Author: Don
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My daughter Autumn and my granddaughter, Gracie have been visiting this week. Jezebel has been in heaven playing with Gracie and they have quickly bonded. I’ve tasked Gracie with teaching her to “roll over” and she is making progress. Gracie celebrated her 13th birthday down here. She is a leap year baby so we celebrated…
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Apple TV as your HomeKit Hub
I use my Apple TV for a lot of things. I find that I am watching more entertainment on Apple TV, I play some games, I shop, I check out “how-to” videos on YouTube and I have quite a few Apps but I think that the most useful feature I have found is using the…
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_Dear Friends,_ Wow, it is March already! The weather in Vermont seems to swing from spring back to winter this time of the year and I guess mud season is a bit early. It is sugar-making time with maple trees waking up from hibernation and shooting that sweet sap up to the buds. I don’t…
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Black History Month – Sojourner Truth
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Sojourner Truth was one of the most famous nineteenth-century black American women. She was an uneducated former slave who actively opposed slavery. Though she never learned to read or write, she became a moving speaker for black freedom and women’s rights. While many of her fellow black abolitionists spoke only to blacks, Truth spoke primarily…
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I have a bunch of housecleaning and stuff to do so Grace doesn’t think I am a total slob when she gets back from Honduras on Saturday. It is always tough to be apart from your partner when you have spent 50 years together but we will surely fall into our old comfortable habits quickly.…
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Managing Your Apple ID
p{text-align: center;}. !http://blog.smalldog.com/images/4995.jpg! Too many times when I am helping customers I get a blank stare when I ask for their Apple ID. Some quickly look through scraps of paper while others just start guessing. You Apple ID is the personal account you use to access Apple services like the App Store, iTunes Store, iCloud,…
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Black History Month – Sojourner Truth
Sojourner Truth was one of the most famous nineteenth-century black American women. She was an uneducated former slave who actively opposed slavery. Though she never learned to read or write, she became a moving speaker for black freedom and women’s rights. While many of her fellow black abolitionists spoke only to blacks, Truth spoke primarily…
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_Dear Friends,_ Sometimes I take technology for granted. With Grace off in Honduras volunteering at a hospital for a couple weeks, I thought it was unlikely I would hear from her very often. Ten or twenty years ago the only way to communicate would have been an expensive phone call or a letter. But now,…
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Black History Month – BB Stringfield
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Bessie B. Stringfield, a.k.a. “BB,” was the first black woman to make eight long-distance solo tours across the U.S. on a motorcycle. In the 1930s, BB Stringfield rode her hot rod through areas known for racial violence and prejudice. She earned the nickname “The Negro Motorcycle Queen.” On her tours, Bessie Stringfield traveled through Brazil,…
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I am glad I have my canine companions while Grace is volunteering in Honduras. She keeps sending me pictures of her sheet rocking and painting. I told her I have some work here at the house but she didn’t think that was funny at all. My skiing-crazy employees up in Vermont got a treat with…