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Vicki McClure Davidson | March 18, 2011

  Shocking story of 3-year-old Nicole Garcia’s grisly death… I’m sickened and stunned by it, as are the residents of the Nantucket island area where the child lived. Reportedly, the toddler’s mother, Dora Alicia Tejada Pleitez, said she stuck either a rose or her own fist (as of this writing, reports are differing) down Nicole’s [...]

Category: Notable Deaths, Social and Political Climate, Videos, Audio Files | 2 Comments »
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Vicki McClure Davidson | March 18, 2011

  Astrological excitement this weekend… Saturday’s anticipated rare lunar event — a “maximal perigee” — occurs only once every 18 years. The elliptical orbit of the moon will be at its closest point to Earth, making Saturday’s full moon appear much larger and brighter than normal. Too cool… Despite prevailing myths and superstitions, there are [...]

Category: Environment and Earth, Social and Political Climate, Technology, Videos, Audio Files | 2 Comments »
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Vicki McClure Davidson | March 18, 2011

Spring is on its way, thank heavens… and Friday has finally arrived. FOOD. GLORIOUS FOOD. When available, recipes will accompany the “Fab Food Friday Fotos,” with a guarantee that at least one (usually more) cheap and easy recipe will always be included.       Are you salivating yet? Photographer/BBQ dude Dennis Wilkinson wrote the [...]

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