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Running with the Horses, a memoir of travel, racetracks, & foods
We shared a curious mind, a thirst for faraway places with strange sounding names and foods prepared in an unfamiliar manner and served in pleasant surroundings. Angelo was a terrific travel mate. Going to racetracks to watch the horses run were weekly trips between travels to Australia, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Tahiti, Canada, and the USA. I was a novice at the beginning of this racing journey and not greatly knowledgeable when it ended. But it was fun and encompassed so much more than horse racing. I picked a few winners too, mostly by being devoted to the feminine entering the field of jockeys. They were like a bud bursting into a flower at springtime. I also followed my instinct for the long shots and the racing form for the lesser payoff of favorites. These were pre-internet years when information was not readily available at my fingertips.
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Ten Things of Thankful 21.12.25.
- I am healing little by little.
- Ribs are just about healed
- I survived the car accident.
- Have fabulous friends who care.
- Zooming my granddaughter Rachel.
- Rachel’s youthful Christmas enthusiasm.
- Wonderful Christmas memories.
- Everyone’s cheerful Christmas spirit.
- Books.
- Thoughtfulness of others.
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Ten Things of Thankful, again
Ten things I am (big time) grateful for on 21.12.10.
- The car accident was not worse than it was. It could have been.
- That Arlene can see the light at the end of the tunnel.
- EMTs that responded.
- Nurses in EM ward
- Doctors on duty.
- Modern medicine.
- Dear friends surrounding me.
- Angels who came to help me heal.
- Strangers who stayed to get help.
- A body that won’t give up.
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Ten Things of Thankful
Ten things I am (big time) grateful for on 21.12.10.
- The car accident was not worse than it was. It could have been.
- That Arlene can see the light at the end of the tunnel.
- EMTs that responded.
- Nurses in EM ward
- Doctors on duty.
- Modern medicine.
- Dear friends surrounding me.
- Angels who came to help me heal.
- Strangers who stayed to get help.
- A body that won’t give up.
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Fraser Firs, Palm Trees & Spanish Moss-New Book for Christmas giving!
.Just in time for hostess gifts, exchange gifts, or filling the stocking! Personal stories of Christmas memories that are funny, poignant, and highly entertaining! Remember the time when everything possible went wrong on a Christmas Eve? But all was okay on Christmas Day. . .Read the stories of Maggie Chalifoux,
Charlene Ellington, Arlene Benden Enos, Roseann Heinrich, and the author. Be sure to buy a copy for your on enjoyment. $10 on Amazon.com or locally at Oakley Hall Art & Antiques, N. Main St. Warrenton NC (Fri. & Sat. 11-4) For a signed copy, contact me. I also snail mail.
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Ghosts Along the Border (NC/VA)
Did You Know About?
Roses, Cardinals, Angels, Perfume, Butterflies, Pennies..all sent from the Afterlife.
Stories of: Navy Man Refuses to Leave, Friends Forever, Mirrors Don’t Lie, .Kids Playing, Haunted Theatres, Strange Sights, Heart of Stone. . . many more.
Excerpts: Emanuel Episcopal Church: The photo revealed a spirit sitting next to him (Craig) and relaxing while Craig gave the background and history of the Rosenwald Schools in Warren County! Karen Comes for a Visit to Oakley Hall: “A woman’s voice calls my name, K-a-r-e-n- she’ll say it like she wants me to come to her or maybe she just wants me to know that she is here. My husband Chuck didn’t quite believe when I said they sit on the bed and touch me while I’m sleeping. Then it happened to him. They poke him.
Books may be purchased at Oakley Hall Antiques & Art at 110 N. Main St. Warrenton NC or Amazon.com
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From Tea to Coffee, the journey of an educated youth
bya memoir by Cheng Wang (review by Arlene S. Bice)
The life so far, of Cheng Wang has traveled a huge distance from his compulsory period of re-education in the sparsely populated, secluded area of Inner Mongolia where he was sent by China’s Chairman Mao plan. He was taught that communism would seize the world by the Great Cultural Revolution. He never learned only what was taught directly to him but an inner sense seemed to guide him to learn what he would need for the next step in his life. He helped others along the way and received much help in return, often from unexpected sources. Life carried him along and he found himself landing on foreign soil in the USA with $200 in his pocket and a goal of graduating the Economics Department at the University of Cincinnati. He gained so much more.
His interesting journey, looking at situations from all sides, recognizing opportunities, working with intensity, and adapting to ways far beyond what his young mind could have imagined has gifted him with goals achieved and still energy to continue his education in life.
I loved reading this book! I respect his openness and willingness to share his thoughts, struggles, and opinions. I certainly enjoyed meeting this author through his words!
Can be found on Amazon.com
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Ghostly Spirits of Warren County NC & Beyond
Great reading! Ge in the mood for Halloween! A few excerpts: Somerville-Graham House Kathleen: “I came into this (bed) room to clean it one afternoon after guests of ours left. I was in a bit of a hurry. I rushed in, and then stopped. A vapor was right near the (Christmas) tree. It seemed to be hovering! Maybe it was looking it over, I don’t know! It moved as if it noticed me! It turned toward me, moved again and stopped!Then it moved all the way across the room! I just stood there stunned! All of a sudden I just chuckled and said aloud, ‘Helen is that you? How do you like the tree?’ Then I left it alone to do whatever it was doing.
Oakley Hall Plantation- The guys said they wanted to talk to us because they were concerned about something that happened to them. These two guys never drank on the job, they were dependable, every day type of guys, very reliable people. They smoked cigarettes but did not drink until after the workday ended.
They started with “Has anything unusual ever happened to you guys in the house? I ask because something happened to us this week.”
“Well we heard the house has some . . stories. What happened?” Don said.
“While we were upstairs working a man walked out of the wall and crossed the bedroom, never acknowledging us, and walked into the wall across the room.”
Also: The Babs Holtzman Story; Traveler’s Rest; Blount Cottage; W.A. Miles Hardware; Person’s Ordinary; Braxton Bragg; and many more.
Buy at Oakley Hall Antiques & Art on N. Main St. Warrenton NC or on Amazon.com
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Living with Ghosts!
OMG! It’s a great time to read ghost stories, real, true ghost stories.
Here are a few excerpts from Living with Ghosts
BORDENTOWN, NEW JERSEY The Shadow Cat & More -Lora’s Tale…
“We were talking as I glanced over to what would be my daughter’s room off to the right of me. The shadow of a cat strolled out of her room, walked down the hallway right past me. Just walking, right past me! ‘Well,’ I thought. ‘That is interesting. A cat that is just a shadow.’ I didn’t say anything.”
Mill Street – Red’s Stories of the Past
One night John went to the outhouse, which had a little window in it. While he was sitting there he looked up and saw the Devil looking in at him. When he ran out the door, he saw the Devil was half person, half goat. He ran to the house screaming “it’s the Devil! It’s the Devil.” The next morning when he and the farmhand went out to the outhouse they found hoof prints all around the outhouse.
The White House- The Sara and Trevor Story
His skilled hands worked intently as his mind concentrated on the issue. Becoming distracted, he glanced over the room. He saw the head of a man floating along from the bedroom into what was to become the private bathroom!
$15.00 at Amazon.com
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