Across the Pond»

England

December 1st, 2009 at 12:12 am

Music special to this time of year seems to have for many of us a particular meaning. For musicians like me we have already sorted out and played over the songs we know people like [...]

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    Christmas… Across the Pond
    Santa Claus, Father Christmas, Pere Noel even Babushka; a symbol of Christmas transcends borders. Whatever he is known as, in countries across the world, children will...
    by Niel Haverson at December 1st, 2009 at 12:12 am
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    Music and The War
    I remember Sunday 3rd September 1939 very well indeed. As a fairly innocent eleven year old I, along with many thousands of others, listened to those fateful...
    by Terry Blake & Bob Nash at November 1st, 2009 at 12:11 am
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    Remembering the Base at Bodney
    It was 1943; Joanna Crowley was just 17 and looking for a job. She was told to report to the base at Bodney, in the heart...
    by Niel Haverson at November 1st, 2009 at 12:11 am

Journeys with Jan»

Trading Places; Going Home Swapping

February 3rd, 2010 at 03:02 am

“I could never let strangers sleep in my bed,” declares a skeptical friend. Michele and Frank might be foreigners but not strangers, not after dozens of email dispatches across the pond. It all stems from [...]

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    The Comic Trip–Schulz and Santa Rosa
    The next time you get an itch for the wine country, why not add a little grown-up fun at the house Charlie Brown built. Alright, it’s...
    by Jan Coleman at January 5th, 2010 at 12:01 am
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    Pageants and Presidents
    After the holiday party winds down, talk always turns to travel. My bucket list?, friend Jeanne says, Pasadena, New Years Day, the Rose Parade. What? All...
    by Jan Coleman at December 1st, 2009 at 12:12 am
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    Pilgrimage to Normandy
    The highlight of a soldier’s day were letters from home. My pack-rat father stashed his away, forgotten for decades. No war stories at our house. I...
    by Jan Coleman at November 1st, 2009 at 12:11 am

Media Nook»

DVD: THE OTHER MAN

February 1st, 2010 at 12:02 pm

A man travels to Milan in hopes of tracking down his missing wife , only to discover that she was leading a secret life after crossing paths with her handsome lover . Devastated and enraged, [...]

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    DVD: ANGELS & DEMONS
    Although the book Angels and Demons was written before the novel The Da Vinci Code, the movie transpires after the events of the earlier movie. Tom...
    by admin at February 1st, 2010 at 12:02 pm
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    Book: TREATING THE BRAIN
    “Here’s a man in a white coat who gets right to the point, makes it clearly—and has a good story to tell along the way. Chairman...
    by admin at February 1st, 2010 at 12:02 pm
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    Book: GAME CHANGE
    Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime is a political expose book about the 2008 presidential election. Written by political...
    by admin at February 1st, 2010 at 12:02 pm