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Monthly Archives: July 2022
Thinking about our language
Thanks to Rosemary W.
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Beauty on the 5th floor patio
One of the many nice design features of Skyline is the patio joining the CT and the Terraces. Hard work by residents provides us a wonderful setting where we can enjoy natural beauty in a peaceful setting.
Posted in environment, Gardening
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NASA’s new telescope shows star death, dancing galaxies
Thanks to Pam P Click here for NASA’s web site
Posted in Space
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Commentary: Prosecute Trump? Merrick Garland is investigating aggressively but prosecuting cautiously
by journalist Doyle McManus The House committee on the Jan. 6, 2021, insurgency, whose hearings resume this week, has produced impressive evidence that could allow prosecutors to argue that former President Donald Trump committed crimes as he tried to overturn … Continue reading
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Explore The Atlantic
Thanks to Mary M. SUPPORTING SPONSOR For the first time, subscribers can read every story published in The Atlantic from 1857 to today. Below is a note from our editor in chief about preserving the … Continue reading
Posted in History, literature
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An inventor promised flights from San Francisco to New York. He created an air disaster instead.
Thanks to Bob P. Katie Dowd, SFGATE July 10, 2022 Updated: July 10, 2022 6:59 a.m. J.A. Morrell felt very good about his sausage-shaped airship. In February 1908, the inventor boasted it could “take a businessman to New York from San Francisco … Continue reading
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Reflections from Graystone
NW-facing windows at Skyline East are going to get lots of sunlight reflected into them on winter afternoons.
Posted in In the Neighborhood
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VISIT WITH U.S. REP. KIM SCHRIER
Your friends and neighbors will be gathering on: MONDAY, AUGUST 22 ND, 5:00 – 6:30 PM IN THE SKY CLUB LOUNGE (24th floor CT) to meet, talk with and financially support Dr. Kim Schreier in her efforts to retain her … Continue reading
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19 Days in America
Thanks to Ed M.
A Neurologist’s Tips to Protect Your Memory
From the New York Times by Hope Reese A new book by a renowned brain expert says there are a few simple things we can do to prevent memory decline as we age. As we age, our memory declines. This … Continue reading
The rise of reactionaries in the wake of the 1918 flu pandemic
Emergent movements, including a resurgence of the KKK, led to more anti-immigration policy, eugenics laws, religious fundamentalism and conservative leadership. by Knute Berger (thanks to Pam P for sending) Three unidentified Washington Klan members, covered in robes and hoods, are interviewed … Continue reading
July 4th by Heather Cox Richardson
And on July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, declaring: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that … Continue reading
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July 4th – a day of celebration and remembrance
Thanks to Pam P. It’s America’s 246th birthday, a midpoint of summer and a chance for communities to celebrate together Everyone knows the Fourth of July marks the day in 1776 when the Founding Fathers signed the Declaration of … Continue reading
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Canada’s Fourth of July
Thanks to Pam P. Ed note: This critique by Michael Moore rings true, but Canada is far from perfect. They have a history of discriminating against native populations and forcing children to be educated away from their families in often … Continue reading
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The missing support at Graystone’s NE corner
A curious omission. Any other guesses?
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The coolest art museums around the world
Thanks to Ann M. Please click here to view these amazing creations.
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If the hat fits …..
Thanks to Mary Jane F.
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More riveting than a TV drama
Thanks to Pam P.
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