Category: Member Musings
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Member Musings features the reflections and thoughts of an NPC member. I’ve Become A Streaming Addict Netflix, Amazon Prime and even HBO Go are some of the internet networks that stream TV shows and movies to your computer. They have imprisoned me for the past year. When I view shows on my iPad, I
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Member Musings features the reflections and thoughts of an NPC member. My Final Inside Training at The Conservancy Today I held a live hawk. In fact, I held two different red-shouldered hawks, and I released a third one into the wild. A red-letter day, for sure! This was my final “Inside” training day at The
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Member Musings features the reflections and thoughts of an NPC member. There’s something about an open house sign that’s like a siren call to me, especially if it’s in a really upscale neighborhood. Those are homes I would not normally get to see. Not only that, there is something of the voyeur in me.
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Member Musings features the reflections and thoughts of an NPC member. LOBES OF LOVE I told this story 18 years ago, shortly after I had my ears pierced. Ear-piercing is no big deal, you say. Babes in arms already have gold studs adorning their tiny lobes. Then you point to teenagers who, not content with
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Member Musings features the reflections and thoughts of an NPC member. THREE FOR ONE This morning I spent an hour looking for my makeup bag. I always keep it in my bathroom next to the sink, but this morning it wasn’t there. “Impossible,” I said to myself. So the search began with no clue as
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Member Musings features the reflections and thoughts of an NPC member. I WAS FINE UNTIL I SAW THE MEALWORMS You might think I would cringe at the prospect of cleaning a bald eagle’s flight cage—with the male eagle perched in the corner, eyeing me with some kind of sinister bird-of-prey calculation. Didn’t bother me
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Member Musings features the reflections and thoughts of an NPC member. A Hunting We Will Go Finding interesting things to do with your visiting family is sometimes a challenge. This time I said, “You make the plans.” So my son told me we were going fossil hunting. Huh? “What is that and where?”
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Only Your Wig Saleswoman Knows For Sure Years ago I bought a wig from QVC. You know how they make everything seem so appealing. The models looked absolutely terrific in this wig, offered in several colors, enticing me to whip out my credit card. I looked awful in the wig, which was too tight. It
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The riverboat cruise I took recently in Portugal along the Duoro River was exceptional. Terraced vineyards high on hills overlooked the river on both sides. Lots of vineyards, lots of wineries visited. And lots of wine. I could tell you about the interesting meals, excursions to charming old towns, the cobblestone streets, the churches, the