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Bill Gates: The healthcare systems we must urgently fix
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Alert from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Thanks to Sandy J. for this alert Thanks to Sandy J. for this alert!
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In case you need another reminder
Thanks to Diane S!
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Skyline.Notices 3/26/20
Skyline Legacy Recipes Are you missing seeing your neighbors? Longing for something to do? Here is the perfect activity for you. You can do this while you stay in your apartment. Surely you have a favorite cake, chicken dish, appetizer … Continue reading
Post-Pandemic Times After the Lock-down Ends
I’m sending this off Friday 3/27 to the usual op-ed outlets. Comments would be most appreciated (wcalvin@uw.edu). Post-pandemic times will feel like a new era, once we can rub shoulders again. Relief, yes—but the world will also work differently after … Continue reading
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Push buttons in the pandemic
A new use for your mailbox key.
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Shakespeare Got Through It. We Will, Too.
Creative people will not only survive, they will create. byLouis Fantasi Thanks to Ann M for sending this timely piece A 19th-century engraving imagining William Shakespeare’s family life. (Credit: Wikimedia Commons) In July 1564, William Shakespeare was three months old … Continue reading
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Skyline.Notices 3/19/20
Announcements Nothing new this week.
Today’s drink special
Thanks to Mike C!
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Skyline.Notices 03/13/20
Mystery WordPress did not distribute the post I created yesterday. So I’m resending it today. Announcement Just a brief reminder. Berta Beveridge’s daughter-in-law, Darcy Gaechter, will be appearing on the Today Show (NBC) this Monday, March 16th. She is being … Continue reading
Skyline.Notices 3/12/20
Announcement Just a quick reminder. Berta Beveridge’s daughter-in-law, Darcy Gaechter, will be appearing on The Today Show (NBC) this Monday, March 16. She is being interviewed about her just published book, Amazon Woman (Pegasus)an account of their kayaking expedition down … Continue reading
Eliminating “Leap Forward”
5 ways life would be better if it were always daylight saving time Steve Calandrillo, University of Washington In my research on daylight saving time, I have found that Americans don’t like it when Congress messes with their clocks. In … Continue reading
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Quiet time
There won’t be many posts over the next few weeks, but stay tuned!
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Skyline.Notices 2/20/20
Tickets Available This coming Sunday afternoon, the Seattle Opera will perform “Charlie Parker’s Yardbird”. Don and Sue Phillips have two tickets to give away (plus two seats reserved on the Skyline bus leaving at 1:10 pm). If you would like … Continue reading
Not for the acrophobics
Great photo from Put B.
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Skyline.Notices 2/13/20
Wanted Irene Campbell (kiscinike@msn.com) would like to borrow a pasta maker to construct a dessert. If you can loan her one, send her an email to let her know. Announcement The Papyrus Store in Downtown Seattle is closing. Everything is … Continue reading
Olympic Tower crane erection
Just a reminder of the URL. The view is better from the Bistro.
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Skyline.Notices 2/6/20
Announcements I have finished my library copy of The Power and the Glory which is the book club selection for Monday night’s discussion. If you would like to read it this weekend, call me: Sue VanLeuven – 1503 or 206-407-1923 … Continue reading
Need some smiles?
Smiles and love – click here. From Donna D
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