George, the Lobster It was the ninth day of our eleven day tour of the Canadian Maritimes. We had started in Nova Scotia where the attractions were the striking natural beauty of the landscape and certain remnants of its early history. We had toured a replica of the Hector, the first ship to bring Scottish…

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It was May, when the east coast bursts into bloom and we celebrate our wedding anniversary so we set off for Maryland on our own version of the Spring Fling. The first stop was Annapolis where we toured the Naval Academy, visited gracious eighteenth century homes and took ship for a tour of the Chesapeake.…

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I can still tie my shoes. I remember learning that skill and it’s one of my earliest memories. At the time we lived in an oddly configured apartment on the second floor what must once have been a private house. It had a large room at the front and another at the back, connected by…

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