easily overtook their prey at sea. Piracy in the area was at its peak in the late 17th century when many privateers (the equivalent of sea-going mercenararies) took to pirating in the absence of wars to fight. Determined efforts by both the American and English navies had driven many of the pirates out, but in the early 19th century they were back in force. The ending of the Napoleonic War and Latin

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American wars of liberation again left thousands of privateers out of work. At the same time, increased trade between Britain and the West Indies swelled the Atlantic and American coastal lanes with merchant vessels. The pirates, operating from coves and bays of Cuba and Puerto Rico, became increasingly more aggressive and ruthless in their operations. ‘…a daring-looking fellow’ On board the Ann the leader of the raiding gang was a man the others called ‘Peter’, described as ‘stout, blackwhiskers, tall, and a daring-

Captain Sunley and six of his men were taken on board the pirate vessel to be confronted by a John Furlong (alias John Hobson), the pirate captain, later described as a ‘little short man, pitted with smallpox, and with large whiskers.’ Furlong threatened Captain Sunley with a pistol and again demanded to know where the money was hidden, but Sunley’s answer was the same as before; there was no money on the ship. The pirate captain decided to question the crew of the Ann instead ,and one by one they were interrogated.

Treachery Soon it was the turn of crewman, Thomas Newton, a nephew of Captain Sunley, to

be brought before Furlong. The pirate captain stuck a loaded pistol in Newton’s chest and repeated his question. The terrified Newton revealed that his uncle had five doubloons and some dollars concealed and offered to show where the money was hidden. The money was found and the crew of the Ann, including the cabin boy discovered in his hiding place, were rounded up. The eleven captives were given an ultimatum: join and help the pirates – or die. Newton and five others joined the pirates. Four men refused: Captain Sunley, David May, William Quince, ship’s carpenter, John Hall, the ship’s cook. What made the four men refuse? Family honour, a sense of outrage at losing their ship, revulsion at the prospect of becoming a pirate? Whatever their reason, these men knew they would die. A fifth crewman, too sick to be of any use to the pirates was also dragged to the deck.

Death Furlong shot Captain Sunley in the heart with a pistol. He then shot David May in the

head. Other members of the pirate crew opened fire with muskets on the other three men. All the bodies were flung overboard.

to this place’, evidently with the aim of claiming a reward for the shipment.

The remainder of the crew ran the Ann into the Florida shore and the pirates cut away the topmasts and yards and opened the hatches to give the appearance it had been wrecked. The cargo was transferred to the pirate vessel and all evidence of their aggressive activity removed: carriage guns, muskets, cutlasses and boarding pikes were abandoned on the shore.

The authorities though were suspicious, and began to question other crew members. Newton, by this time, had told his version of events, and the news of this reached Charleston. Furlong and seven of his pirate crew were arrested.

The pirates split up and Furlong and a few of his men left in their vessel; another group left the scene in the yawl from the Ann, and a third group, including Newton, remained on the shore and were later picked up by a passing schooner. Furlong and his pirate crew sailed to Charleston in South Carolina, and there Furlong reported that: ‘on the 14th July, near Musquito, he fell in with a schooner not having a single person on board and that he took off a load of coffee in bulk and proceeded

Capture

During their confinement at Charleston goal they attempted to escape by making a hole and passage through the ceiling of their cell. But they were caught in the act and in December 1819, Furlong and three other pirates were tried at Charleston for murder; two other crewmen were also indicted for piracy, but no evidence was offered by the District Attorney on the charge of murder and they were tried separately for piracy the following year. Other pirate crewmen were released on the grounds they had been pressed into piracy against their will.

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Thomas Newton gave evidence against Furlong at the trial.

Postscript By December 1981, my research had run out of steam. It had taken me six months by airmail correspondence with the authorities in America to learn about the arrest of the pirates. I had fitted in the research around my full time job, and other work related projects were pressing in on me. I wrote up what I had learned about the incident and gave the information to the Southwold library service. I stuffed all the documents in a box and forgot about them. However, when I moved house recently I rediscovered the documents and this reawoke my curiosity. What had happened to the pirate captain, John Furlong, and his crew? I was now retired so had more time to find out and bring closure to the story. This time, however, the internet helped me to discover in hours, rather than months, what I wanted to know.

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An online search revealed that on the 29th April 1820, John Furlong, pirate, was publicly hanged at Charleston in the presence of the three other condemned pirates, who were still awaiting final confirmation of their own death sentences (which followed in June of that year). The Charleston City Gazette and Commercial Daily Advertiser, April 29, 1820:

He (Furlong) was accompanied to the place of execution by the Rev. Dr. Gallagher, of the Roman Catholic Church, who was an instrument, we hope, in opening his eyes to the prospect of another and better world. At the gallows, both joined in prayer and fervently implored mercy and forgiveness from the Throne of Divine Grace, although the crime for which he suffered was of the most aggravated and black estate. He appeared to resign life with the utmost composure, and while standing between a temporal and an eternal world, he wisely observed to all around him the necessity of thinking twice before acting

once. The crowd of spectators was very numerous and the scene awfully impressive. He was executed near the jail. May this example prove a warning to the unpardonable crime of Piracy and a terror to all evil doers, as Justice has at last unsheathed her sword.

Colin Neville

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Richard III: The Final Battle In 2012 the battle scarred bones of Richard III were unearthed. Three years later the sealed tomb has finally been unveiled at Leicester Cathedral.

This event followed a week long funeral-fest which included a procession from Bosworth Field to Leicester Cathedral for a ceremony with everything from speeches to songs to second cousins 16 times removed and ending

with an eye roll from Ashdown-Hill – proving the controversy surrounding Richard is certainly not dead. Hill, a historian, believed he was not credited properly for Richard’s discovery in the ceremony’s eulogy alongside Philippa Langley, the Richard III Society and Leicester University. As well as the controversy over who should get credit for finding him, there was the question of should his skeleton stay on display? His bones have been interred whereas other historical skeletons are kept on display in museums. A lot has already been gained from the study of Richards bones from confirming his scoliosis to tracking down living relatives; therefore it feels that it is the right time to lay them to rest. After deciding to bury him the question was where – this alone resulted in enough regional division to suggest the Wars of the Roses were perhaps not over! Apparently Westminster was full and couldn’t squeeze in another old king so it was believed he should be buried JAQUO MAGAZINE

in his ancestral home of York but in the end Leicester Cathedral won the cause as it was the closest location to where he fell at the Battle of Bosworth and the carpark where his remains were discovered.

played as an evil, powerhungry hunchback. On one end of the spectrum there are those that still believe he Around 35,000 people turned is a monster out to the procession and and question more than 20,000 queued to why a child see the coffin throughout last murder has week, proving the final resting been granted place to be a profitable a dignified tourist attraction. Recently burial. To leisure businesses, such as counter hotels and visitor attractions, that view he around Leicester have has also been praised and made £45m due to the buzz reworked into a hero, causing surrounding Richard. It also a public reaction to his burial makes sense for the burial to like that of saying goodbye be in Leicester as it’s easy to to a slightly pesky but easily argue York is far less needy forgivable distant relative. Both of this tourism boost with its seem equally extreme and existing Roman and Viking funny. No one can face the heritage, a visitor centre power of Tudor propaganda worthy of a day trip and a and emerge, even in the 21st new archaeological discovery century, unharmed. Then almost every time you stop those that say royalty can get for a picnic. away with murder are judging him as a king by modern As well as boosting tourism standards and not of his own the discovery has also time. gone a long way to rekindle the debate over who the He fought through real Richard was – from extraordinary circumstances misunderstood guy to the though was not a perfect Shakespearean Richard III monarch and can easily

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be criticised in his time as conflicted and flawed, but even so he still has the biggest modern-day appreciation society – partly because of the uncertainty surround his life. In truth no one will ever know the exact circumstances of his death, what his personality was really like and the debate over the Princes in The Tower shows no sign of slowing down. We may never know for certain if it was Richard in The Tower with a pillow or whether he went round killing Game of Thrones style or if instead he was just a nice guy who was later attacked by Henry VII.

Though one thing is certain, the mystery has only added to the enigma and excitement around the discovery. If Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d have been in Leicester last week I wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have been on the side of those against the elaborate funeral and reburial, but would have been gawping and taking photos with the others who turned out. The unbelievable yet thrilling discovery in a car park, morbid fascination over his life and the modernday battle over who should have his remains all combine to make a story worthy of a medieval chronicle. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been interesting to watch such

strong opinions emerge over the king and his remains not by historians, but by those actively interested in getting involved in the events. To me these views seem more valuable than the slandering comments made over the sensationalism by historians and critics. Following the events over the past few years has

been amazing but the saga of the king in the carpark has finally reached its conclusion.

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Natureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fury The 1935 Labor Day Hurricane was the most intense hurricane to make landfall in the United States in recorded history. The Hurricane of 1935 damaged or destroyed almost every structure between Tavernier and Duck Key. (Photo: Jerry Wilkinson) By Jackie Jackson

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The Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 In the mid nineteen fifties a contractor on Islamorada, one of the Florida Keys, was digging fill from a rock pit. He unearthed a gruesome discovery. He found three intact cars. Their outof-state licence plates showed that they had been there since 1935.

The skeletons of the occupants were still inside the vehicles. It was easy to explain what had happened to those vehicles twenty years before. They must have been visiting the Florida Keys when the Labor Day hurricane struck on September 2nd, 1935. The Keys were more sparsely populated in those days of course. One notable resident was Ernest Hemingway who had bought a property in Key West seven years before the hurricane. The population was also boosted by approximately

650 veterans. These were men who had fought in the First World War and found themselves down on their luck. A government initiative had sent them to the Keys to complete the ambitious railway from the mainland down through the islands. This was part of Franklin Rooseveltâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s New Deal and the men were housed in camps, many on Matecumbe Key, consisting primarily of tents and temporary structures. The more astute amongst them had asked what would happen if there was a hurricane but they were assured that the management of the Florida East Coast railway had arranged evacuation by train should a hurricane warning be issued. And on Saturday the 31st August, it looked as though a hurricane was indeed heading towards the Keys. But weather tracking equipment was in its infancy in those days. It was thought that the storm would travel along the channel between Key West and Cuba and not make landfall. This was not to be. On the Monday, Labor Day, the Keys were being

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battered by the 155 mileper-hour winds of the violent storm. Today this would be classified as a category 5; a super storm. The power was lost immediately and the temporary housing was torn to shreds. People clung to anything they could. One of the veterans used his strong leather belt to tie himself to a sturdy tree â&#x20AC;&#x201C; to no avail, the storm simply tore the tree from the ground. In Miami, the authorities had realised the danger the day before. They gave the order for an evacuation train to be sent to the end of the railroad track, at Islamorada. But it was a holiday weekend and they had problems rounding up the crew and getting together the necessary equipment. There was a further delay at a swing bridge which opened to allow Labor Day holiday boats to pass by. By the time the driver, J.J. Haycraft, got the train under way, it was already being buffeted by the storm. When he arrived at Homestead it was decided to reverse the train down to Islamorada to facilitate the

getaway â&#x20AC;&#x201C; this meant more delays. As he proceeded, Haycraft was virtually blinded by the rain. The waves crashed around the train and he had to travel cautiously and slowly. When he arrived at Windley Key he saw a group of people trying to escape from the

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The winds were now up to two hundred miles per hour. Haycraft could only proceed at one or two miles per hour.

Haycraft was about to power the train northwards when he heard a huge rumble. A tidal wave engulfed the train.

Eventually he arrived at Islamorada and the train was engulfed by people trying to escape. Many were women with children and babies. Most of the men let them board first but the train was soon packed with people desperate to escape the storm.

Although the engine remained upright the carriages containing desperate people were knocked over and engulfed.

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No-one knows to this day how many people perished in the hurricane. The Miami papers estimated that 1,000 people

had died. The government put the veteran figure at 259. One local family had 79 members living in the Keys on September 1st. After the hurricane only eleven were still alive. Many people disappeared and their bodies were never found. Because of the intense Florida heat, bodies were cremated en masse before

they could be identified. As the discovery of the three cars by the Islamorada contractor in the fifties demonstrates, remains were still being discovered many years later.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s said that even in this century, remains are being found that could be victims of the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane. Images: State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory

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Song Writing Success Story A few weeks ago I entered some of my songs in the UK Songwriting Contest. This is one of the most important competitions in the music world, and gets thousands of entries from all over the world. The judges are really important people in the music world like Kipper Eldridge, Sting’s producer. Another one is Stuart Epps who has worked with Elton John, Robbie Williams, Led Zeppelin, and loads of others.

It was set up with the aim of ‘discovering and encouraging new songwriting talent and promoting the craft of song writing’. Anyone can enter from experienced writers to complete beginners and you can win some great prizes. Most important is the prize of working with a top producer to get your songs known to the public. So, I thought I should have a go myself. I sent of five of my songs and then tried not

to think about it too much. I didn’t want to get excited and then be very disappointed. I thought I would have to enter a few times before I had any sort of success. Imagine my amazement when I got the news that four of them had been selected for consideration for a Commended Entry award and one of them has done even better. I have reached the semi finals with my song Struggled (To Get Here) in the under 18s category. I am so excited! It is just wonderful. Who knows I might even make it to the final. That would be really something! It wasn’t an overnight success, though. I started music lessons when I was five years old, and I have been writing and performing my songs since I was eleven years old, and I am now fifteen so I have been working at it for quite a long time. I record them in my home studio and play guitar, bass, cello, ukulele, and keyboard. I really want to be a musician when I am older and who knows? Maybe I am on my way!

Fabio

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The Adventures of Enid Lindeman Standing at sixfeet tall with handsome features and platinum hair, Enid Lindeman was never going to be a wallflower. As she gallivanted through life she accumulated four husbands, numerous lovers, and during the inter-war years her high-jinx dominated the gossip columns. Evelyn Waugh satirized her set in Vile Bodies, but the workings of his menacing imagination paled in comparison to the real thing.

(‘the better to view this vision of perfection’) when she emerged from the Cameron building in Manhattan. But the celebrated marriage was short-lived when, a year later, Cameron died from cancer, leaving his young wife a fortune of several million dollars.

The year was 1914 and the newly widowed Born in Australia in 1892, she Enid left New York with her was the great granddaughter nine-month-old son to move of Henry Lindeman, who to Paris to drive an ambulance founded Lindeman Wines for the war effort. With her in Hunter Valley, New beauty, charm and charisma, South Wales. A privileged, she became popular with if nondescript, childhood officers, and it was reported inspired Enid to look for a life that five men, having found of glamour and excitement. her so intoxicating, committed She achieved this at the age suicide. (One blew himself up; of twenty-one when she another threw himself under married Roderick Cameron, Le Train Bleu; another jumped an American shipping overboard in shark infested magnate twenty-four years waters). Or, as Enid put it, ‘They her senior. Establishing herself were not able to take the as a New York socialite, Enid strain.’ would literally stop traffic

An old boyfriend, Lord Derby, Britain’s Minister for War, was concerned about the havoc she was causing amongst the officers and, hoping to tame her, he suggested she remarry. Although a millionairess in her own right, Enid was incapable of handling her finances and to ease this fiscal responsibility, she agreed. Derby produced her next husband, Brigadier General Frederick Cavendish, known as ‘Caviar’. JAQUO MAGAZINE

After the war, Caviar was given command of the 9th Lancers in Egypt. As she had done in Paris, Enid caused a sensation amongst her husband’s comrades in Cairo and, as a dare, she reportedly slept with his entire regiment. By day she schooled her husband’s polo ponies and by night she dressed as a man to play with the band in the officers’ mess hall.

nightclubs. However, in 1931, she was once again a widow when Caviar died from a cerebral haemorrhage at their apartment in Paris.

Cairo suited Enid’s flamboyant tastes: there were picnics by the Nile, parties in sandstone mansions, and rides by moonlight in the Sahara. She met Lord Carnarvon (another of her lovers) on his famous dig of King Tutankhamen’s tomb, and was one of the first to be taken down to the discovery.

Although immensely rich with a private railroad car, two yachts and an aeroplane, Furness ordered Enid to sign over her personal fortune to him. Furness’s London townhouse, Lees Place was not large enough ‘to hide’ Enid’s three children from his sight, so she rented a flat on Curzon Street

In an attempt to distance Enid from hedonistic influences, Caviar took his wife, stepson and their two children to London, where the family moved into a townhouse in Mayfair. Domesticity never appealed to Enid, and she continued her pleasureseeking ways in London’s

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In 1933, she met and married Marmaduke ‘Duke’ Furness, the 1st Viscount Furness, whose second wife, Thelma, was a lover of the Prince of Wales. (His first wife, Daisy, had died onboard his yacht and he buried her at sea).

for the children and their staff. Suspicious that Enid was not being faithful, and intolerant of her platonic (a rarity) friendships with men, Furness hired detectives to watch her when he was at home and abroad. In spite of his jealousy, he showered her with expensive gifts and granted her every whim, one being exotic pets which included a tame cheetah,

walked everyday by the children and their governess. She held court at Furness’s villa La Fiorentina at Cap Ferrat in the south of France. A sensation wherever she went, it was said that people stood on chairs in the lobby of the Hotel de Paris in Monte Carlo just to catch sight of her as she passed through. Out of all her husbands, Enid claimed to love Furness the most:

‘There was nothing in the world he was not prepared to give me. Of all the men who loved me, and some were as rich as Duke, he was the one who was prepared to lay the world at my feet.’ A terrific gambler, Enid loved the races and casinos, and often carried a bag stuffed with £10 notes. Irresponsible with money, she squandered a fortune, and was as equally flippant with her jewels, keeping her pearls

in Kleenex boxes because they were the closest thing to hand. She was also generous with money: if she saw ex-servicemen begging on the street or sitting on the pavement next to their watercolours for sale, she would order her chauffeur to stop the car, whereupon she would get out and offer them a job or find them a home. To the disapproval of Furness, she would take her children on jaunts to the suburbs to visit the ex-servicemen for whom she had found homes. Furness died from cirrhosis of the liver in 1940. After his death, his former wife, Thelma, contested the will, claiming that their son should inherit his estate. After a long legal battle, Furness’s eldest son (having been reported as missing in action) from his first wife was declared dead and the law sided with Thelma. Enid was not rewarded the money she had surrendered to Furness when they were married, but she was permitted to keep Lees Place in London. With the war raging around them, Enid and her daughter decamped to their villa in

the south of France where they tended to prisoners from the detention camp near Eze. Two years later, they escaped France and travelled to London by way of Portugal, where Enid used her influence to secure them passage on a flying boat. In London, Enid was dubbed ‘The Penniless Peeress’ by the press. Down on her luck, she met Valentine Browne, the Earl of Kenmare, and famous gossip writer of the Londoner’s Log (then known as Castlerosse because of his former title Viscount Castlerosse). The confidant and travelling companion of the press magnate Lord Beaverbrook, Valentine had lived an excessive life of debauchery, and had been a close friend and lover of Enid’s when they both lived in Paris during WWI. Divorced from the scandalous courtesan Doris Delevingne, he was hoping for a more stable wife. They were married in 1943, and Enid became Lady Kenmare. An enormous gentleman who was reported to have sat on a dog and crushed it to death, Valentine’s JAQUO MAGAZINE

doctor warned Enid he had a weak heart and was to abstain from sex as it would surely kill him. She rejected the doctor’s advice:

‘It was one of the only pleasures left to him in life. How could I ration him?’ He died of a heart attack less than a year after they were married. In her boldest move yet, Enid, at the age of fifty-two, claimed she was pregnant and as such could hold onto the Kenmare estate until the potential heir was born. She kept up the charade for thirteen months until the estate was eventually given to Valentine’s nephew. Having buried four husbands, Somerset Maugham dubbed Enid, ‘Lady Killmore’. A chameleon to all the men she fell in love with, Enid would become their ideal woman and his interests would become hers. As her wealth grew, through inheritance and marriages, her life became a grand production.

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All purchases centred around the bedchamber: there were silk sheets and embroidered silk and lace pillowslips (changed everyday), and nightgowns and negligees were bought in abundance.

amongst film stars, with La Fiorentina becoming a hub for Hollywood royalty. She died in 1973 at the age of eighty-one.

The bedroom, her natural habitat, was sprayed with liberal amounts of Patou’s Joy, then costing three times more than any other scent, and the lady’s maid was ordered to spray the nightgowns and negligees, as well as the bedclothes. Leaving the beside lamp on, the maid would then open the door to Enid’s bathroom and fill the bath to a certain level with hot water and scent. Presumably Enid, whenever she returned, would add more hot water to it. However, Enid was never seen in bed with a man, not even her husband, for she considered that ‘vastly improper’. It was a role she knew well, and with copious amounts of money at her disposal, Enid played the part to perfection. Having outlived her lovers, in her later years she was revered as a society hostess

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Harvest Time Cookie Recipe Harvest Cookies Pumpkin is a good ingredient for so many things during the Autumn season. I like to use pumpkin in many things because of the nutritional value. But the main thing that I love about pumpkin is how moist and delicious it makes baked goods, like this cookie recipe for Harvest Cookies.

Add to the pumpkin nutrition the goodness of the oats and nuts and these cookies are not only delicious but good for you too.

2 and ½ cups uncooked quick oats 1 and ½ cups finely chopped dates ½ cup chopped walnuts

These cookies are so easy to make and you may already have many of the ingredients in your pantry. If you use canned pumpkin or fresh, they still taste the same. Just remember if you use fresh to pack it into the ¾ cup required, otherwise it will change the content and the flavor of the cookie. Be sure to use only pure pumpkin, not the pumpkin pie mix that’s also found on grocery shelves and can be mistaken for the pure thing.

Ingredients ¾ cup shortening 1 cup packed dark brown sugar 1 egg ¾ cup pumpkin, fresh or canned, packed well to measure 2 Tablespoons unsulphured molasses 1 and ½ cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon nutmeg ½ teaspoon baking powder ½ teaspoon baking soda ¼ teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon cinnamon

Instructions Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease cookie sheet with shortening Combine shortening and brown sugar in a large bowl. Beat with electric mixer at medium speed until well blended. Beat in egg, pumpkin and molasses. Combine flour, nutmeg, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. Mix into creamed JAQUO MAGAZINE

mixture at low speed just until blended. Stir in with a spoon, one at a time, oats, dates and nuts. Drop rounded Tablespoons of dough 2-inches apart onto cookie sheet. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Cool for 2 minutes on the cookie sheet and then remove to wire rack and cool completely.

More Recipes The Best Ever Tuna Casserole

The kicker is the topping that gives this casserole that added crunch!

• Prep time: 15 mins • Cook time: 15 mins • Total time: 30 mins

The main thing that I love about pumpkin is how moist and delicious it makes baked goods, like this cookie recipe.

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My other half has started to do most of the cooking on weekdays. Simple cooking, but really good cooking too! He is retired and I’m still working so some of the cooking duties fall to him. Tonight we just had the best ever tuna casserole, it really beats anything I have made in the past, hands down. Ready in a pinch, good for you, and it uses us some of the pantry goods that might otherwise overlooked.

Ingredients 1 package of egg noodles (12 oz) 1 chopped onion 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese 1 cup frozen peas (or peas and carrots) 2 cans of tuna, drained and flaked (6 oz) 2 cans of condensed cream of mushroom soup (10.75 oz) ½ a can of sliced mushrooms 1 cup crushed potato chips Instructions Bring a large pot of water to the boil adding just a dash of

The Main Ingredient salt to the water. Cook pasta in the boiling water for 8 to 10 minutes, or until al dente. Drain. Preheat oven to 425 degrees (220 C) In a large bowl, thoroughly mix the noodles, onion, 1 cup of cheese, peas, tuna, soup and mushrooms. Transfer to a 13 x 9 inch baking dish (I like to use Pam on the dish before adding the ingredients), and top with potato chips and the remaining cup of cheese. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes until cheese is bubbly. Now both my other half and I love onions, so instead of just adding the onions, we like to brown them up in a separate pan with just a couple of drops of soya sauce added, and then continue the recipe as listed.

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies Now that autumn is here these Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookie are perfect. I love baking with pumpkin in the fall. It is such a treat. This pumpkin cookie recipe featured is one that I found in a cookbook that I got while out on an adventure driving through Elroy, Wisconsin. We saw a cheese store and just had to stop. Sitting on the counter was the Loaves & Fishes & So Much More cookbook. As I was looking through it the recipes’ names caught my attention; they were intriguing.

Looking further at the recipes they looked so easy. It even had other helpful hints in the beginning of each section. One of the helpful hints is that you should bake one cookie sheet at a time on the middle oven rack. I remember making two sheets once and it didn’t work out to well. So I totally agree with that helpful hint. This cookie recipe was my first one that I made from this cookbook. Making The Cookies Making these cookies are really easy. Just follow that recipe on how it is put together. As the hint in the cookbook said that it

Tonight instead of just peas he added peas and carrots. The basic recipe was found on Allrecipes.com, but I think it’s ever better with our additions to the mix. Hope you try it and enjoy it as much as we do.

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The Main Ingredient is best to do just one cookie sheet at a time in the oven and on the middle rack. They’ll come out perfect and ready to eat after they cool. Trust me! They are very yummy!

Pioneer fruit cake without alcohol from Sweden and Wales

Ingredients 2 eggs beaten 1 15 oz can pumpkin 3 tsp milk 2 tsp baking soda 2 cups sugar 1 cups cooking oil 2 tsp cinnamon 4 cups flour 1 tsp salt Dash of vanilla 1½ pkg chocolate chips

Fruit cake without alcohol: This formula for fruitcake has been handed down from Sweden and Wales. There have been many variations of it. It does not use alcohol as their religion did not accept the use of alcohol. The difference was that you first cooked the raisins in the cinnamon and water.

Instructions In a mixing bowl mix eggs, pumpkin, milk, soda and sugar; beat well. Add oil, cinnamon, flour and salt; beat well. Then add chocolate chips to batter. Mix gently. Drop by a spoonful onto cookie sheet. Cookie will turn out soft Bake at 350 for 15 minutes. Use a cooling rack to cool cookies.

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Ingredients 2 cups brown sugar, any kind or combination ⅔ cup shortening, or margarine or butter 2 cups water, or any combination of fruit juice or applesauce 2 cups raisins, or sultanas 2 cups currants 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon ground cloves 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg ½ teaspoon ground allspice 4 cups all purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking soda 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 1 cup nuts, some whole and mostly chopped

1 to 2 cups glazed or candied fruit 10 glazed cherries, garnish Instructions Read through the instructions first!Boil sugar, shortening, water [reserve ¼ cup], raisins and currants with cinnamon and other spices that are available. Boil for 3 minutes. Set aside to cool.In a separate bowl combine flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. No need to sift. When the wet ingredients

pans, pie tins, baby loaf pans or muffin tins. Fill each container half to ⅔ full. It will not raise up much. You still have to bake it at least 30 to 40 minutes. A full bread loaf pan takes an hour to cook as it is too deep. It is better to cook it in smaller portions. It still stays very moist and not dry. Test with a toothpick after 30 minutes. Bake 350 degrees F.

are cooled, can be warm or room temperature, not hot as the soda will ‘cook’, you can add the flour mix. Take the reserved water to ‘wash out’ the pan with to get all the cinnamon/spices and add to the mix. Add flour mixture to the wet ingredients one cup at a time. Make sure it is thoroughly incorporated. You will see the mix foam up some. Lastly add the chopped nuts, and glazed fruit. Mix well. The dough will be very stiff. Place in the greased pans and bake. Bake in separate containers such as small loaf

More information: As the people were able to get more ingredients they were added to the mix. But the basic is good enough. It is moist and flavorful. You do not need to add any alcohol. Any kind of sugar works fine in any combination. Stevia, or artificial sweetener does NOT work. Honey used sparingly, like ¼ of a cup of the 2 cups total of sugars is fine. You can make brown sugar out of white sugar with a small amount of molasses. Not too much! The additions were homemade glazed or candied fruit that was cut up rinds of oranges, lemons and dried fruit such as cherries. All cooked with a lot of sugar and dried. Candied fruit is easily available today. You can add 1 to 2 cups of the glazed fruit – reserving some for the top. Next added over the years was one or two eggs.

You do not have to decrease your water. You can use any kind of combination of fruit juice and water and applesauce for the liquid as long as it measures 2 cups or 16 ounces. You can add any kind of chopped nuts. You can reserve some whole nuts for the top. If currents are not available you can use all raisins. I usually use a 2 cup combination of golden raisins, regular raisins and currants. I have even used dried cherries or dried craisins. It is all very good. My mom found that if she carefully wrapped each loaf in plastic wrap and then aluminum foil the fruitcakes froze very well. She would defrost the cakes for a day and then add a buttercream frosting. I prefer a cream cheese frosting made with very little powdered sugar. One year during World War II Grandma Ethel told me she did not have the money for nuts. So she carefully chopped potatoes in tiny pieces, [some Russets probably as they were living in Utah and Idaho], and added those raw to the mix. No one knew – she said it was fine. JAQUO MAGAZINE

The Main Ingredient I have not made this fruit cake since I stopped cooking a few years ago but I used to make this every year for a good 20 years. This recipe was a family favorite and I had made many variations. It all started with my Swedish Great Grandmother who passed along the recipe now going on 6 generations with my daughter. The difference here is that you cook the raisins with the sugar or honey and applesauce to incorporate the cinnamon. It all makes it very moist so you do not have to use alcohol.

The pioneer ancestors from Wales adapted a formula along the trail that was made with very little of this formula. Basically flour, sugar or honey, raisins, some lard, salt, cinnamon, a leavening depending upon the availability of it and water. This high caloric bread was stored well dried out and thus the

Hand written recipe by my Grandmother practice to soak it in alcohol to rehydrate it. The ancestors who eschewed alcohol would soak the fruit bread in water or milk. Todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s version is more of a dessert than a pioneer trail emergency energy food.

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Roast Cauliflower with Turmeric Experimenting with cauliflower has been a recent project of mine. Since roasted cauliflower is so popular, I thought I would try it with some different flavors. Turmeric came quickly to mind since it is a spice recommended for brain health. Some studies have shown it may actually slow or stop the deterioration that leads to Alzheimer’s disease. Anything we can do to improve our brain’s health is a good move. Healthy olive oil, or even better, melted coconut oil, are considered good oils. Cauliflower has plenty of vitamins and nutrients. It makes a healthy side dish to serve with any protein. Have it for a light lunch or dinner if you like to keep it vegetarian. It is a tasty dish with a unique flavor that I found delightful. I served it on a bed of spinach, but it would be good served over rice too.

Ingredients ¼ cup olive oil or coconut oil 1 clove garlic, minced ½ teaspoon crushed red pepper 2 teaspoons ground turmeric salt to taste 1 /2 head of cauliflower, cut into 1 inch bites 1 green onion, sliced ¼ cup fresh cilantro, roughly chopped Instructions Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Spray a baking pan or line it with a sheet of parchment paper. In a medium bowl, blend olive oil, garlic, turmeric and crushed red pepper until well blended.

Stir in the cauliflower, tossing until well coated. Spread the cauliflower in a single layer on the baking sheet. Sprinkle with salt, as you like. Roast 25 minutes until tender. Remove from pan into a bowl, and toss with cilantro and green onion. Serve hot.

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The Easiest Vegetarian Dish Ever since I started working out of my home, I made it a point to cook my own meals as much as possible. There are times when things get too hectic that I succumb to the occasional take-out food, but if I can manage, I’d always rather make my own meals. This way I know exactly what goes into my body, especially important when I’m trying to stay healthy. But like I mentioned before, sometimes I just don’t have the time to spend make a home-cooked meal. So in recent years, I’ve learned how to make meals that require minimum fuss and effort. In fact, this became the rule and if it took more than 30 minutes to prepare, I would save it for the weekend. Just 3 Ingredients! Today’s recipe is something I whipped up earlier today. It’s one of my go-to vegetarian dishes when I’m pressed for time because it almost takes no effort. Let me explain. You’re only required to use three ingredients and the only appliance you’ll need is a rice cooker. It just doesn’t

get any easier than this. The total time needed for this dish is around 40 minutes, but 30 of those minutes are completely done by your rice cooker. If you don’t have a rice cooker, you may opt to use a pot. Substitute your favorite vegetables You can also get creative with this recipe. Just substitute your favorite vegetable or vegetables, making sure they are chopped or cut into small pieces. If you prefer a stronger taste to the finished product, substitute vegetable broth for the water. Serve the rice alongside your favorite entree or a bowl of miso soup. Add a simple salad to complete the meal. Enjoy! Ingredients 4 cups uncooked rice 1½ cups frozen mixed vegetables 1 teaspoon salt

Instructions Wash rice and put into the rice cooker. Add enough water according to the rice cooker’s instructions. Add salt to the rice. Lightly mix. Add the mixed vegetables. Cook the rice according to your rice cooker’s instructions. Serve warm.

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Spooky Spider Cupcake Spooky beady eyed spider cupcakes are a fun Halloween treat. Everyone will love these spooky but cute creatures.

Making these cupcakes was a lot of fun. I’ve never made anything like them before; not even the type of frosting on these. I’d never have thought to use Kool-aid in my frosting. Sure enough it turns out with a lighter, fluffier consistency with a fun flavor. This frosting was a orange dream; tasted like orange sherbet. Ingredients 1 pkg chocolate cake mix 1 pkg (3.9 oz) Jello Chocolate instant pudding ⅓ cup Kool-aid orange flavor sugar sweetened drink mix

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2 Tbsp water 1 can 16 oz ready to spread white frosting 24 Oreo cookies 12 pieces black string licorice 48 mini M & M pieces Instructions Batter: Prepare cake mix batter as directed on package. Blend in dry pudding mix. Spoon into 24 paper lined muffin cups. Bake as directed on package at 350 for 25-30 minutes. Stick a toothpick in middle of one cupcake to make sure it comes out clean. Then cool completely. Frosting: Dissolve drink mix in 2 Tbsp water. Stir into frosting until well

blended. Frost cupcakes. Reserve some of the frosting for attaching the Oreos and eyes. Decorating: Cut each licorice piece into 2 inch length; set aside. Place 1 Oreo cookie on top of each cupcake; insert 4 licorice pieces into frosting on each side of cookie for the spider legs. Dab frosting on top of Oreo to attach 2 M & Ms for spider eyes.

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I’ve always loved the Italian soup, Minestrone. The word itself means “thick soup.” I like it as an appetizer when it’s the traditional vegetable soup. But if I want it for a full meal, I like to add little meat balls to it which makes it heartier. So I created Meat Lovers

Minestrone. It’s made with ground chuck and all the vegetables contained in a traditional Minestrone. We don’t just wait for winter to eat soup, because it’s nutritional and so easy to make with a slow cooker and my kitchen doesn’t heat up

that way. I serve this soup with a warm, crusty Artisan bread. I follow the meal with a luscious dessert like my old-fashioned chocolate cake, or if I haven’t baked that day, I may substitute some fresh fruit or melon to finish. JAQUO MAGAZINE

When Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m serving my family or a large group of people, I bring a steaming tureen of soup to the table and allow everyone to serve themselves. I serve warm bread so I use a bread basket with a warming stone to keep it that way during the meal. My soup bowls are a basic white, so that the colors of the soup show up well. Part of the enjoyable experience of eating are the ways we set the table, and the colors we see. Minestrone is a colorful soup with all the vegetables and beans and needs no other adornment. Ingredients 1 pound ground chuck 1 teaspoon Kosher salt 2 Tablespoons ground oregano, divided 2 teaspoons garlic powder, divided 1 can stewed tomatoes, undrained, chopped 1 small can tomato paste 1 cup diced onion 2 zucchini, cut lengthwise into quarters, then slice quarters crosswise. 2 carrots, coin slices 1 cup chopped celery 2 cans chicken broth 1 can kidney beans, undrained 1 can garbanzo beans, undrained

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1 can cut green beans, undrained 3 cups water (may need more or less) 15 spaghetti strands, broken in 1-inch pieces OR 25 angel hair strands, broken in 1-inch pieces. Instructions Mix ground chuck with 1 Tablespoon oregano, 1 teaspoon garlic, 1 teaspoon Kosher salt. Mix well so oregano, garlic and salt are distributed evenly. With a melon baller make small bite-sized meat balls. Place small meat balls on tin foil until all meat has been used. Chop the stewed tomatoes and put them in a large pot. Pour in one can of chicken broth, 1 can tomato sauce and 1 cup of water in same pot. Turn burner to high; when mixture begins to boil put meat balls into boiling liquid. Cook for 10-15 minutes; with a slotted spoon remove meat balls from liquid and set aside. Stir in remaining oregano and garlic to same pot. Put onion, zucchini, celery and carrots into same pot, add water if necessary, cook until vegetables are tender. Carrots will take a bit longer than the other vegetables, so test before continuing on to

next step. Pour in remaining can of chicken broth, kidney beans, garbanzo beans and green beans to the pot, bring to boil. Replace meat balls into same pot with vegetables and liquid. Add more water if necessary. Bring to boil, drop spaghetti pieces into boiling liquid. Boil for 10 minutes for spaghetti, 7 minutes for angel hair.

Nancy Hardin

Strawberry Cream Cheese Crepes

Tricia, she works a full time job, takes care of a baby (our granddaughter) a husband (our son) and still finds the time to come home from a busy day of work and whip up this delicious sweet treat. Cream cheese crepes with fresh strawberries and then drizzled with caramel sauce. This is a great desert or any

time snack, especially if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in the mood for something sweet. This one is so easy to make, you can have this ready to enjoy in about 30 minutes. If you have some friends coming over for afternoon coffee or tea, go ahead and impress them with this one. JAQUO MAGAZINE

The Main Ingredient Ingredients 1 cup of flour 1 cup milk 4 eggs 1 Tsp. of vanilla Filling: 8 oz. package cream cheese ½ cup of sugar 1 Tsp. of vanilla 12 Whole Strawberries cut in half Caramel Syrup Instructions Combine flour, milk, eggs, and vanilla in a bowl and mix Spray an 8”or 10” non-stick pan with cooking spray and preheat over medium heat Pour enough batter to coat the bottom of the pan Cook the crepes for a couple of minutes on each side Stack the crepes and let cool In bowl combine cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla Beat the mixture until soft Fill each crepe with 2 tbls. of filling, add 3 or 4 strawberries halves and roll Serve 2 crepes per plate and garnish with strawberries, and caramel syrup You can also add a dollop of whipped cream or more of the cream cheese mixture on top if you like.

Yorkshire Cooking: Fat Rascals Yorkshire Fat Rascal cakes are a timeless favourite in the region, although they were only given this name in recent times. The recipe goes back to the 15th century and is based on a Yorkshire ‘turf bun’, so called because they were often baked on a griddle over a turf fire at the end of the cooking day.

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Left-over bits of dough and lard were squashed together with honey and fruit and baked into a satisfying and substantial flat cake. However, in 1983, the Yorkshire firm, Betty’s (and her famous tea rooms) put their own twist on the basic recipe and labelled it a ‘Fat Rascal’. A Betty ‘Fat Rascal’ is a delicious cake, around 5” in circumference, studded with fruit, and infused with spices secret to the lass herself. Fat Rascals sell, well, like hot cakes in their cafés, and people

queue out the door at one of the Betty tearooms in Ilkley, Harrogate, and York to sit in genteel surroundings, sup their Yorkshire tea like civilised folk do, scoff their Fat Rascals, and listen to the gentle strains of the pianist in the corner. It’s a right posh treat. Anyway, there is a local baker hereabouts who reckons he has cracked the genetic code to make a bun very close to Betty’s secret recipe. Having tasted both, I think he has got it spot on.

Ingredients 250g self-raising flour, sifted 1 teaspoon sweet mixed spices 75g caster sugar 100g unsalted butter, chilled and diced 125g mixed dried fruit 150ml double cream, milk, or crème fresh (I used half milk/ half cream) I teaspoon lemon juice Ingredients for decoration (almonds and glace cherries) I beaten egg

Instructions Preheat the oven to 200c’ mark 6 Sift the flour and mixed spices into a mixing bowl and stir in the sugar Rub in the butter until it resembles fine breadcrumbs Stir in the dried fruit, then add the beaten egg, lemon juice, cream/milk and combine to form a sticky but firm dough Divide the mixture into six equal parts Pat them into generous rounds onto a greased baking tray Decorate with glace cherries and almonds Coat with milk and bake for 20 minutes or so until golden brown and firm. Delicious warm, split in two and coated with butter. Let the butter soak in and gobble it up with a lovely mug of Yorkshire tea. They will keep well in an air-tight tin. But they are very more-ish, and the spice aroma, fresh from the hot oven, will, I predict, defeat your willpower to keep your hands off them for long.

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Moules Marinière There are five main dish Poor old Belgium gets a bad press when it comes to its cuisine because it sits under the shadow of France. However, my husband lived there for a few years, and he enjoyed so many delicious meals and he always tells me that he would very happily eat Belgian food every day! The most famous dish must be Moules Marinière served with fries, mayonnaise, and a tankard of wonderful Belgian beer. Belgium is a small country, but it boasts about 180 breweries, and makes some of the most delicious beers you’ll find in Europe. So how do you prepare Moules? It’s actually a very easy thing to do but there are some things that you have to do before cooking them because otherwise there is a high risk of food poisoning! When you get them home soak them in salted water for about 15 minutes (no longer than 20) and throw away the ones that float. Knock them with a spoon or tap them on the table, they should close by themselves. If not discard them.

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Throw away any with broken or cracked shells, or those that are heavier or lighter than the others. To clean them run them under fresh water and scrub the shells. If they have a beard tear it towards the small end of the shell and remove it. Ingredients 2 kg moules (mussels) with shells on. 2 tablespoons of butter 2 small onions I stick of celery 400 ml white wine Seasoning 2 tablespoons of fresh cream 1 tablespoon of fresh chopped parsley

Instructions Melt half the butter in a large saucepan with lid Add the sliced onions and celery and fry gently for about 5 minutes or till the onions turn see through. Add the wine and bring to the boil. Add the mules and put the lid on and shake the mules – you are aiming to mix the liquid round the mules. Keep cooking until the shells have opened – and no longer – it shouldn’t take more than a few minutes. Shake the pot periodically. Keep checking them. Once they are open, add the rest of the butter, cream and parsley and stir. Do not boil them any longer or

they will turn rubbery! Serve with frites and mayonnaise and of course a nice glass of Belgian beer.

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Indian Pudding For A Treat Indian Pudding Recipe: Sometimes Known as Corn Pudding. Indian Pudding or Corn Pudding, whichever you prefer to call it, was one of the earliest dishes created using corn in the form of cornmeal. This recipe would be an appropriate one to celebrate National Indian Pudding Day on November 13th. When the pilgrims first came to what is now America, they learned how to plant, harvest and use corn (or maize) in creating new recipes from the Native Americans, then known as “Indians.” The supplies for traditional plum pudding they were used to, were somewhat lacking. The settlers found a way to adapt corn to serve the purpose of a few treats they missed. In that time Native Americans showed them how to grind cornmeal, and this pudding recipe became Indian Pudding. t’s a very popular, traditional recipe in the New England

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states, perhaps because that was where the new Americans first landed. Here then is my recipe (more spice, different fruits) for Indian Pudding, adapted from the original recipe given to me by my Mom. Indian Pudding is not a glamorous looking dish, but you’ll be won over with the taste. Flavor Tip: Once it’s been refrigerated, microwave or reheat a few moments, because it’s better warm. Enjoy! Ingredients 6 cups milk ½ cup cornmeal, yellow ½ cup or 1 stick butter ¼ cup flour ½ cup blackstrap molasses 1 teaspoon salt 3 eggs, beaten ⅓ cup sugar 1 and ½ teaspoons cinnamon 1 and ½ teaspoons nutmeg 1 cup raisins, dates, dried cherries or cranberries Instructions Heat oven to 250 degrees. In a large heavy saucepan, heat milk and butter together until boiling In a medium size bowl, mix together cornmeal, flour and salt

Stir molasses into cornmeal mixture Add ½ cup of the milk mixture, a few Tablespoons at a time, into the cornmeal, until sufficiently thinned to pour. Pour this mixture into the original milk and butter mix. Temper the beaten eggs by gradually adding one-half cup of the hot cornmeal mix into the eggs, stirring well after each addition. Stir in the sugar and spices until smooth, then stir in raisins or chopped dates or dried cherries or cranberries. Pour this mixture into a 2 and ½ quart baking dish and bake for two hours. Serve plain or with ice cream or whipped cream. Garnish with extra fruit and nuts.

Molasses:An Essential Ingredient – Known as Treacle in England Molasses is absolutely a “must-have” for the flavor base of Indian Pudding. No other syrup will do, because molasses has a distinctive taste. There are three grades of molasses; sulphured, unsulphured and blackstrap. Sulphured is usually put

into livestock feed, and unsulphured or blackstrap varieties are used for human consumption. Blackstrap is the one with the most vitamins and minerals for humans, resulting from a third cooking of the sugar cane. According to the government’s dietary guidelines for Americans, blackstrap molasses contain 498 mg Potassium, 3.5 mg Iron, 172 mg calcium and 47 calories in one Tablespoon.

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Animals Pets and Allergies More and more dogs, cats, and exotic birds are developing allergies these days. Could the environment, food, or vaccines, be the cause? Additionally, toxic fumes and chemicals appear to be permeating our environment, and just like humans, your “furkids” immune system and skin can be just as sensitive. Many dogs, cats, and exotic birds can have an adverse reaction to pollen, grass, trees, fertilizers, insecticide, new medications, vaccines, and can become anxious, pull out pieces of fur and feathers, develop skin, ear and eye infections, skin rashes, and or hives as a result. If your dog starts biting their paws or other parts of their body, is itching their skin, scratching their stomach and their legs, has teary eyes or rubs their eyes, sneezes a lot, has labored breathing, has a strong odor of gas after their mealtime, has chronic

ear infections and develops a dark dirtlike substance I call “shmutz” in their ears, they might be affected by Candida or yeast, or a condition called Malassezia pachdermatis, otitis externa, food allergy dermatitis, or atopic dermatitis, (inhalant allergies). When you see these

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could develop a reaction to some substance or plant in that area, if your furkid starts displaying the symptoms described. Some furkids have extreme allergic reactions and are a candidate for allergy injections, cortisone, or other anti-histamine medication, just like humans. A good practice to follow is cleaning your dog’s ears with a quality ear cleanser and cotton squares, every few days so that there is less buildup of debris.

to something, your pet can develop anaphylactic shock, which can potentially lead to cardiac arrest and death, if not treated in time by your veterinarian or veterinary emergency hospital.

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Some dogs and cats are gluten intolerant just like humans, and intolerant to specific proteins, like beef, chicken, lamb, pork, seafood, wheat, soy, corn, various starches and grains like barley, brewers yeast, preservatives and additives like glycerine, and have difficulty digesting certain protein. Artificial dyes and colors, can also cause an allergic reaction in your pets. Please do not ignore or deny the symptoms your “furkid” is displaying. Also, don’t forget, when walking your dog, notice the area where you walk them, they

Six years ago I was unaware that changing my dog’s food would resolve her chronic ear infections, well low and behold, after many office visits to our regular vet, trying

numerous medications, and several expensive office visits to a veterinary dermatologist, we changed her food and her chronic ear infections stopped. We discovered my yellow Labrador Retriever Miss Tweedle – “Surry’s Talk of the Town is Tweedle” had food allergies, and changing her kibble to grain free salmon, containing no salt, helped cure her ear infections and skin problems. I was so inspired I started researching the formulas of various foods and pet treats on the market and after the Toxic Pet Food Recalls, I developed www.

tweedlepetproducts.com – a gourmet natural and organic gluten-free , raw, dehydrated, and freshly baked pet treat company for pets sensitive to common food allergies, and their pet parents. We use ingredients produced and grown in the USA.

A switch in your “furkids” food might resolve the problem of allergies. Before you spend oodles of money on allergy testing, do a process of elimination of

specific foods, and brandnames, and see what happens. Remember always read labels of whatever you purchase for your “furkid”. What you spend in high quality pet food and treats, eliminating the ingredients your pet may be allergic to, will save you more money in the end from paying for expensive office visits with your veterinarian and specialists. Who knows, we might be able to develop a support group for pet parents to discuss health and other issues about their pets, if there is enough interest. Best wishes as always, Tweedlesmom. Stacey J Nelson Ph.D.

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7 Reasons Dogs are Man’s Best Friend I’m a dog lover and most of my people-friends love dogs, too. What is it that makes the relationship, the friendship, the connection between man and his mutt such a special one? Here are seven reasons, I believe, that dogs are man’s best friend.

Dogs love us unconditionally.

We don’t have to do a thing in the world to earn a dog’s love, and we don’t have to love them first. They choose to love us no matter what, wholeheartedly, unquestioningly, absolutely, no strings attached. Even when we don’t deserve it, dogs love us anyway.

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Dogs know how to read our moods and respond accordingly.

Having a fabulous day? Fido knows and his behavior reflects it. (“Throw the ball again, Dad!” he says with his doggy smile and happy pant, pant, pant!) Feeling sick or sad? Chances are, Fifi can tell and will leave you alone until you feel better. She’ll deliver sympathetic looks or even worried whines to comfort you and let you know she cares. Dogs just seem to know when to get close and when to keep their distance. Now, that’s a good friend.

Dogs have amazing talents.

Most everyone is aware of K9 dogs used by both the military and police departments around the world to sniff out drugs and bombs or to track and locate missing persons, both bad guys and good guys. Some dogs are trained to jump out of airplanes to perform rescues or infiltrate war zones. And we haven’t

even mentioned working dogs who herd cattle or sheep, or kill rats that might otherwise ruin hay bales stored in barns. Let’s not forget the service dogs that sense changes in blood sugar levels or warn their masters about an impending seizure, guide the blind or, just by their presence, help to heal the war-scarred veteran. Between instincts and specialized training, working dogs of all kinds truly are amazing and make wonderful best friends.

Dogs help keep us safe.

Everyone has heard stories about dogs saving their families’ lives, awakening the household as a fire threatens their home. Hopefully you’ve never experienced anything that dramatic, but it’s good to know that dogs are there, helping to keep us safe. Having a dog that will bark when someone comes into the yard, a stranger comes to the door, or the family toddler toddles too close to the swimming pool is reason enough to adopt and love a good watchdog.

Dogs help keep us warm.

You think “three dog night” was a rock band? Before that, the term was used as a temperature gauge! Whether the phrase originated with the Eskimos or in the Australian outback

isn’t known for sure, but in any case, on a very cold night it was common for not one, not two, but three dogs to be invited to huddle and cuddle with humans in their bed to keep each other from freezing to death. Now, those are canine friends to really appreciate. Brrr!

Dogs make good pillows. And step stools. And horses.

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How Much Do You children, so she was used to youngsters and their ways and, being a Golden, she was as gentle as could be. During the years Maggie grew old with us, she served not only as a faithful companion to our boys, sometimes she served as furniture. In fact, one of our favorite family stories is one my husband tells. Arriving home from work one day, he spied our youngest standing behind the bar that divided the kitchen and family room, happily leaning on the countertop, sucking his thumb. Something looked different and Dad realized that our son seemed taller. As Dad walked around the corner into the room, he saw why. There was a very patient Maggie (who outweighed our 3-year-old by far), lying peacefully on the floor with our little guy gently standing on her. Both were content, our son with the higher vantage point and his buddy Maggie with the companionship.

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like the way you look. You could, perhaps, be smelly (hopefully that’s a temporary condition, but it doesn’t matter because dogs love “stink!”). No matter your faults or how you feel about yourself, once you and your dog become buddies, you’ll have a best friend for life and probably a higher self-esteem, too! If you need a “man’s best friend,” don’t overlook a fourlegged, furry one, especially one that is in desperate need of a home. Want to rescue a dog? Contact your local animal shelter or ask the neighborhood veterinarian. There’s a perfect BFF (best furry friend) out there, waiting just for you!

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Did you know there are about 10,000 different species? Close to seventy percent of those are found in the rain forests. In the United States, households have 40 million birds as pets these days. I bet you already know the ostrich is the largest bird, but did you know one might run as fast as sixty miles an hour? Not to mention that an ostrich egg may be the size of a cantaloupe. The smallest bird as you would expect, is the hummingbird. One in particular, the bee hummingbird is less than 2 inches long.

Dogs love you in spite of yourself. You may think you’re not very smart. You may not

Many of us are fascinated by birds. It’s no wonder when we see wonderful photos in bright colors showing so many varieties of birds.

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Speaking of hummingbirds, they are the only bird that can fly backwards, upside down, and hover, thanks to their wing beat of 50 times a second. It also has a rotating wrist

Know About Birds? FEEDING FACTS To have the strength to fly, each day birds might eat as much as twenty percent of their weight. The familiar little wren we see everywhere may feed her babies 500 times in an afternoon. Spiders and caterpillars are favorites. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot of trips hunting and feeding!

which is located within their wing bones. Plus, unlike other birds, they rotate their upper arm (what I would call the shoulder), rather than flapping it up and down like most birds. Can you guess what the most common bird is? It is the chicken, which also happens to be the most used form of animal protein eaten in our country.

are covered by feathers. The bend we can see in their legs is at the ankle, not the knee.

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While most birds have three or four toes, the ostrich only has two. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s toes are similar to an antelope hoof. If a bird runs on the ground, it will usually have three toes pointing forward, while perching birds have the three forward but an additional one that points back for gripping.

Their little (or big) bodies are remarkable. Would you expect birds to have fingers and knees? They may have knees, but that is not what is usually not visible since they

Feathers on many birds weigh more than their bones. Hollow bones help them fly. Even the hollowness varies between species. If a bird goes in the water it will contain less air.

Roadrunners will eat anything they can catch, from rodents to lizards and spiders. They will even jump to catch hummingbirds. Lots of bird varieties will stop by your hummingbird feeder for a drink too. Over seventy different species have been known to enjoy a sweetened drink now and then. Some woodpeckers eat 2000 ants a day! Its tongue can be as long as 4 inches, which no doubt helps. HAVE YOU SEEN THE MOVIE, THE BIRDS? I never gave much thought to how they made the movie. Today JAQUO MAGAZINE

with computer generated graphics, it might seem easy. But The Birds was released in 1963. It was a little bit different then, including the regulations of animal treatment. For instance, the seagulls in the movie were fed wheat and whiskey so they would stay put and be less likely to fly off. Would that happen today? The birds that hovered and threatened Tippi Hedren were actually attached to her by clear nylon threads. They couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fly away! Next time we watch the movie we will all be looking to see if we can tell. GAGGLES OF GROUPS Why do you suppose a group of crows or ravens is called a congress or a murder? Owls gathering are sometimes known as a parliament. Chickens as peeps. We have gaggles of geese. The strangest I found though are flamingos. Their group is known as a flamboyance. Yes, really. A couple of other interesting facts about flamingos; they eat with their bills upside down. They can fly as fast as 35 mph. In the wild they might

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live to thirty years, in captivity, up to fifty years. They also prefer to be in a large group. The albatross is another bird I would enjoy learning more about. While three-fourths of wild birds live less than a year, the wandering albatross may reach eighty years of age. Looking at a photo it looks similar to a sea gull, but is

distinctive. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a large bird that may weigh twenty pounds or more, and has a wingspan up to eleven feet. I was amazed to learn that the albatross can soar without flapping its wings for six hours. It is a very powerful flier that is generally seen on land only when breeding.

Did you know the saying “albatross around your neck” came from the poem, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, by Samuel T. Coleridge. In the poem, when a sailor kills an albatross, he is made to wear it around his neck as punishment for harming that particular bird. The saying relates to something you have done that causes continuous problems that get in your way.

INTERESTING TIDBITS ON BIRDS The pelican’s pouch you see beneath its beak can hold as much as 2.5 gallons of water, and/or 25 pounds of fish. •

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Bald Eagle nests are huge, often 9.5 feet across! The largest nest weighed nearly 3 tons. The goose was the first bird to be domesticated. Some birds sing in tones too high for the human ear to hear.

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Starlings are one. Woodpeckers can identify each other by the sound of their beaks hitting a tree. In the US alone, cats kill well over a billion birds a year. The figure may be as high as 3 billion. Penguins may jump as high as 6 feet. An owl’s eyes won’t move, but its neck will turn almost a full circle. You won’t hear an echo from a duck quack. The cassowary can kill with one kick. It is considered the most dangerous bird. Peregrine falcons catch prey by first hitting it with their talons, balled up as fists. Then they catch it as it falls. They can reach speeds up to 200 MPH when diving.

As it turns out, birds are even more fascinating to me now. To see the peregrine falcon dive, or watch an albatross soar above sounds like a wondrous thing to see. I can tell I will have to do more research. We haven’t even looked at the birds in the rain forest yet. Next time you see a bird, give thought to the truth that he is but one of 10,000 species. Much more than simply a bird.

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Where is Chautauqua Lake?

Although the weather is a lot more cooperative in the summer, but you may also like winter activities, and there are plenty of those too. Under the rainbow of course. Chautauqua Lake is located in Western New York, just about 30 miles east of Erie Pennsylvania and about 50 miles southwest of Buffalo New York. If you’re traveling on I90 east though Erie or coming west from Buffalo, take I86 east to Jamestown and in about 30 miles you’ll be at beautiful Chautauqua Lake. We moved here in 1989 and live only 2 blocks from the lake; the lake is about 18 miles long and 2 miles wide at its widest point. As with any lake there is so much recreation, camping, boating, fishing, sailing, and so much to see. You’ll find recreation at Chautauqua all year long, so you don’t have to wait until summer.

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Our grandchildren are having some fun in the snow. Yes we get our fair share of snow here in the

Chautauqua Lake Region. So if you’re into winter sports we have plenty here for you to enjoy. There are three major ski resorts in the area: • Peak n Peek Ski Resort: With many slopes for skiing, snowboarding and tubing. They also have are golf courses,

along with many other summer time activities. • Holiday Valley Ski Resort: Has much of the same • HoliMont: A popular ski resort between Chautauqua Lake and Buffalo New York You will find many snowmobile trails throughout the region along with many other winter activities. So whatever your pleasure, spring, summer, fall or winter there is something for everybody to do in the Chautauqua Lake Region. The Chautauqua Lake region is most beautiful in the fall season, and the region has such a deep history. Take a tour of the Erie wine trail, which spans from Northeastern Pennsylvania up into Western New York. The lake is abundant with bass, walleye, northern pike and crappies. There is always something to catch, or you could just sit by the lake feed the ducks and relax or watch the sun set over the lake. You’ll find an abundance of rentals around the lake in the spring, summer, and fall months.

Chautauqua Institution in winter.

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On Ilkley Moor (Baht ‘at)

A Sense Of The Past One of the attractions for me on Ilkley Moor is to find links with the past. I like tracing the burial cairns and ancient stone markings, learning the origins of old place names, and feeling myself to be part of a continuity of life on the Moor.

There were twenty stones originally, but only these are left, and their original positions in the circle are not known. Their meaning is still subject to much speculation, but they are located at one of the highest points on the Moor, with long-distance views in all directions – which may account for their origins and symbolic meaning. It is difficult not to feel a sense of awe here, particularly early in the morning or as the sun sets in the evening. The world would have seemed a huge fathomless place to the early inhabitants of the Moor. Bronze Age habitation of the Moor can also be found with

This photograph above shows ‘The Twelve Apostles’ – a stone circle believed to date back to the middle Bronze Age.

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the ‘Cup and Ring’ markings found on rocks in over 300 locations scattered across a wide area of moorland. The exact meaning of these markings is still unknown.

Taking The Waters

White Wells, overlooking the town of Ilkley, is a link with more recent history. It is an 18th century spa bath, built at the time when ‘taking the waters’, or hydrotherapy, was fashionable in Ilkley – the scientist, Charles Darwin, visited the town for rehabilitation purposes. White Wells contains a plunge pool, still in use today. Waters from the moor feed into the pool and flow down into the town below.

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In the valley below was a fashionable hotel, with its own plunge pools, for the less energetic, who did not, or could not, contemplate the steep walk from the town to White Wells.

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Buy Your Dog a Drink And at the end of a long day hiking across the Moor, you and your dog can have a well-earned pint of Tetleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Best Bitter.

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Holiday Apartment in Liguria, Cinque Terre, Italy If you’re looking for an authentic rural Italian holiday then this is it! The sunny apartment is at the top left hand side of the village.

are three tiny historic villages called Pavareto, Cerreta, and Agnola. It is a wonderful place You can rent a perfect holiday for walkers and cyclers. apartment in an ideal setting It is a Roman hillside village for nature lovers, walkers, or with a 15th century church, cycling. Chiesa di San Lorenzo. Although it is small, it has a Italy has also has some bar, a grocery shop, a post wonderful rural areas office, a chemist open for an which are perhaps its best hour a day, and a wonderfully kept secret. From the active, friendly community. Alps in the north down to Mount Etna in Sicily, it is a World class music country of mountains, hills, forests, wonderful scenery, festival in Carro’s and delightful regional church piazza differences. This holiday apartment is in the beautiful Alta Val de Vara (valley of the River Vara), and is an idyllic place to spend a holiday. It is a spacious, comfortable, private flat that sleeps four in the delightful village of Carro. The apartment is the highest building in this photo Carro is located in the vale of Velva and nestled close to it

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born and lived in Carro, and an annual music festival is held here (from the 14th July till the end of August) when esteemed classical musicians are invited from all over the world to play under the stars. Tickets for people staying in Carro are always available. paganini-festival

Nicolo Paganini’s parents were The valley is almost entirely in the province of La Spezia in Liguria, and it connects La Spezia with Genoa with a spectacular autostrada that cuts its way through the mountains. Its other main road is the Roman Via Aurelia, one of the most beautiful roads in Europe that meanders along the coastline

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snow at the start of the valley and on the higher peaks. This apartment will offer you a calm and peaceful break away from the hustles of everyday life. Imagine paradise and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re halfway there!

all the way from Rome to Genoa. This is a sparsely populated area dotted with charming villages, characteristic towns, and wonderful unspoiled countryside. The river Vara is wonderful for wild swimming in the summer. Wonderful places like Pisa, Parma, and Lucca are only about an hourâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s drive on the motorway, and Florence is two hours away.

Monterosso Along the Riviera are the beautiful Cinque Terre, and the Gulf of Poets. Delightful seaside towns like Deiva and Bonassola are about 40

minutes away. Portofino and Rapallo are also nearby and all can be visited in one day. The nearest train station is in the seaside town of Sestri Levante, with its enchanting Baia Del Silenzio. What more could anyone wish for!

This is an area of beauty, and each season offers its own delights. The high ridges that separate valley from the sea affect the climate. The valley has cooler summers than the coast making it very pleasant and locals drive up to escape oppressive temperatures of the seaside towns. Winters are colder too, and there is always a good chance of

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Spend the Day at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium Learn more about Winter

Last week I was lucky enough to make my second trip to the Clearwater Marine Aquarium. became an inspiration to people all over the world. The dolphin I’m speaking of is Winter, the star of the movie Dolphin Tale. Winter has been a permanent resident of the marine aquarium since 2005 and a visit to this aquarium is truly amazing. The Aquarium is located in Clearwater near the Clearwater Marina. This aquarium is unique because it is a rehab and rehabilitation hospital for marine life. The hospital has been open since 1972, in a former waste treatment facility, but didn’t gain national attention until late 2005 early 2006. Why did this hospital gain national attention? A very special bottlenose dolphin was rescued after being trapped in a crab trap and eventually

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In this photo, my daughter is standing in front of Winter and her tank mate, Hope’s tanks. The main tank was being cleaned, which meant Hope and Winter were frolicking right behind my daughter.

Winter is truly an inspiration to so many people all around the world especially children with disabilities and amputees. In fact, Winter and her friends at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium are visited by people from all over the world every single day.

The Aquarium Will Likely Be Busy – Be Patient! As you can imagine, this aquarium is always busy! The first time I visited, I simply walked up and bought my tickets, which meant I spent a great deal of time standing in the Florida heat with two little kids and my elderly grandmother. This time, I opted to buy my tickets online. By doing this, I was able to get a great discount, easily add and schedule a Sea Life Safari later in the afternoon and stand in a much shorter line at the Will Call box. It’s also

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important to realize when you buy your general admission ticket, you are actually gaining entry to two different venues. Winter, Hope,Nicholas, and a gang full of other marine life live at the Clearwater Aquarium, but you can also visit Winter’s Dolphin Tale Adventure as part of your general admission. I love Winter’s Dolphin Tale Adventure because you can get up close and personal to many of the props used in the filming of Dolphin Tale and Dolphin Tale 2. Better yet, you don’t have to worry about traveling back and forth from one location to another. A complimentary trolley or boat ride is provided in both directions. The trolley is fun, but I recommend the boat ride. We rode the shuttle boat from Winter’s Dolphin Tale Adventure back to the aquarium and were able to see dolphins and enjoy a peaceful ride in Florida’s air conditioning. However, if you ride the shuttle from the aquarium to the movie adventure, it’s important to note that it’s a 2 1/2 half block uphill walk to get to the movie adventure building.

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I recommend starting your day at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium. The animal hospital opens at 9am and the movie adventure building opens at 10am. If you plan it just right you can visit the aquarium and then travel to downtown Clearwater to the movie adventure just in time for lunch. There are many great restaurants right around the corner from the movie adventure building. There are concessions inside the movie adventure, but it’s more like movie theater food than actual lunch.

I also enjoy getting to the aquarium early because it is less busy. We visited on a Wednesday morning and it was just my family and some camp kids in the very beginning of the day. When you first walk into the aquarium you walk directly into the gift shop. At this point, you can opt to go upstairs where the animals are, or walk through the viewing center on the gift shop floor. My daughter, nephew, and I were so excited when we got there that we had to immediately walk upstairs to see Winter and Hope.

Meet the Residents of the Clearwater Marine Aquarium Winter is the most wellknown resident of the hospital, but she isn’t the only resident. Winter shares a tank with another bottlenose dolphin, Hope, and Nicholas, the only male dolphin at CMA is also a permanent resident. Winter is famous because she lost her tail as a baby. Against all odds, Winter survived and eventually learned to JAQUO MAGAZINE

use a prosthetic dolphin tale. The aquarium doesn’t just display the dolphins, but also educates every visitor on what happened to their permanent residents and what can be done to prevent this type of injury in the future. In addition to the dolphins, there is also a variety of turtles. My favorite is a female turtle named Stubby, sharks, stingrays, and much more. The entire second floor of the marine life hospital in Clearwater is devoted to its permanent and temporary residents and the stories behind how these animals ended up where they are is sure to bring a tear to your eyes.

Second Stop – Winter’s Dolphin Tale Adventure To learn even more about Winter’s plight and how this little dolphin beat all the odds to survive and better yet, thrive, you have to visit Winter’s Dolphin Tale Adventure. This second building was set-up in

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downtown Clearwater and is home to many of the props and sets used to create the movie Dolphin Tale. As soon as you walk into the building, you feel like you are walking into a movie set. Everywhere you look there are props from the movie, quotes about the movie, and interactive activities that will keep you busy for hours. One of my favorite events at Winter’s Dolphin Tale Adventure is the Hurricane Experience. I know what you are thinking, who wants to experience a hurricane. Well?

I did. I’ve been born and raised in NE Ohio and always been curious about the hurricanes that southerners have experienced. Unlike the hurricane experience booth that you may walk through at the mall, the hurricane experience at the WDTA is made for you to walk through. The floor shakes, lightning strikes, and a gentle breeze blows through. It isn’t scary and was something I will always remember. One of my favorite things about the WDTA building is that there are tons of photo

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opportunities. In fact, as soon as my daughter and nephew walked in the door, they were greeted by Nicholas character and had their picture taken with the dolphin.

A Day at Clearwater Marine Aquarium is Both Educational and Entertaining In addition to visiting both buildings, my family and I booked the Sea Life Safari. This safari boot left from the dock at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium and lasted a total of 90 minutes. Unlike other boat tours I have been on, the Sea Life Safari wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t cramped. There were 39 guests that were split into two

groups; one group for each boat. On the boat, we were accompanied by a volunteer, an intern, a marine biologist, and the boat captain.

The entire boat ride was narrated by the biologist. She happily answered any questions and even passed around marine life that had been collected during the day. During a net pull, we were able to get up close and personal to a full-grown seahorse and a cat fish. Halfway through the cruise, we docked at a shell island and were given ten minutes to explore the island and collect shells. On the way back to the aquarium, we were able to see dolphins and experience the pleasures of

being on the gulf. In comparison to other dolphin rides you may take in the area, the Sea Life Safari is a bit more expensive, but the educational information and experiences provided were well worth the few extra dollars it cost my family to take the cruise. Clearwater Marine Aquarium â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 249 Windward Passage, Clearwater, FL 33767, USA.

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Visit London’s Hidden Secrets Going to London? Are you planning to visit all the usual tourist haunts? Hmm, isn’t that just a little boring? Do something different; explore a side of England’s capital that even many Londoners never see – life below the city. When other tourists are flocking to see the usual suspects, be original. Visit Churchill’s wartime bunker, explore historic catacombs, underground museums and more. See ideas below, curated by the London sightseeing specialists, London Pass.

Churchill War Rooms Museum When you visit this museum, you’ll soon be fascinated by the atmosphere as you imagine Britain’s prime minister and his staff running the fight against the Nazi regime from this exact location. You’ll find original documents, genuine artefacts and fascinating displays

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that will show you what life was like during the terrifying London Blitz. This is a true and unforgettable slice of twentieth century history.

Photo © Tom Bullock

London’s Underground © Bella Angelova During the Second World War the London Underground network was used by the population as air raid shelters. When the underground opened in 1863 it became the

world’s first subterranean railway and still connects the city today. Every station bears its own individual style and many feature murals such as that of Sherlock Holmes at the famous Baker Street

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location. See too the Pop Art installation at Tottenham Court Road in the photograph below.

Photos © Bella Angelova

Chislehurst Caves From the Druids to Doctor Who… From modern underground stations we go

to the Chislehurst Caves which were mined as long ago as Druid and Roman times. The tunnels cover twenty miles and you can enjoy a fascinating guided tour. Learn how the caves were used in the First World War to store ammunition. Where does Doctor Who fit in? Well, recent episodes were filmed there. See the map above right.

Photographs © Simon Swatman & Andrew

Leake Street I’m a huge fan of street art and here we have tunnel art. This area is also known as Banksy Tunnel as this was the location of the graffiti artist’s ‘Cans Festival’ in 2008. See lively and energetic artwork here as you stroll through this unusual and fascinating underground gallery.

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T Gordon’s Wine Bar Now I don’t know about you but after all that exploration, I think a large glass of red wine is in order – under ground of course.

Thames. They’re unlikely to believe you but all you need to do is head for this foot tunnel. It was first opened in 1902 – over a hundred years ago – to allow people to cross the river without relying on the rather haphazard ferry service. You’ll find this tunnel close to another fine attraction – the famous Cutty Sark. Photo © Jill Catley

Camden Catacombs Camden Market is a busy and vibrant area and running underneath it you’ll find a

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Gordon’s is one of London’s best kept secrets and its oldest wine cellar with vaulted ceilings. Enter this candlelit world via old wooden steps and enjoy the range of wines and a delicious cheese platter.

Oh, and mind your head. maze of secret tunnels, catacombs and chambers.

Photograph © Chris Atto

They date back to the 1800s. There are no formal tours of these catacombs but you can access them from Regent’s Canal – via the picturesquely named Dead Dog Hole.

Photograph © Matt Brown

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The Kinzua Dam: A Fall Destination

We live in Western New York not far from the Kinzua Dam.

National Forest. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to include a little history and all of the fun activities in the Kinzua area.

So if you like camping, hiking, fishing, cannoning, boating or just relaxing and taking in the views itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

Every year when the leaves are at their peak we take the drive down I86 East, from there we take some back roads into Pennsylvania, through the Allegheny National Forest to the Kinzua Area, the ride is breathtakingly scenic. If you are in the process of planning a fall vacation, consider the Kinzua Dam. The dam is located about 6 miles east of Warren Pennsylvania, along route 59 nestled in the 500,000 acres of the Allegheny

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all here at Kinzua. If you’re the outdoors type pack you bags, and get ready for some breathtaking views and fun. First here is some history of the area.

Construction and Why Construction began in 1960 by the US Army Corps of Engineers and was completed in 1965. The main purpose of the dam was for flood control on the Allegheny River. Kinzua controls drainage on a watershed of 2.180 square miles.

Several side benefits from the construction of the dam include drought control, hydroelectric power production, and recreation. The dam created Pennsylvania’s deepest lake, the Allegheny Reservoir, also known as Kinzua Lake. The cost was approximately $108 million. According to the US Army Corps of Engineers the dam paid for itself in 1972, when tropical storm Agnes’s heavy rains on the watershed brought the reservoir to within three feet of its maximum capacity. Downstream flood damage would have been devastating at an estimated

$247 million. The Kinzua Dam has saved an estimated $1 billion in flood damages since it became operational. Recreation at Kinzua Dam There are many recreational activities at the Allegheny Reservoir and the surrounding area. If you’re the outdoors type then there is something here for you. Along the reservoir there is camping, boating, fishing, and hiking. If you’re the winter type there is snowmobiling. The US Forest Service has four reservoir campgrounds and five primitive (boat to or hike only) camping areas. Most of the recreation areas surround Allegheny Lake. We just love to go there any time of the year and soak in the beautiful scenery and walk the trails. Since we live in Western New York, which is not so far from Kinzua, it’s a nice drive especially in the fall.

Hiking Trails and Beautiful Scenic Views There are many hiking trails and scenic overlooks at Kinzua. There are two areas

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that we never miss and never tire of visiting at Kinzua; they are Jake’s Rock and Rim Rock.

The views from these overlooks are beautiful any time of the year, but we prefer to go in the fall when the views are breathtaking. We have been there many times and it’s always the same, “Beautiful”

Did You Know That Johnny Cash Wrote A Song About The Kinzua Dam? As a tribute to the Seneca Nation of Indians, Johnny Cash wrote, As Long as the Grass Will Grow. The construction of the Dam forced 600 Seneca Indians to relocate, because 10,000 acres of their land had to be flooded. This land had been occupied by the Seneca Nation since the treaty of 1794. President Kennedy had been asked to halt the project but declined because of the need for flood control.

President Kennedy ordered government agencies to assist in finding land for the placement of the Seneca Nation of Indians.

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Art Matters : Vincent and Paul Vincent van Gogh first met Paul Gauguin when he visited his Paris studio accompanied by his brother Theo. A little later Gauguin attended a small exhibition Van Gogh held in a small café in Paris. Gauguin was very taken by van Gogh’s work at the exhibition and was able to prize Two Sunflowers,( an early impressionist work) from him by swapping it for one of his own. Neither men were cut out for Paris – both were full of opinion about the rich and vacuous art world (Gaugin) and the busy and crowded way of life (Van Gogh) and both were considered curiosities by the hipper Impressionist clique.

Andy Royston takes a look at Vincent van Gogh’s Chairs of 1888, and a fraught relationship with his houseguest, Paul Gauguin. 84

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‘At the bottom of our hearts good old Gauguin and I understand each other, and if we’re a bit mad, so be it, aren’t we also a little sufficiently deeply artistic to contradict anxieties in that regard by what we say with the brush?‘ Vincent Van Gogh – letter to Theo van Gogh. Arles, Monday, 28 January 1889

Gaugin was tolerated as an amateur – a tame primitive who specialized in tropical exotica. Van Gogh, though, was smitten by Gaugin’s tall tales and cynical opinions and saw a kindred spirit. They both hated the city and talked of setting up an artist’s colony where painters would work side by side free from the vanity and backbiting they saw in Paris. In 1888 both men left for the country.

Two Chairs Towards the end of November, as the weather began to drive the two painters indoors, Vincent van Gogh made two paintings of their respective chairs. Gauguin’s is red, baroque, with a bookstand and a burning candle, whilst his own was simple and unpretentious.

Gauguin moved to Brittany, where the rugged landscape and peasant life appealed to a desire for a more “primitive” existence. Van Gogh followed the sun to the south of France, where the warmth and light offered a real opportunity to explore color. Vincent with the help of his brother rented a home he called the Yellow House which he figured would act as a ‘Studio of the South’. He swapped letters with Gauguin, who after much deliberation finally arrived in Arles in the

“It was a gesture of wishful comradeship. Gaugin’s chair has something nocturnal about it – gaslit, fall of ’88 (on a ticket paid for by flamboyantly carved with Theo van Gogh) just as Vincent open books as befitting the intellectual titan van was giving up on him. . Gogh though he was. At first they got on well, though Vincent’s chair catches the morning – sunlight Paul wasn’t enamored of Arles warming the straw seat – “everything small and mean” with its waiting pipe and he wrote. Gaugin found the friendly competition a challenge wad of tobacco. Given at first, and they took daily trips what was happening the to cafes, dance halls, parks and statement is unavoidably fields in their search for subjects. poignant, and one or other of the pictures may have Tensions began to mount, been done in solitude after though, as the differences a row.” between the two characters Simon Schama – The began to surface. Power of Art JAQUO MAGAZINE

What was happening, was that Gauguin was failing to cope with the symptoms of Vincent’s alternating mood swings. Bipolar, epileptic and prone to disappearing into a bottle of absinthe when he wasn’t turning out masterpieces by the day, van Gogh was tough company. Gaugin was hardly a mild manner character himself. The pair had long arguments about art – “the arguments increasingly electric” van Gogh wrote. The chairs were indeed as different as night and day. It’s easy to interpret these chairs as representing Van Gogh’s own perception of himself as opposed to Gauguin, the stockbroker, with his french novels littered around the place. The two paintings also act as a stark reminder of that fateful night in December when Van Gogh and Gauguin’s relationship finally reached breaking point.

And oh, the emotion. Perhaps Gauguin should have worried about what his friend was feeling when he portrayed

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both of them like this – gone, vanished, leaving only their old familiar chairs. Jonathan Jones – The Guardian On December 23 1888, Gauguin, was walking in a public garden only to be

confronted by Vincent with a razor. The accepted story was that Paul talked his friend out of attacking him, but decided to stay in a hotel. Later that night van Gogh appeared at a local brothel to present his severed ear to a prostitute named

Rachel before going back to the yellow house. The story has recently been plausibly challenged by two German art historians. After 10 years reviewing investigations, witness reports and artists’ letters, came to the conclusion

that Gauguin, a fencing ace who likely sliced off Vincent’s ear with his sword during an argument, and the two agreed to hush up the truth. The historians said it was not clear if it was an accident or an aimed hit, but if it is true it confounds the accepted

story of Van Gogh as being a tortured soul of madness and genius. Here Vincent emerges mentally fragile and a quarrelsome drunkard – but also as a loyal friend who took Gauguin’s secret to his grave.

“Fortunately Gauguin and I and other painters are not yet armed with machine guns and other very destructive implements of war. I for one am quite decided to go on being armed with nothing but my brush and my pen. But with a good deal of clatter, Gauguin has nonetheless demanded in his last letter “his masks and fencing gloves” hidden in the little closet in my little yellow house. I shall hasten to send him his toys by parcel post, hoping that he will never use more serious weapons.” Vincent Van Gogh – letter to Theo van Gogh. Arles, 17 January 1889

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Breaking Home Ties by Norman Rockwell: Fake The Norman Rockwell painting that was a fake. Breaking Home Ties is one of America’s favourite illustrations. It was created by Norman Rockwell in 1954, originally for the cover of the Saturday Evening Post. For years it was exhibited and admired by the American people but there was just one minor detail – it was a fake. More than fifty years after it had been painted, it was discovered that the artwork on display was a forgery. The forger himself was dead and behind lay a intriguing story of a family and a broken marriage.

Don Trachte At the time the illustration was created, Rockwell lived and worked in Arlington, Vermont,. It was a small and quiet community and several of his neighbours were illustrators and cartoonists who also worked for the Saturday Evening Post.

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One of these was Don Trachte. its members would often buy each others artworks, building Don was a cartoonist who up small collections. worked for the Post and he’d In 1960, Don and his wife moved to the area in 1949. Elizabeth decided to buy He was married with a family Breaking Home Ties. It was a and he and Rockwell became substantial financial investment friends. Don, like many other in those days at $900 but the locals, sometimes sat for couple knew that Rockwell’s Rockwell as a model. Within work was appreciating in value. the small artistic community, Indeed, six years later, Don

was offered $35,000 for the painting- which he turned down. Rockwell wrote to him and affectionately told him he was crazy. Don was willing to lend the painting to exhibitions over the years – it went as far as Moscow and Cairo – but mostly it had pride of place in the Trachte home. However, the Trachte marriage was beginning to breakup. Eventually they realised that the only option was divorce. Threshing out the financial terms of the settlement were prolonged, particularly because of the couple’s small collection of increasingly valuable paintings, but an agreement was reached. Don and Elizabeth agreed that the paintings should be formally made over to their children; Don would be the custodian of the Rockwell and two other paintings and Elizabeth would look after the remaining five. On their deaths, the children would take possession. This was deemed very fair because the couple would still have the enjoyment of the paintings

during their lifetimes but the children would reap the financial rewards, should they wish to do so. The couple duly divorced and Don bought a small home which he used as his studio. The artistic community faded away but Don was still drawing and he remarried.

had travelled to overseas exhibitions. It certainly wasn’t what they expected,knowing the painting so well from its photographs and reproductions but its history was well known. It turned out that they were right to be suspicious.

Sadly his second wife became ill as the years went by and Don nursed her until she died in the 1990s. Worn out, Don went to live in an assisted living facility. With his consent, his now adult children lent Breaking Home Ties to the Rockwell Museum.

Eventually the painting was sent to experts who had many years experience in dealing with Rockwell’s paintings. It was carefully analysed and they concluded that it was entirely consistent with Rockwell’s techniques. They also cleaned the painting which improved the way it looked.

Suspicions

John Sanden

At the museum, a small number of experts – museum staff – were surprised to see that the painting’s condition wasn’t what they’d expected. It just didn’t look quite right. But knowing that its provenance was impeccable, they put it down to the lighting in the gallery. Another expert wondered if it was a preparatory work rather than the finished painting. Or maybe its condition had deteriorated when it

Sanden was a successful artist and a Rockwell devotee and he consistently remained adamant that Breaking Home Ties was a fake. The family, especially Trachte’s eldest son Don Jr were disturbed by Sanden’s pronouncements but the museum still believed that the painting must have suffered when it travelled – they did not doubt its authenticity. JAQUO MAGAZINE

A fake? Don Jr’s unease became even greater when an important New York gallery contacted him and said that they would like to borrow another painting, by Mead Schaeffer, from the family collection. But they then decided against it, informing Don Jr that there were ‘discrepancies’ between photograph he sent them of the painting and the published version. Don Sr died in 2005 and after the memorial service, his now adult children went to their father’s home and studio. Quite by chance, they discovered a painting by George Hughes in a closet.

What was strange was that there was an exact replica of that painting hanging on the wall. Put together the facts of the gallery’s rejection of the Schaeffer painting, John Sanden’s confident assertions and now the fact that there were two identical Hughes paintings — and the

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family were now seriously concerned. But Don had been contacted by a prestigious auction house informing him that it would be an excellent time to sell Breaking Home Ties. But how could the family do that when the painting’s origins were in doubt? Don’s younger brother Dave had a practical approach to solving the problem. He lived close by his late father’s studio and regularly visited the place which had been untouched since Trachte’s death. He looked through his father’s papers, he looked for clues. Eventually, he found two photographs of Breaking Home Ties.

At first glance the two photographs were identical. But the more he studied them, the more he realised that they were not alike. One was without doubt the painting he had grown up with. The other, he had to admit, was fractionally closer in appearance to the illustration that had been published on the cover of the Post.

Dave continued to search for clues. Regularly he called his brother Don to discuss the situation and his latest finds. They were baffled. They discussed their father who they remembered fondly. They recalled how he was a practical man in addition to his creative side. He had more or less rebuilt their family home and his studio with his own hands. Don remembered his father fitting wood panelling in the property... Dave went to the studio and checked the panelling. Prising it away from the wall a little he could see the edges of two canvasses behind it. He called his brother to get to the studio quickly. The two men removed the shelves from the panel. It revealed five paintings – ones that they believed had been given to the custody of their mother when Don and Elizabeth divorced in the 1970s. It was obvious what had happened. After their parents split up – but before the divorce was finalised – Trachte had copied the paintings, hidden the real ones and handed over the fakes to his ex-wife.

But they still hadn’t solved the mystery of Breaking Home Ties The mystery didn’t last long. They removed the panel on the adjoining wall and there is was – Breaking Home Ties, the original Rockwell painting – looking as fresh and vibrant as the day it was painted. Elizabeth was still alive and aged eighty nine. Don and Dave went to see her. She was sitting in her farmhouse in her rocking chair and on the walls were the paintings she believed to be genuine. She listened as her sons explained what had happened. She listened silently, then looked at her ex-husband’s fakes. She remarked wryly,”I’m not surprised”.

The treasure map Don explained that when he had first looked through his late father’s belongings, he had found a sheet of paper in the safe. he had dismissed it at the time. It bore no writing, just seven rectangular shapes. It was only when the paintings were found that he realised it showed the exact locations of the genuine painting behind the panelling.

Aftermath Later that year the Trachte siblings attended an auction at Sotheby’s in New York. They watched the auction on a video screen from a private gallery adjacent to the saleroom. As they watched, the genuine Breaking Home Ties was sold for just over $15 million.

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L.S.Lowry on Match Day One cold and rainy evening in West London I found myself wandering towards a set of bright floodlights shining above the houses. Brentford FC were playing Gillingham in some cup game and Griffin Park was offering tickets on the turnstiles. So in I went, picked up a cup of Bovril from the Ealing Road end and, as the drizzle faded away, took my place on the old open terraces to wait for the match to begin. As the familiar referees whistle kicked the game off I was struck by how much the experience would be familiar to fans from 50 years before. Nothing about the experience would be too much different. The open terraces, the vivid grass pitch, already giving way to mud around the goals, the pies and tea at half time, the rain blowing across the floodlight beams, the whiff of cigarettes and liniment and the paint peeling from the advertising boards. It brought to mind one of my favourite 20th century painters, who would have recognised these surroundings as very familiar. Going To The Match Fifty years before, a Sunday painter by the name of Laurence Stephen Lowry completed his painting Going To The Match. In 1953, the painting won a Football

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Association competition in honour of the 1953 coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, for which it won first prize – a surprise to Lowry himself, who didn’t know it had been entered. Lowry of course is Britain’s best loved impressionist painter, and Going To The Match contains a number of themes familiar to Lowry’s works. A grey industrial backdrop, a mass of people drawn in matchstick style lean forward in the direction of their common goal. A number of dogs are visible in the foreground, and there are character details in the seemingly repetitious images of people heading towards the football ground. Going To The Match depicts a match at Bolton Wanderers’ Burnden Park, a ground built in August 1895 and once host to crowds as large as 70,000. The Wanderers were a major team, especially between the

wars, winning the FA Cup on three occasions including the Wembley White Horse Final of 1923 which saw the biggest attendance ever recorded at an English game. 123,000 were there officially, but the real figure they say was closer to 200,000. Burnden Park was walkable from Lowry’s home in Pendlebury and they were, in ’53, one of the top teams in England. Similarly vast crowds used to show up to Burnden Park, though the ground had a degree of notoriety by the time that Lowry depicted the scene. This was because of the disaster of 1946 when, during an F.A. Cup match with Stoke City the big open Manchester Road end 33 people lost their lives in a crush. Barriers had collapsed and many were injured. Lowry’s Going to The Match would one day hold the record for the highest price by a 20th century British artist.

The Professional Footballers Association paid £1,926,500 for the 1953 oil p painting at Sotheby’s in London in 1999 – a world auction record for a Lowry picture and the most expensive modern British painting sold at auction. Before the sale it had been expected to sell for between £750,000 and £900,000. Gordon Taylor, then secretary of the PFA, described it as

“the heart and soul of the game, the anticipation of fans on their way to the match”. Meanwhile back at Griffin Park Brentford ran out three one victors and I walked out into the still-damp West London streets full of energy and happiness. Sure it was cold, and I was still miles from home and no cabs in sight, but the brisk

Andy Royston game had given me renewed energy. I had a warm bag of chips and some warmer memories of games past and present to savour. I’d just been back in time and experienced just what L.S. Lowry had. Roll on Saturday!

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Looking at Paintings: The Big Skies of Yorkshire Painting skies successfully in oil or watercolour is tricky. Not many artists can capture successfully the range of colour, grandeur and rapidly changing nature of Yorkshire skies, which, as you would expect a Yorkshireman to say, are the grandest of them all. And, thus, only a Yorkshire artist could do justice to them. But here are four Yorkshire artists – two now dead, and two very much alive – who have done it.

of our day.” So said Sir Frank Brangwyn of the Yorkshire artist, Bertram Priestman – no mean compliment, coming from Brangwyn, one of the finest British painters of the 20th century.

Bertram Priestman

When he left school Bertram began to study engineering at the local technical college,

He was “The finest sky painter

Bertram Priestman was born 1868 into a Bradford Quaker family. He was one of seven children, and his father, a local businessman and enthusiastic art collector, filled his home with fine paintings.

but quickly grew bored and abandoned this idea to study art at the Slade School of Fine Art in London. There his talent was quickly recognised. Bertram’s mature work combines the influence of French impressionism with his own atmospheric interpretation of the English landscape, characterised by its bright and luminous colours. His work was inspired by the power of nature, and its scale, power and grandeur is often represented in his work. In the painting on the left: ‘His Majesty’s Mail, Kilnsey Crag’, the coach, horses and humans are dwarfed by the scale of the Yorkshire Dales, near Grassington. But in turn, the landscape is tamed by the huge skies above it. Thus a perspective is introduced, both artistically and symbolically, and the transitory nature of Man’s affairs, as represented by the mail coach, are seen to be eclipsed by the natural world. Look at the sky in Priestman’s painting. Look at how the sun breaks through, and how the artist captures the gradations of colour in the clouds. This is

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one of my favourite paintings of the Yorkshire landscape. He died in 1951.

Joe Pighills

When asked by a journalist in 1974 why he never painted a clear blue sky, Joe Pighills replied:

“Look at today. Clouds is doing nothing. It’s mostly them times when it’s going to

rain or it’s just given up raining ‘at you want to paint out theer. I paint off mi feelings and say summat about what’s going on – more about what’s going on nor about t’subject

He was from a working class agricultural background and left school at 14 to work as an apprentice pattern maker. But he always loved to draw and sketch, and when he

itself. When it’s really grand weather, what you might call fit for painting, you get out there and t’subject has flown.”

retired at 63 he began to paint the local countryside around his home, soon building a reputation for his sensitive work. Today his paintings are in many private collections, as well art galleries in the north of England. He died in 1984.

The inimitable Joe Pighills was born in 1902 and lived all his life in a terraced cottage on the edge of Haworth Moor.

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Joe’s talent was to catch the rapidly changing sky moods high on the Haworth moors. In his painting ‘Far Westfield, Haworth’, shown here, he catches the wind blowing the clouds toward the left of the painting. This sense of movement is reinforced by the wind-blown shape of the low tree, centre, and left leaning stones on the wall in the left foreground. As with Bertram Priestman, Joe layers a range of related colours, particularly green, and catches the sense of rainclouds advancing quickly from right to left in the painting.

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she has lived for twenty years. She has a keen interest in the landscape of the Yorkshire Dales. Of this she says:

“I have always loved the moors of the wonderful Yorkshire Dales – their timelessness, their hugeness, their solidity – a place to wander and enjoy a different pace. I enjoy those glorious moments when the contours of the clouds suddenly match those of the lands, or when the light suddenly illuminates a field or a rocky outcrop, or when one simply reaches the crest of a heather-covered hill and the world seems to say ‘look at me’!” Lucia’s work catches this sense of how the light from the sky impacts on the earth, shifting and changing the

colours on the land. In the work we see here, the mixed cloud patterns reflected in the land below, with a break in the cloud highlighting a section of earth in the foreground, left of centre. Notice how Lucia emphasizes the purple of the heather by contrasting it with the foil of a generally dull sky.

Paula Dunn Paula Dunn uses a range of mediums: oil paint, textiles, photography, with an interpretative focus on land and seascapes, and some urban scenes. Her work is often on a large scale. In 2015 Paula wrote:

“I work from many photographs of one image that generally

I’ve taken myself, as I like to draw on my own memories of being in that place … It’s primarily the beauty of the view and the play of the light that provokes my desire to paint.” In the work shown here, ‘God’s Own’, although the land dominates the painting there is a strong omnipresent sense of the sky impacting on the scene. Look at the way the light from the sky is reflected on the land and how it changes the colour tones. The farm in the centre of the work is dwarfed by nature and highlighted by the sunlight falling on it. Note how our eye travels along the line of the wall from the lower left upwards, curving to the left, taking our line of sight to the building.

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Lifestyle Third Hand Smoke and the Churchill Room at the George V in Paris. First there was first hand smoke, then second hand and now third hand. Zut alors, how can one keep abreast of modern medical manias? A noted North American medical institution offers this wisdom:

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Third hand smoke is generally considered to be residual nicotine and other chemicals left on a variety of indoor surfaces by tobacco smoke. This residue is thought to react with common indoor pollutants to create a toxic mix. This toxic mix of third hand smoke contains cancercausing substances, posing a potential health hazard to non-smokers who are exposed to it, especially children. Studies show that third hand smoke clings to hair, skin,

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clothes, furniture, drapes, walls, bedding, carpets, dust, vehicles and other surfaces, even long after smoking has stopped. Infants, children and non-smoking adults may be at risk of tobaccorelated health problems when they inhale, ingest or touch substances containing third hand smoke. Third hand smoke is a relatively new concept, and researchers are still studying its possible dangers. Third hand smoke residue builds up on surfaces over time and resists normal cleaning. Third hand smoke canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be eliminated by airing out rooms, opening windows,

using fans or air conditioners, or confining smoking to only certain areas of a home. In contrast, second hand smoke is the smoke and other airborne products that come from being close to burning tobacco products, such as cigarettes.” Medical fashion also once prescribed frontal lobotomies for all manner of ailments Human behaviors involve risk. One never knows when one might inadvertently land at 500 MPH in the French Alps whilst on a routine flight to Germany. With his in mind, I’ve decided never to stay at anyplace occupied by Churchill, Sartre, de Beauvoir, Camus, Bardot–or endless list of fuming luminaries. The Bourbons, Danton and Robespierre are perhaps okay since effortless, enormous cigarette combustion hadn’t been invented—they might have enjoyed tobacco differently delivery, but it was 250 years ago. Think the risk has dissipated? Not sure. Glad I visited Versailles before I knew the risk.

Decide for yourself. To me, it has all gotten quite out of hand.

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Can you be too organised? Well, actually I think so. In fact I’m pretty sure I’m too organised. You see I’m the kind of annoying person who has stupidly high standards for themselves and included in that is being organised, planned and prepared. It doesn’t sound like too bad a thing, but it can take over… Let me explain. I use a paper diary system – a lot of people do; nothing too unusual there. I use one that shows a week over two pages, so it’s open on my desk showing the activities for the week ahead. These include things to do with work, birthdays, appointments, pet-related reminders, when to pay bills, when the rubbish bin men come, anniversaries of specific events, regular TV shows I watch etc. etc.

Are you starting to get the idea? I write a shopping list during every week too – as we use food items or run out of them

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they go on the shopping list for Friday, (yes there’s a regular shopping day). I write other kinds of lists as well. I have Amazon wish lists (yes, that’s lists with an ‘s’ – plural – not just one), article and writing ideas lists (both written and on computer), cryptic password lists hidden so they can’t be found or read, and the list goes on! (Sorry…) My books, films and music collections are all alphabetised and my clothes hang in a certain order in the wardrobe; winter and summer are separate – that goes without saying. Even my washing comes out of the

machine in a particular way to make it easier to hang! I could go on, but I won’t as all this causes me a problem. Apart from maintaining these tools (it can take forever in the New Year!), starting new ones and completing others, I’ve lost all sense of spontaneity, which I find very sad… To be honest I don’t know if I ever was spontaneous (I suspect my instinctive planning ability is nurture not nature), but all this organising is killing me – I have to rely on others for off the cuff ideas and activities. If I ever do anything without planning it comes as a shock –

Please stop telling me I have OCD! a pleasant surprise, but a shock nonetheless.

So with the best will in the world, yes be organised; use what works for you to make your life easier and helps you out with tricky problems, but for goodness’ sake don’t end up like me. I beg you!

Why does everyone have to have a label? It’s not just a label either – today it seems that everyone should have a ‘disorder’. With me, I’m told, it’s OCD – obsessive compulsive disorder. Truly, I have been told this by many people and I think that their ‘diagnosis’ is totally wrong. Apparently one of my ‘symptoms ‘is that I arrange my books in colour order. That’s not obsessive or compulsive – it’s simply wanting things to look good. My clothes are stored in the same way - it just seems sense to have all your grey clothes together; all your pink clothes together etc.

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And yes, I admit that this colour-coding extends to the pantry – as far as I’m concerned there’s nothing wrong with cupboards looking neat.

The latest person to tell me I have OCD was a neighbour who was watching me taking the laundry out of the washing machine in our communal laundry. He studied me for a while (he was waiting for the washer) and said “do you realise that you are taking those items out of the machine in colour order?” “Of course,” I replied “I hang them on the line in colour order and taking them out of the washer this way makes it easier.”

He shook his head “OCD’ he murmured. Not at all.I just like things to look nice. I like things to please the eye. So why do I shake the duvet exactly six times when I’m making the bed? Well, because that’s just enough to fluff it up and to get it aired nicely. There’s no point in doing it seven times – that’s

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From Material to M more than is needed – and five doesn’t quite do the job well enough. And why, after I’ve made the bed, do I make a point of looking for any loose change that might be around and putting it in a jar? Well, apart from the fact that this can amount to a $500 a year bonus, it’s tidy. It’s just good housekeeping. So is the fact that immediately after the loose change hunt, I light an incense stick. It makes the house smell good. It’s my morning routine. If it wasn’t a routine – something I do without thinking – then I’d forget.

pleasing, as the throwaway term ‘OCD’. I like my little routines and my ‘OCD’. They keep me organised. If anyone desperately wants to label me, then call me a neat-freak or even an organised person but please don’t give me a syndrome.

But maybe you’re the one with the syndrome. Maybe you have OLS – obsessive labeling syndrome?

Is that compulsive or obsessive? It just seems sensible to me. So does insisting that I have a spotlessly clean kitchen before I cook. That’s good hygiene. ODC on the other hand, is a real syndrome that can affect people deeply. People suffering from the condition need treatment, therapy and help. The condition shouldn’t be minimised by calling any person who has their routines, or simply likes things to look

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Funny, that in a world that has spent the last decades accumulating and building larger homes to hold everything, some of the most popular sites on Pinterest and elsewhere are tiny homes and minimalism or simple living.

Minimal: Could You Do It?

Could it mean a turnaround? Is it common sense or driven by the economy? As the routine jobs have grown harder to find, people are learning to need less. That is one influence. It is a natural adjustment to having less income. But I believe more people are choosing to do without the struggle for a higher income to have a fuller, happier life. Could it be we have just reached capacity? Over time, I believe many are making it a choice. Many have found they would like to escape that upward spiral. The more they

make to have more, means the more they have to work to maintain it all.

looking the part? More and more people are realizing how much trouble it can be.

What is The Measure of “Enough?”

They are making the choice to have more free time to enjoy life by maintaining less “stuff.” It does require an attitude adjustment. For some it may mean moving even. Imagine how it feels to look at the latest gadget and feel at peace, knowing it isn’t something you need or want.

There is a vast difference between need and want. More than many of us in the United States realize. It’s surprising how little we really need. Go camping or rent an RV for an example of what is necessary. Can we even imagine what it would feel like to be satisfied and content with what we have? How much of that “want “ is based on keeping up appearances,

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know who first said it, or if it is paraphrased. There nearest I came, was the quote from Epictetus, “Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.” That says it well. Think about it for a few minutes to consider what it would mean to you and your family? It’s true, isn’t it? The less you need, the more you are able to find contentment where you are. easier you are to satisfy for one thing. There is less struggle to constantly earn more income, which means less stress. If you can let go of concern for how others see you, the weight of feeling less worthy disappears. The Multiple Bonuses of Needing Less Anything over your need becomes a bonus. If you can maintain the goal of needing less, you will be setting yourself for a better retirement too. Instead of the mansions and huge homes, we now see the popularity of tiny homes. They are irresistible to look out. Seeing how much can be included in a small space. Of

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course travel trailers, campers and motor homes have been doing it for decades, but it is still refreshing to see the smallness. Think how your time frees up with less to dust, to clean, to mow, to paint. Living in a small space how much more time would you choose to spend outdoors, enjoying the fresh air and the beauty of nature? It is exponential too. The smaller the home (in the average area), the lower the mortgage or rent. The lower your utilities will run. Lower insurance costs, lower repair costs, lower property taxes, all contribute to the savings that can grow along

with the free time. The lower those expenses, the more you have to set aside or use for other things. Traveling?

to lighten our footprint, and live with what we need. I wonder what the percentage would get rid of if we cut the things we don’t really need. Thirty percent? Fifty percent? That’s a little scary to think about.

What About You?

house to see you are really using a third of it? Have you had the feeling when you dust all the books and knick knacks, that it takes all your free time to take care of your space?

Could you do it? Are you already? Have you looked around the 3,000 square foot

It seems to me that our entire world would be more manageable if we each tried

Retirement? Rainy days? Working less?

The interesting thing about it is that you needn’t give up anything you love or really want. Instead you may find you are using everything you have and appreciating it more without the burden of excess. Simple living means something different to each of us. To some it is thinning out closets, clearing the garage, to others it means off the grid, generating your own power and water, or you might be part of the Tiny House generation.

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Autumn reading UK member of parliament, a government minister, President of the Stop the War Coalition, and a man who spent his entire life fighting for peace, social justice, and accountability in public life.

A Blaze of Autumn Sunshine: The Last Diaries by Tony Benn Tony Benn’s father ended a BBC broadcast by saying ‘So you will understand that I live in a blaze of autumn sunshine.’ A Blaze of Autumn Sunshine Remembering those words Tony said ‘although I may never publish another volume of diaries, if I ever did, I think the best possible title would be just that: ‘A Blaze of Autumn Sunshine.’ For those of you who don’t know Tony Benn he was a

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Tony Benn chose not to take up his right to a hereditary peerage in the House of Lords after the death of his father in 1960. Instead, he fought against the establishment to secure the right to reject his inherited peerage in order to be a democratically elected member of the House of Commons. He won this battle and remained a member till 2001. This diary covers the years 2007 – 2013 and is the last of Tony Benn’s long series of unique diaries that take you to the heart of British and international political events. Tony Benn was a socialist and believed that essential services (such as health, the postal service, the rail network etc) are best run as not-for-profit and democratically accountable public organizations.

people, we can find the money to help people.” Here’s another example of the kind of man he was. When he was talking about inequality in our society he said, “I think there are two ways in which people are controlled. First of all frighten people and secondly, demoralise them.” Tony Benn was described by the popular sensationalist press as “the most dangerous man in Britain”. He was anti establishment and believed in world peace. Tony Benn knew everyone, and the diaries are full of little personal details of his own life, and his conversations with the huge range of people he met. In addition, he makes witty and insightful comments about them and the events of the day. They are both wonderfully ordinary, and fascinating. Now that Mr Benn has gone I am left with a deep sadness and an uncomfortable feeling. Who is going to talk for, inspire, encourage, and support the ordinary people of Britain and the UN now?

He fought for people – he famously said: “If we can find the money to kill Who will be brave enough and

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In a well written style, the author takes us smoothly back and forth between the children in the orphanage and the present day murder investigation. Both of which will have you wondering how they could be connected, so many decades apart.

has the sense of history, the knowledge, respect, dignity, and courage to speak out for us? Tony Benn was always optimistic for the future. That’s what kept him going, and in turn he kept us all going. I hope I can find that optimism and I shall treasure his inspirational speeches. Thank goodness he left us his diaries

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The Asylum, by Jeannette de Beauvoir Asylum is a dark story that is sure to capture your attention. Mystery surrounds us even as this book begins. A mother surrenders her child to Sisters at a Montreal orphanage in the 1950’s. Why? In present day Montreal, Quebec, four women who appear to have nothing in common are murdered. The police assume a serial killer is on the loose.

The heart stopper in this story is that much of the picture the author paints of the past is true. Tragically, many children turned over to convents or orphanages to be well cared for, were placed in asylums where children were used for experiments and died. The Duplessis Orphans. Do you remember the name? It is nearly incomprehensible to think it would have happened. Yet it wasn’t only Canada, was it? During this period of time when the Cold War weighed upon nations, was the United States involved too? The Story While a young girl, decades past, learns how to adjust to her frightening new life, in current day the investigation heats up in search of a serial killer. When the mayor orders JAQUO MAGAZINE

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Autumn reading his director of publicity to liaison with the police to get involved and report daily, Martine LeDuc is teamed with a young detective, Julian Fletcher. Together the two of them, questioning the randomness of the murders, seek a direction of their own. What if instead of a serial killer, it is someone with another motive entirely? That made for a suspenseful read. I wanted to peek ahead a few pages, tensely waiting to see who would next be murdered. At the same time was the dread of what would next happen to the children. Were There Still More Secrets? With that mounting suspense for the past and the present, Martine and Julian seek answers. What they find instead are many unwilling to talk to them, even after so many decades. What connection was there between the women of such different ages and backgrounds? Since the truth came out years and years ago, what is there still to hide after all this

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time? Could there still be someone left who would kill to keep facts hidden? So many questions left to answer. Meanwhile, someone is out there preparing to kill again. A Story To Stay With You It is well documented, and cleverly written bringing the two eras together. You clearly sense the fears of the children. It often seems unbelievable, considering how we might remember

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Sacred Hearts by Sarah Dunant Sacred Heartsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; is a novel set in the Benedictine convent of Santa Caterina, Ferrara, in mid 16th century Italy at the time of the Reformation. At that time young women were either sent, willingly or unwillingly, to convents, who required a dowry for their entry to the religious order. The admittance of these young women into nunneries often solved a problem for families: of what to do with a single woman unwilling or unable to find a marriage

partner, or left alone after the death of one or both parents. Also, many parents may only have been able to afford to pay a large marriage dowry for the most eligible of their daughters, which left no alternative for the others – they become ‘brides of God’. It is also a time of great turbulence within the Catholic Church; the Reformation had forced the pace of change, including the Church’s draconian response to Protestant criticisms of worldliness, materialism – and even promiscuity – among priests and nuns. By the end of the 16th century convents had become almost like living tombs for the nuns, walled up and denied contact with anyone outside of the nunnery. In 1570, however, the convent of Santa Caterina is a holy place, dedicated to prayer and the worship of God, yet ruled with a degree of tolerance and liberalism by the abbess, Chiara. The nuns are allowed worldly possessions, allowed to meet

their relatives within the convent on occasions, to sing within the church to the lay congregation, and perform plays to invited female guests. Into this environment comes a 16 year old novice, Serafina, sent by her family to the convent because of her singing ability – and the family’s desire to gain favour with the Church with its dowry and gain business influence in the town of Ferrara. Serafina – in love with a young man – is enraged by her incarceration and furiously resists attempts to persuade her to accept her fate. The humane and gifted sister in charge of the convent infirmary, Zuana, befriends the girl, who, ostensibly begins to settle into convent life. But her deviousness, in her efforts to escape, begins to have a disturbing effect on the community. Factions among the nuns, widened by the religious zealotry of the mistress of novices, Umiliana, begin to form and threaten the harmony of the convent and authority of the abbess.

Power The central plot revolves around the impact of Serafina on the community and her desire for freedom, but the interesting feature of the novel is in relation to the quiet battles for dominance, influence and power among the nuns. The worldly abbess, Chiara, skilfully manages the different factions with an adroitness that would be the envy of any CEO today. Her word is sacrosanct, yet it is increasingly challenged by Umiliana, who would like to see the convent become more fiercely religious, and less open to the influences of the outside world. The challenges to the abbess can be seen as a metaphor for the forces of oppression and religious bigotry and fanaticism in the world beyond the convent gates. For example, when a crucifix falls from a wall during a service, the abbess seeks and finds logical explanations, whilst Umiliana and her followers argue that it a ‘sign’ from God and that the community needs

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day he dies as an old, old man – and he and his family will stay with you. You’ll have to trust me when I say ‘he dies as an old, old man’ is slightly misleading but to say more would be a spoiler.

The herbal practices, wisdom and pragmatism of the infirmary sister, Zuana, can be seen too, as representative of the scientific, logical world of reason, versus an attitude that sees illness as a manifestation of God, with the cure in His hands, rather than in the realm of medicine. At the close of the novel there is a devious resolution and action that tips the balance of power in favour of the abbess – but we are reminded of the restraining changes blowing inevitably toward the convent from Rome. This is an engaging novel, with parallels today between the religious fanaticism found in all religions, versus more moderate voices of compromise, toleration and negotiation. The characters are all finely drawn, and the twisting, subtle plot held my attention throughout. The claustrophobic world of the convent – with all its subtle variations in the religious devotion and zeal of individual nuns – is explored in some depth.

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A God in Ruins Author Kate Atkinson has so many strengths as a writer but one must surely be the way she creates such memorable characters. It must be almost twenty years since I read her first book, Behind the Scenes at the Museum, and that characters within in still live in my mind.

A God in Ruins is no exception. In this book, we follow the life of Teddy – from when he is a small boy until the

The book begins in 1925 when Teddy is just a small boy. And throughout A God In Ruins Kate Atkinson moved between the past and the present at unexpected times – but absolutely flawlessly as we follow Teddy growing up to find himself in the Second World War when he becomes a hero pilot, flying a cumbersome but deadly Halifax bomber. While his much loved sister Ursula is working in London during the Blitz digging people – mostly dead – out of their homes that have been bombed by the Germans, Teddy is flying over Germany inflicting the same sort of damage to the German population. Maybe in common with most aircrew in those terrible days, Teddy doesn’t think about the future – he’s hardly convinced that he will actually have one – so is surprised to find

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that he does. Marrying his childhood sweetheart he has a daughter Viola who is also one of the finest characters in fiction today, as is her daughter, named Moon Roberta by her then-hippy mother.

to pull Go, Dog. Go! off the bookshelf to read while mourning the loss of my dog Tidbit. Understandably so. Nonetheless, this book I have treasured over the years became a part of my healing—once I was able to permit its humor to prevail over my tortuous trail of tears.

As Teddy grows older, becomes a widower, becomes a grandfather, he has to deal with the future he never expected to have.

This book isn’t at all as gloomy as I’ve probably made it sound – it definitely has its laugh-outloud moments – but it also will make you see the events of the twentieth century in a different light and furthermore, it’s a hugely entertaining saga. Highly recommended.

Jackie Jackson

Go, Dog, Go! In just a few words and paw prints in this Dr. Seuss style beginner book for children the reader is taken from “Hello!” to “Good-by!”

My time with my dog Tidbit (fourteen years to the day) seems to have whittled away a little less quickly than does the pace of the children’s book. Even so, as my girl dog went from being a little dog to a big dog, we enjoyed just as much pleasure as that which abounds on the pages of this treasure of a dog book for kids.

Go, Dog. Go! is classic Eastman, a gem of a book Re-Reading of Go, for early readers. The page Dog. Go! While by page building of word phrases has kids learning to Saying Goodbye to read new words with each My Dog turn of a page. But of course, you and I know that it is the One day, not so long ago, I said dogs who have stolen the goodbye to my dog Tidbit. The show and have our children next day I re-read Go, Dog. turning the pages for reading Go! by P. D. Eastman.Some, the rest of the story. including Eastman, may find it a From the tip of the hat of bit strange that I would choose “Dog” on page one to the

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Autumn reading wonderful man and her own flourishing business. What could possibly go wrong? Of course, we know the answer to that question now – Hitler. Austria was invaded and occupied by the Nazi forces early in 1938.

male yellow beagle and the female pink poodle on the last page, dogs of all colors and kinds are found on the go, party animals delighting children with rhythmic reason. And on that last page of the book, beagle and poodle ride off into the sunset in a final “Good-by!”

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Dog Relationships And a Sweet So Long In the re-reading of Go, Dog. Go! I did smile at the sweetness of the “courtship” of the yellow dog and the pink pooch throughout the book. Of course, the dogs rode off into the sunset together as they said good-by to their reader. P. D. Eastman managed to get a bit of a relationship lesson in there for his young readers. I do enjoy books for kids that entertain as well as teach. For my dog Tidbit and I there were fourteen years of sensational sunsets. And while I am now unable to enjoy days with her, I am happy that our relationship was one of a love like none other I have ever experienced, canine or of the human kind.

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Some Girls, Some Hats and Hitler: By Trudi Kanter Holocaust memoir from Vienna. Some Girls Some Hats and HitlerTrudi is an independent young woman – a hat designer – separated from her husband and living in Vienna just before the outbreak of the Second World War. She falls in love with Walter, a charming and intelligent man. Her parents live nearby, Trudi has her

That sounds like an excellent basis for a novel, but Trudi’s story is true. This book contains her memoirs of how she managed to get away from Austria and arranged safe passages for her parents and her beloved Walter. Prior to the occupation, Trudi, Walter and her parents lead a pleasant life. Vienna is a fashionable city with its café society and its culture. Walter lives in a fine apartment, owns a luxury car and takes pride in dressing well. Trudi’s business is very successful – she employs several people in her hat business – and she travels to Paris regularly to attend fashion shows. Her parents are comfortable too – her mother is glamorous and chic, her father is a jeweller and craftsman,

specialising in recreating and restoring antique jewellery. The Anschluss With the arrival of Hitler’s troops, everything changed. Of course, they have no idea at first about the horrors that are to come. Some people, especially Jews, are trying to leave the country. Should they do so too? Before long, their way of life begins to crumble. Jews are made to scrub the pavements of the city streets. Walter is forced to sell his wonderful apartment to a Nazi officer for peanuts. His car ‘disappears’ from the local garage. Then Jewish businesses are smashed. Jewish bank accounts are frozen. The Nazis will not allow anyone who owes taxes to leave the country and with their bank accounts frozen, Trudi, Walter and her parents do owe taxes. The situation goes from bad to worse – and they are trapped. Can they get out of the country now? Revival This fascinating book was originally published by a small

press in the early eighties. In those days, memoirs written by ordinary people such as Trudi were not what the public wanted to read. The war was relatively recent and memoirs of this type were not in vogue. Fortunately, a copy was eventually found in a second hand bookshop and was reprinted. Who was Trudi? We still know very little about her. She and Walter married and when they managed to get to England,they eventually changed their German-sounding surname (Ehrlich) to Ellis. Walter died in 1960 and the couple had no children. We know that Trudi married again and that she died in 1992. Had her book not been rediscovered and reprinted,we would have never known her story.

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All About Spinach in “The Spinach Collection” Cookbook Leafy Green Power Plant Want your family to eat more vegetables? Leafy greens especially are considered the top food you can eat for nutrition. Excellent for heart health and brain health both, it is important to include it in your diet as often as possible. I started including spinach in more meals when I was reading up on Alzheimer’s Prevention. If you have experienced Alzheimer’s or dementia with a family member or friend, you want to JAQUO MAGAZINE

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do all you can to prevent the disease from affecting those close to you. Turns out leafy, green spinach is nearly always at the top of the list to eat to help prevent the disease. That was reason enough to start eating more, but once I started experimenting with it when I cooked, I was surprised how easily it fit into the dishes I prepare. The Cookbook That is how I came to publish the new cookbook, The Spinach Collection. Gathering together the many recipes prepared over the last few years, they are now all found all together in one place. Does your family eat enough spinach? Even though many of us are trying to eat a healthier, cleaner diet these days, we still have difficulty fitting in enough vegetable servings each day. Sometimes we don’t think about it. Sometimes our family avoids it. Some even claim to dislike it. Don’t give up. There are so many ways to add it to your meals that will be completely unnoticeable. Burritos, pizza,

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even tuna or chicken salad, taste even better with some spinach added. Any pasta dish looks prettier with the bright green of spinach. Eggs, soups, casseroles…no matter what you are fixing, toss some in. Okay, perhaps not desserts, though I am still looking for dessert recipes that use spinach in some way. You can see I am a definite fan. Sometimes I forget about it too still. Then after I make a dish, it occurs to me that spinach would have made a great addition. That’s why I started prepping it twice a week.

for a few days at a time. It keeps quite well.

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You can start with small amounts, even a handful at first. You might find you enjoy it so much you want to add more and more. That’s a good thing. If you enjoy it, do add whole leaf spinach (or rough chop it). I can’t imagine pasta without it now.

One of my top tips to make is easier when I am ready to prepare meals is to “preprep.” Make vegetable prep part of your post grocery routine. Don’t most of us do that already? When we get home from the grocery store, or the next day if it is late, we trim and clean radishes, carrots, and our other favorite crudités to have ready for snacking. Now I do the same with spinach, and cauliflower too. You can prepare enough

Run several cups through your food processor (or finely chop by hand), and seal it in a zip bag, so it’s all ready to use. Then it is so simple to add to whatever you make. It adds color, to pasta, cauliflower, dishes and adds nutrition. If it’s already chopped up, easy to toss in to a dish, cooked or uncooked. You can use it like parsley for garnishing or a finishing touch. Chopped up, your family members who aren’t crazy about spinach may not even notice it.

It is still a delight to me to see how great it tastes when added to various dishes. I hope you will check out the cookbook. You will find recipes there to suit every taste.

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regime, including anti-semitic policies and the torture and execution of opposition members. But there is a growing resistance movement headed by Winston Churchill, who operates in secret exile from within England. Germany is dominant in Europe, Hitler still alive, but rumoured to be seriously ill, so the German power base is starting to divide. The war against Russia still rages in the east, with millions dead, and Germany wants to acquire an atom bomb to finish the job and gain complete control of Europe and Russia. What might Britain have been like under Against this setting the plot centres on the attempts Nazis rule? of members of the British Resistance to rescue Frank What might Britain have been Muncaster, a man with like under Nazis rule if they knowledge of atomic weapon had surrendered to Germany in development, from the 1942? This is the central point of Germans and smuggle him to the thriller, ‘Dominion’ set in the America. Leading this rescue early 1950s. is David Fitzgerald, a Civil Servant operating covertly The author, C.J. Sansom, author from within the Government of the ‘Shardlake’ Medieval Dominions Office in London. detective series, imagines a post-war nation divided against Fitzgerald and his associates itself, with many accepting are pursued by a Gestapo or turning blind eyes to the Officer, Gunther Hoth, excesses of Nazi rule and assisted by William Syme, a

British Special Branch officer, and the tension is cranked to an almost unreadable breaking point as Hoth and Syme close in on their prey. The final scenes are exciting – and tragic. Authenticity The strength of the novel is in its period detail. Real characters from British political and social history are mentioned and their roles in a post-war Britain, dominated by Fascist policies, are convincingly outlined – and based on their real pre-Second World War sympathies and attitudes. The Fascist sympathiser, Oswald Mosley, for example, is given a key role in the government for the implementation of Hitler’s policies, and the right-wing Lord Beaverbrook made the puppet Prime Minister. The settings and descriptions of early 1950s England are very convincing. I grew up in this period, and the fogs of London, descriptions of food, clothing, transport and housing all have the ring of authenticity about them. The characters are convincingly JAQUO MAGAZINE

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Sport BOOKS drawn, particularly Frank Muncaster, emotionally and physically crippled by his treatment at the hands of bullies at school, and elsewhere. For me, the interesting feature of the book was in the way that the author presents an authoritarian regime being so readily embraced by a large section of the population. The deportation of the Jews from Britain, for example, is either ignored or welcomed by many. Yet, despite this, a central message emerges that this type of regime cannot stand the test of time and that the quest for democracy, freedom and decency in governance will prevail in the longer term.

Colin Neville

The Science of Hitting: Book by Baseball Great Ted Williams

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Just how great of a hitter was Ted Williams? Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the only hitter that anyone could try to argue was as good or better than Babe Ruth.Ted Williams had an amazing career interrupted by some service for the USA as a soldier during World War II and the Korean War. Despite these significant interruptions, his career totals in many hitting categories are astounding. One of his most famous accomplishments is that he remains the last hitter to top a .400 batting average in a season, when he hit .406 in 1941. Overall his career spanned from 1939 to 1960, and he even hit a homerun in his last career at bat. He said later after retiring that if he had known it would end up being such a big deal that someone hit .400 for an entire season, he would have done it more often. Ted Williams wrote a book about the science of hitting, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m here to tell you that not only is it a great book,

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sat upright and listened closely. I actually used this book as a kid, when I played Little League Baseball. The book was part of the reason that as an eleven-year-old I batted .452.

In my opinion this book is a serious instructional aid for anyone, from Little League hitters, to softball players, to adults in any league who want to consult Ted Williams’ ideas. I found it very valuable, and I know many others would too. with incredible advice and drawings and information, but I also know where he got some of the information in this book: From my greatgrandfather. My great-grandfather, Lovell Peirce, was a physics professor at San Diego State

University, and in about 1935 or 1936 Ted Williams was in his class. He told me that Mr. Williams didn’t seem very interested in physics, until one day my greatgrandfather crafted a lesson about the physics of hitting a baseball. He said the lesson got Williams’ attention, who

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A Gift of Memories: Pictures Frames There are many things over the years that hold very special memories for me. When I was a teenager my dad gave a fishing reel for my birthday, at the time it was one of the best fishing reels made. I still have this reel today, and every time that I go fishing I remember the day that my dad gave it to me. When my wife and I were married she gave me a beautiful watch on our wedding day inscribed on the back with the date of our special day. I still have the watch and every time I look at it to see the time I remember our wedding day. These hold such wonderful memories and there are so many more that we can talk about. Well here is another product that holds such precious and lasting memories that will last forever. A simple picture frame is a timeless gift. They hold a special place in time, a birthday, anniversary, holiday, or a family event. Pictures are a snapshot of time that lasts forever.

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My daughter had taken a picture of me and my two grandsons one year on my birthday. She put this in a picture frame and gave it to me for Christmas that year. I keep this on my desk at work and every time a look at it I smile because I remember that day. Is it the frame or the picture that means so much to us? My grandmother was in her 90â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, she had a picture of her and my grandfather on their wedding day. The corner of the frame was broken, and she had asked me if I could fix it for her. I looked at it and said, grandma why donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t we just get a new picture frame? Oh no she said, the picture has to

be in this frame, as one of my cousins had the picture restored and put it in this frame as a gift for her. So you see the frame meant as much as the picture did. If you have that very special picture, frame it for a gift that will last a lifetime. You find so many different styles of picture frames to hold those memories, table top frames, frames that hang on walls, and even digital frames.

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CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’ “All the leaves are brown And the sky is grey I went for a walk On a winter’s day I’d be safe and warm If I was in L.A. California dreamin’ On such a winter’s day.” Written by John Phillips and Michelle Phillips

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