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Martha’s Vineyard

UPSCALE: tending toward the upper end of the economic ladder

May 6, 2011

I realized a couple of days ago that I have been using the word upscale a lot lately. It was one of those awakening moments when something flashes across my consciousness, seemingly out of nowhere.  My immediate reaction was to make sure I wrote the word upscale into my increasingly expanding word list and to [...]

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TENDERNIVED: what the heck is that?

October 3, 2010

The best place to have breakfast on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, is the Art Cliff  Diner in Vineyard Haven.  How’s that for putting it out there?  Does it sound like I’m tentative?  I’m not.  I have waited on their “porch” for up to 45 minutes for a chance to have breakfast there … and every time [...]

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OLD SPICE: who would have guessed?

July 21, 2010

For several years I have been using men’s grooming items from an upscale company.  They were costly, but I really enjoyed the scent, and I received comments frequently about it.  I watched the prices go up, the products change, the packaging change, and the prices go up again. One day I was shopping in the [...]

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AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL: God shed his grace on thee

July 4, 2010

I love the patriotic song, America the Beautiful. In many ways, I prefer it to the Star Spangled Banner, which I find difficult to sing and less representative of the American spirit.   That doesn’t stop me from welling up when it is played at the Olympics, at the beginning of a baseball game, or at [...]

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VINEYARD: a sphere of activity, esp. on a high spiritual plane.

January 16, 2010

This morning I awoke on Martha’s Vineyard, one of our favorite get-aways. It’s only an hour and a half from our house, so it’s not the chore getting here that you might imagine if you live at a distance. Having a daughter living here makes it possible to get here with some frequency. The ride [...]

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