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Panama is one of the few countries in the world that celebrates three independence dates. The first one was on November 28, 1821. On this date, Panama celebrates its independence from Spain, along with several other South American nations. On November 3, 1903, Panama celebrates is independence from Colombia with the helping hand of the [...]

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Photograph of the Day: Autumn Sunset

Posted in Photography, tagged Autumn, Fall, Foliage, Leaves, Photographs, Seasons on November 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

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Mom, Mom The Circus is Coming!

Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Animals, Camels, Children, Circus, Elephants, Entertainment, Zebras on November 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

In most children’s lives the most important day, one they will never forget, was their first visit to a circus. In small rural towns, the circus parade announcing the coming of a circus, was the event of the day in the vicinity. Everybody came out to the dirt road to see the spectacular parade of [...]

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Photograph of the Day: Snow Car

Posted in Photography, tagged Chelsea, Maine, Photographs, Seasons, Snow, Winter on November 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

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Friendship, Technology and Snow

Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Chelsea, Communications, friendship, Maine, Photographs, Skype, Snow, Technology, Yahoo Messenger on November 9, 2009 | 6 Comments »

I met her when she was studying English at the Balboa YMCA in 1972—thirty seven years ago. Looking back in time, it’s almost a lifetime. Her name back then was Mireya Plummer, now Mireya Roby. She is the proud mother of Rafaél and Dálida. Rafaél is a college undergraduate student of Civil Engineering and Dálida [...]

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