Category Archives: In the neighborhood

Interesting things people say

Posted on May 10, 2010 by Mary Beth Frezon

Several people in the past few days have caught me typing my log in name – mbquilts – as I do various things at work. “Oh, are you a quilter?” they ask. “Yes.” I reply. And then something else happens … Continue reading →

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Photos of May 2nd, 2010

Posted on May 2, 2010 by Mary Beth Frezon

Lot of digital film being used today, because of the NYTimes Moment in Time event. I’ll be very interested in seeing how they present all the photos taken around the world at the moment of 3 U.T.C. See some of … Continue reading →

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Happy May Day!

Posted on May 1, 2010 by Mary Beth Frezon

Thanks to The Writers Almanac: …yesterday I heard a new sound above my head a rustling, ruffling quietness in the spring air and when I turned my face upward I saw a flock of blackbirds rounding a curve I didn’t … Continue reading →

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Freedom and Fear

Posted on April 19, 2010 by Mary Beth Frezon

On this anniversary of the Oklahoma bombing, former President Clinton has a wonderful and most thoughtful piece in the NYTimes. Lorri from work pointed out the last paragraph as worth re-reading but I thought this one was just worthy of … Continue reading →

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The world as we know it

Posted on April 17, 2010 by Mary Beth Frezon

Today I started off to work. I stopped at my normal coffee-to-go place, Stewarts in the Village of Nassau. As I left the store, two young white men were yelling and threatening this young black man near the gas pumps. … Continue reading →

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