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I Know You by Heart, A Love Story
Grabbing The Brass Ring Surprisingly, it did not occur to me to pack up the ... We faced a discouraging situation, but the kids grabbed the brass ring and ...

Joan Saner Harder became captivated by a pair of blue eyes and a wink at the age of fifteen. Will was the new boy at the small community high school they attended in Kansas. The quality of his character captured her heart. From the first moment their eyes met, their love grew into an unbreakable bond that would last until the end of time. This writing grew out of the journals she kept during her deepest sorrow of losing him, the greatest love she'd ever known. From the day she found herself alone for the first time in her life, she discovered that writing about their journey together was therapeutic. To Joan, Will was her hero, her dearest friend, and the love of her life. Her desire is to bestow honor to this man, well deserved.He remains highly esteemed by the many lives he touched. This tender profile of a man who lived life to its fullest offers inspiration and guidance to a wide audience.

Lunch with: The Great Pumpkin

What are your guilty pleasures?

Believe it or not, tea. I am absolutely mad for a good cuppa, as the British say. No milk, no sugar, no honey, nothing like that, just plain tea.

And I’ll drink any variety — Earl Grey, Oolong, weird Chinese Imperial blends — but it’s got to be really hot, and I let it steep just about forever. I like my tea right on the edge of too-bitter-to-drink. I’m like my grandfather that way.

What advice would you now give to your 10-year-old self?

I was kind of a wild thing, growing up. I was very firmly rooted in my beliefs, and I didn’t always stop to think before defending them. I guess I was a little green — but aren’t we all, when we’re young?

The one thing that really sticks in my mind, I was maybe a little older than 10, but that’s when people stopped putting the apostrophe in "Hallowe’en." Now, I’m a traditionalist, but even I don’t go around calling it "All Hallows Eve." Still, there was something about the apostrophe that really set "Hallowe’en" apart from other holidays. It looks older, more ornate, more interesting. It intrigues people when they see it. The apostrophe hints at something hidden, something left out, but still there.

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David Rea, guitarist, singer, songwriter dies in Portland at 65 ...

by Tom D'Antoni

Music Millennium’s Terry Currier wrote this morning:

My friend David Rea passed away at age 66. He had an amazing journey in life playing guitar with Gordon Lightfoot, Ian & Sylvia, Joni Mitchell, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Judy Collins, Tom Rush, Jesse Winchester and others. He was an amazing guitar player. For a few months, he replaced Richard Thompson in Fairport Convention. He also co-wrote “Mississippi Queen’ for Mountain, a classic song that will live on forever. David made several albums with Mountain as his back-up band as well as my first introduction to his own music “Slewfoot” in 1972 with various Bay Area musicians playing with him including members from the Dead.

A David Rea show was 1/2 story, 1/2 song….and he had plenty of stories. Tom May & I visited him last week in the hospital. Yesterday, just seconds before we got to his room, he passed on. A tip of the hat to a great person and musician. We many a great conversationHe will be missed…....

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Wholesale Silver Jewellery

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All hand crafted in stable sterling silver these new designs function a heart, half apple, ribbon name plate (to engrave your name / message on), horse, button, wishbone and partridge.Vintage brass and silver blend with a uniquely textured ‘artisan’ ?nish to the metals. Look carefully as many of the pieces have some lovely delicate inscriptions of love, peace and wonder to encourage and praise the wearer. Every item is a souvenir to be purchased for oneself or given as a touching image of love.

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