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Towing angst? Then don't steal parking space
"Don't do the crime if you can't do the time." Allegedly, this is what older criminals tell their juniors. It's also my advice to people who ignore No Parking signs and then squawk when they get towed.
I recently heard from a woman I'll call Lucy Jenkins, who was outraged over her treatment after being towed one evening from a downtown parking lot. (The consumer declined to use her real name. Normally, I'd put down my pen, but this case raised important issues, so I'm giving pseudonyms to both her and the towing company.)
Jenkins began by explaining that although she realized it cost $5 to park after hours, she only had a $20 bill– and a couple who entered the lot right behind her said they parked there "all the time" without paying. So she did the same and left to meet her husband at a restaurant on the Downtown Mall.
He walked her to her car after dinner– or, at least, he walked her to the parking lot. The car was gone.
The sign that explains the after-hours honor system (in which you put $5 in an envelope in a slot, then display a ticket stub on your dashboard) also says that if you get towed, you should call a company we'll call Smedley Brothers Towing.
Jenkins called and was told to come to Smedley's downtown impound lot. She claims that the dispatcher said that it would cost "$100 for the tow and $20 for the fine," which is a penalty paid to the lot's owner.
Jenkins and her husband went to the impound lot, where two Smedley's employees met them. After paying the $120 and getting a receipt, Jenkins's husband was told to accompany the two men around back to retrieve the car. It was late by now, and Jenkins says that the employees were so rude– she referred to them as "bums"– that in hindsight, she wished she'd called the police to escort and protect her husband.
Jenkins called me a day or so later to contest the legality of the charges.
But even if the employee had verbally erred in describing the breakdown– which should have been $95 for the after-hours tow, and $25 to the lot's owner, which is also spelled out on the sign– the total was legal. After all, it was late evening, the business was closed, and for all we knew, the dispatcher could have been asleep when the call was routed to her. Jenkins, however, seemed to believe that this was evidence of illegal pricing.
I was more interested in what went into her decision not to pay merely because she didn't have the right change.
"You could have left a note on your windshield," I pointed out, "and gotten change; lots of places on the Mall are open at that hour." She rejected this out of hand, as if that would have been tantamount to conducting physics experiments on the hood of her car. Things got a bit testy when I pointed out that it came down to a simple formula: Pay, or try to get something for free. I didn't use the word "shoplifting," but it was on the tip of my tongue.
As for being afraid for her husband's safety, I said that if it had been me, I would have been there sans husband and would have had no qualms about accompanying the Smedley's employees, no matter how inelegant their manner, to my car. That went over as well as the rest of my responses, and the conversation ended shortly after.
Can't stomach being towed? Then don't park illegally.
And if you do get towed, don't expect dispatchers who never misspeak, elegant surroundings, or drivers who read Proust between calls.
Do you have a consumer problem or question? Email the Fearless Consumer, write her at 100 Second St. NW, 22902, or call 295-8700 ext. 406.


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The reception and presentation was sponsored by the Los Angeles Alliance for Elephants and was held to support the work of Dr. Joyce Poole, one of the world's foremost authorities on elephants, and her nonprofit organization, Elephant Voices (www.elephantvoices.org). It was held in the Palisades, at the home of Patty Shenker and Doug Stoll. Local elephant politics was also highlighted: LA City Councilman Tony Cardenas was there to discuss his proposal which is pending in front of the LA City Council: to shut down the elephant exhibit at the LA Zoo and send its lone Asian elephant Billy to an elephant sanctuary. Dr. Joyce Poole intends to testify in front of the council.
The Council meeting will be open to the public and is currently scheduled for Wed., Nov. 19 at LA City Hall, 200 N. Spring St., Room 340 at 10 AM. However, before attending, please contact LA Alliance for Elephants' Catherine Doyle at [email protected] or phone 323 301 5730 to reconfirm time and date.
Councilman Cardenas explained that in 2006 when the L.A. City Council members voted to spend $40 million on a new but still relatively very small elephant exhibit at the zoo, they were not given accurate information on the fate of elephants in zoos and in particular of elephants at the LA Zoo. This information has come out later through a lawsuit, Culp v. LA Zoo, with lawyer David Casselman for plaintiff. According to reports, 15 of the 27 elephants accounted for at the zoo were killed or died prematurely as a result of their treatment. Six more were "unaccounted for." One elephant, Gita, who the Zoo claimed was in perfect health, died two months later as a result of a condition she had at the time of the statement.
Councilman Cardenas and all the several dozen elephant lovers in attendance at the reception are determined that this will not happen again. Already Billy spends full time bobbing his head up and down, a behavior that Dr. Poole says is not a natural behavior in the wild. Councilman Cardenas said, "Twelve other cities have closed down their elephant exhibits; six have made policy to end elephant exhibits at zoos. Los Angeles needs to be number 19." At the City Council committee meeting last week, Cardenas had presented the case, stating, "This city can't afford to build a $40 million mortuary." Councilman Cardenas is a visionary and a hero to animal lovers. He was also a co-sponsor of the bill to spay and neuter household pets.
Dr. Joyce Poole has been studying elephants in the wild since 1975 and working for their conservation. She uses the information and scientific data she collects, along with her husband, Petter Granli, to be a voice for the elephants both in the wild and in captivity. (Petter gave me his business card, which is made out of elephant turd!) They, along with several other elephant biologists who have worked the longest in the field, have put together "The Elephant Charter," 13 principles based on elephant biology, which represents their consensus on the nature of elephants. (www.theelephantcharter.info)
Poole is expert witness in the case, now eight years long, against using elephants in the Ringling Brothers circus. She is also concerned with problems in the wild. Poaching is on the rise again, with 20-25,000 elephants a year being killed for tusks.
Most of her research has been based at Amboseli National Park in Kenya. Poole is now also beginning field research on Asian elephants in Sri Lanka.
Elephants live in families and extended families of 2 - 45 individuals, led by the oldest female matriarch. Their social activities stretch out to clans and even strangers without aggression. They keep up communication through touching one another and rumbling together with special kinds of sounds and body postures for various messages. When greeting a fellow elephant they haven't seen for a long time, a vocal communication could last as long as five minutes. Their sounds carry up to 10 kilometers, and they can recognize individual sounds of over 200 elephants from up to two kilometers.
They learn from each other how and what to eat and how to care for their young. Young elephants born in zoos often don't fare well since they do not have the learning experiences from their mothers and aunts.
Tanya Petrovna, CEO and Executive Chef of Native Foods, provided wonderful vegan hors d'oeuvres for the afternoon. There was a silent auction, painting by Poole, her book, and a request for contributions for her work, whose operations run $250,000 per year. Our lovely hostess, Patty Shenker, started the donations with a promise of a generous $25,000. This was her second year hosting the fundraiser for Poole, along with her husband and six dogs. As she commented to the group, "Animal work never stops."
Georja Umano is an actress-comedienne and animal advocate.
Photos by Tim Stahl except where noted.
L.A. City Council Meeting to Determine Fate of Billy and the Elephant Exhibit at L.A. Zoo
Members of the public may speak for one minute.
Wed., Nov. 19, 2008, 10 AM
LA City Hall
200 N. Spring St., Room 340
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Before attending, please contact LA Alliance for Elephants' Catherine Doyle at [email protected] or phone (323) 301-5730 to reconfirm time and date.

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How to Stack Liquids in a Rainbow of Layers: A Fun Kid Science Project
Do your kids like to stack blocks into tall, gravity-defying towers?
Ever try to stack liquids without letting them mix?
It's easy and oh-so-cool! You just need a little chemistry know-how and a steady hand.
In this article I'll show you how you and your kids can stack seven liquids into a rainbow of layers, one on top of the other, without mixing them.
It looks like magic, but it's not—it's science!
Why Stack Liquids?
It's important to teach kids basic scientific concepts so they'll understand how the world around them works.
When you make it fun or exciting or even jaw-droppingly awesome, you capture kids' attention, pique their curiosity and make them want to learn more.
Stacking liquids achieves all three. And when you do it together with your kids, you make it an adventure!


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Low Cholesterol
Keep this on hand for a quick meal, or prepare in batches to give as gifts.
Mix pasta, spinach, beets, onion and walnuts in a salad bowl. Combine maple syrup, vinegar, and olive oil in a small jar and shake well. Pour over salad. Serve immediately or cover and refrigerate until you're ready to eat.
Process the beans and spices in a blender, then refrigerate until ready to serve with baked corn chips.
Bananas that are getting past ripe work perfectly in smoothies. Peel them, wrap them in plastic, and freeze them.
This trout recipe uses lemon pepper, almonds, and lemon wedges for flavoring.
A flavorful soup that's a snap to prepare.
You don't have to tell anyone these are homemade, healthy granola bars. Just let your guests enjoy the chewiness of the oats and dense chocolate flavor from the highest-quality dark chocolate you can find.
In a large pot, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add onion, carrots, celery, garlic, and pot herbs.
Toss wheat cereal and cashews with raisins, dried blueberries, dried cranberries, or chopped dried apricots.
Put all ingredients in blender and blend for about 20 seconds. If mixture is too thick, add a little more vegetable broth. Serve hot or cold.
Add chopped peaches after you have poured the pancakes on the griddle.
Rosti has been called the national dish of German-speaking Switzerland. Rosti is similar to hash browns and is usually topped with cheese.
Roast new potatoes with fresh rosemary and a little olive oil.
Baste the steaks with dipping sauce, then grill for about 10 minutes.
What a combo: chickpeas, red bell pepper, cucumber, celery, and grape tomatoes.
Cook this soup for about an hour, or until the grains are tender.
This casserole uses chunks of fresh salmon with a lot of healthy omega-3 fatty acids.
After combining ingredients, cover and chill for 2 hours before serving.
A moist quick bread perfect for the holidays.
To prepare as a gift, strain the vinegar into pretty bottles. Add a fresh sprig of rosemary to each.
Roast for 15 to 20 minutes (depending on thickness of asparagus), shaking once to turn spears. Pour on balsamic vinegar and serve hot or at room temperature.
Roast carrots, turnips, squash, and garlic for about an hour, stirring once or twice.
Serve with cooked, chopped spinach to which you've added low-fat sour cream, cooked instant brown rice, and a bit of butter.
Serve hot or cold with dill sauce: low-fat sour cream, cucumber, and fresh dill.
Rub the fillets with spices, Broil about 4 inches from heat for about 5 minutes. Turn fillets and broil 3 to 4 minutes longer.
Serve this dish hot, at room temperature, or chilled as a side dish—to grilled salmon, for instance.
Reduce the sodium by rinsing the beans and using low-salt canned tomatoes.
Serve with hot brown rice and garnish with fresh chopped cilantro.
This meal is generally lightly seasoned, which allows each diner to add condiments to individual taste.
This dish takes only minutes to prepare. Add shrimp for something special.
Sour cream or butter taste delicious on baked potatoes, but they come with a price: Both contain saturated fat and cholesterol. Here's a healthy, and tasty, alternative topping for your next baked potato.
These ingredients are in the right proportions for one batch of dip mix. For a gift jar, keep adding a round of all five ingredients until you have enough to fill the jar.
Textured vegetable protein makes this dish a hearty vegetarian meal.
You can make a healthier party mix by using whole-grain cereals, olive oil instead of butter or margarine, and soy nuts or wasabi peas.
This is a picture-pretty first course for a summer meal. Make in advance and serve chilled.
Flavored with fresh rosemary, this salad is perfect for a summer outing.
Naval oranges, ripe strawberries, and sliced bananas are served with a yogurt-ginger sauce.
Cubed potatoes are sautéed with onions and lima beans and seasoned with parsley and paprika.
Each serving contains about 333 calories, 20 g protein, 2 g fat (5 percent calories from fat), 0 mg cholesterol, 63 g carbohydrates, 15 g fiber, and 204 mg sodium.
Whole-wheat English muffins with a topping make this a scrumptious, yet quick-to-create, breakfast.
These muffins are perfect for breakfast or a snack. They get their crunch from chopped walnuts.
Each serving contains about 202 calories, 10 g protein, 4 g fat (18% calories from fat), 4 mg cholesterol, 33 g carbohydrates, 4 g fiber, and 551 mg sodium.
Southwestern flavors add flare to this easy favorite.
Fast, fresh, and healthy - a perfect dish for an outdoor summer sit-down.
A family-pleasing casserole with a taste of the Southwest.
Autumn staples combine into a healthy and delicious breakfast treat.
Fresh, delicious, and ready to serve in short order - a super salad that's perfect for parties - or dinner at home.
A warm and satisfying soup, with fresh Asian flavors.
Fabulous creamed mushrooms that can be served over toast, pasta, chicken, or beef.
A fast and delicious meal that's perfect for lunch or dinner.
Deliciously decadent, but healthy! Garnish with chopped red pepper for extra color or a shot of Tabasco for spiciness.
The perfect solution for that leftover chicken!
Fast and easy side dish that's ready in minutes.
A healthy topper for toast, waffle or pancakes.
This takes some patience, but you will be rewarded with a rich, seedless sauce, perfect for topping anything from fruit, to meat, to chocolate cake!
You can buy ready-made raspberry mustard, but you won't find the depth of flavor you get when you mix your own.
This recipe takes about 10 minutes to cook, once you've cut all your vegetables. It's a good dish to top pasta or serve with grilled chicken, lean beef, or salmon.
Nothing makes an occasion more festive than a beautifully presented cake.
A perfect dressing for a perfect party vegetable.
Warm and simple comfort food for any time.
This is a lovely side dish for chicken or fish.
A salad that's packed with protein.
A healthier version of an all-time family favorite.
Low-calorie, kid-friendly recipe that provides 1 cup of healthy vegetables per serving!
Add a green salad and fresh corn on the cob and you're good to go.
A grown-up grilled sandwich.
This nutty salad is chock full of vegetables and complementary flavors.
Healthy appetizers for you and your guests.
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Prepare yourself for a brutal, unrelenting array of unabashed aggression and sheer ferocity that will beat you to oblivion. This is what UPON A BURNING BODY delivers each and every time. The San Antonio based group's debut offering, The World Is Ours, caught the metal scene by storm with its crushing Pantera-esque grooves and dynamic riffing and captivating hooks. Then with the success of their sophomore album, Red. White. Green., they continued to march the path of great metal taking the band to new, higher levels. Their live performance is unmatched, which quickly had their name being spread by the masses throughout the scene.
Their highly acclaimed new offering THE WORLD IS MY ENEMY NOW was tracked, mixed and mastered with renowned producer Will Putney (For Today, Body Count) at The Machine Shop in NJ. With a clear vision for their identity and an immeasurable level of determination, UPON A BURNING BODY are touring full-time throughout the world spreading their message of dedication, self-belief and relentless competitive greatness. Sumerian founder Ash Avildsen commented "Upon a Burning Body frontman Danny Leal has one of the most distinguishable and decipherable voices I have heard in years. With the perfect soundtrack of riffs and beats backing him and an explosive live show, there is no question what the very near future will hold for this band."
UPON A BURNING BODY's unrelenting touring schedule takes them to the massive 2014 Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival this summer for the second time!


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Reader Lois just moved to an area of California where there's no cable or DSL Internet service available. (Hard to believe, right?) She considered satellite service, but learned that those options are "slow and expensive."
Cleverly, she's trying a Verizon MiFi mobile hotspot--a great solution, but it's also proving to be slow. (Lois notes that she gets only two bars on her call phone, so obviously she's in an area with poor cell-tower coverage.) Ultimately, she's "tired of paying for [a] less than quality product."
My mother-in-law is in a very similar situation: no cable or DSL where she lives, and she recently deployed a Verizon MiFi card. Although the signal strength isn't great, she's finding it good enough (and definitely better than the dial-up she was using previously).
So what's the answer for Lois, or anyone else using a MiFi or similar aircard for home Internet? I recommend trying a signal booster, most notably the Wi-Ex zBoost YX545 SOHO or YX540 Metro. They're expensive ($399 and $299, respectively), but based on the reviews and anecdotal evidence I've seen, they work.
These gizmos are basically large (relatively speaking) antennas you mount outdoors, then wire to an indoor receiver. They're designed to improve all kinds of cellular signals, meaning they should help with your cell phones as well.
If you're looking for something a little more affordable, I've heard that the Wilson Electronics Sleek (a universal cell-phone booster designed for cars) can help with the MiFi--though only the 3G versions. I've seen it selling online for around $90--but make sure you buy the optional AC adapter as well so you can use it indoors.
Obviously I can't say for sure that either product will help with your situation--there are just too many variables--so make absolutely sure the store you buy from offers a money-back guarantee. Good luck!
Contributing Editor Rick Broida writes about business and consumer technology. Ask for help with your PC hassles at email@example.com, or try the treasure trove of helpful folks in the PC World Community Forums.


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Somewhere out there, Myac is still hunting them both...
To be Published: Spring 2016
Genre: Epic Fantasy
Series: Forbidden Things, Book Three
Being rejected by the man she loves hasn't stopped Indigo from trying to save his country. Since her own country now sees her as a traitor, she must look elsewhere for help. While Yiloch rushes back to the capital to prepare his empire for battle against an enemy that appears untouchable, Indigo turns to the least likely place to build an army of her own.
The Kudaness, split apart by intertribal rivalries, are bound together in several things, not the least of which are their hatred of her people and their belief that using ascard is an affront to their gods. If she can convince them to excuse her those sins, she still faces the challenge of persuading them to go to war on behalf of their Lyran neighbors. Even if she succeeds, they must defeat a powerful army and then she will have to find a way to clear Yiloch's name and prove to her country that she is no traitor.
And somewhere out there, Myac is still hunting them both.
Forbidden Things, Book One
Forbidden Things, Book Two


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Monday is a big day for same-sex partners as well as for the financial advisors and tax consultants they work with. That's when the IRS is set to apply the terms of a recent ruling (2013-17) to same-sex married couples.
Naturally, there's quite a lot to read up on before then. Plus, says Baird financial planner Scott Grenier (left), there's a "steep learning curve" when it comes to understanding all the financial planning implications of the ruling in order to best advise clients in same-sex marriages.
"It goes beyond the income-tax driving factor and the revenue ruling," he explained in an interview. "It also entails digging into other areas of planning that haven't been fully addressed, like employment discrimination, hospital visitations, changing residence, etc."
When it comes to tax benefits, some are based on residency, while others are based on the legal status of same-sex marriage in each state. This situation "creates a lot of uncertainty and challenges in planning, especially for same-sex married couples considering a change in residency," Grenier said.
Monday is a milestone, he notes, because it's the first time many benefits become available to these couples. "As we look at Social Security benefits, healthcare premiums, estate and tax planning, it requires great attention to detail and who these benefits are available to and how the benefits might change depending on which state they live in," the advisor said.
Federal vs. State Policy
All same-sex married couples are required to file a married federal income tax return for 2013. However, according to a recent Baird white paper, these same couples are not necessarily eligible to file joint state income tax returns.
At present, 29 states have a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage; six limit marriage to "one man and one woman," and two do not yet have a policy on same-sex marriage. This means same-sex couples in 37 states will have to keep filing single returns at the state level, while also filing a joint federal return.
Moreover, the majority of those states, 24 this year and 25 in 2014, reference the federal income tax return when calculating the state income tax.
This means broker-dealers, like Baird, need to focus on all 50 states where they have advisors and clients and to become familiar with the relevant tax policies in order to work with same-sex married couples and their future residency plans, according to Grenier.
Immediate Issues
One of the most pressing matters for advisors and clients to discuss is health insurance, he points out. Tax refunds could be generated if plans were paid for on an after-tax basis or if employer subsidies on health plans were taxed. If this is the case, an advisor may want to have a client reach out to their tax consultant about amending prior-year tax returns.
The statute of limitations says that same-sex married couples can amend their tax returns for 2010 through 2012, as well as 2009, if they filed an extension.
Perhaps the most pressing issue is what to do about 2012 returns that aren't yet filed. Same-sex married couples only have until Monday to decide if they will file as individual taxpayers or as a married couple. After Sept. 16, they must fill out their forms as a couple.
When it comes to potential refunds and filing decisions, "The ultimate determination has to be done by running the figures, and that's done by a tax advisor," Grenier said.
For advisors who want to grow their business in this client area, the College for Financial Planning offers the Accredited Domestic Partnership Advisor (ADPA) designation, which about 300 individuals have received.
Baird is working to encourage its more than 700 employee reps to pursue this designation. It formed the Spectrum Associate Resource Group in 2012 to provide support, resources and opportunities for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and other associates and wants to help many of its reps attract and retain associates and clients in the LGBT community.
Check out Post-DOMA's Demise, Prepping Your Practice to Meet the Needs of Same-Sex Couples on ThinkAdvisor.


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Retro and Vintage
Posted by Chic Aeon in design, events, iheartslFeed, new releases on Thursday, July 31, 2014
This months theme for The Challenge is "Retro - Vintage" and that covers lots of territory. It was fun to see what the adjectives meant to different folks. I imagine some nostalgia came into play along the way.
Here are the full of the designs. See the whole list here.
|22769 ~ [bauwerk] (chair)
|[hate this] (game) - ChiC buildings (plants)
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That Prim Thing
Posted by Chic Aeon in design, freebies, iheartslFeed on Wednesday, July 30, 2014
It's the end of the month and while there are venues beginning I am in waiting mode in order to make 'the best' post I can.
So rather than leave the blog empty, here's what I have been thinking.
WHY am I still receiving very lovely but extremely primmy items? Mesh is no longer new news. According to the wiki (an interesting walk down Memory Lane) mesh went gridwide August 23rd 2011 -- so almost three years.
Today I opened a release package with some furniture. Pretty; nicely textured. I went to put it into a rustic house to find that the land impact was six times (or more) than what I had expected. I put it back into inventory and may indeed just delete it. I have houses that have fewer "prims".
On the plus side (happily there is almost always one), today -- by happenstance, I found a great place for low prim vehicle props. Most of the vehicles there can't be driven but I don't want to drive them anyway. I simply want them for backdrops.
This "Old Ford" weighs in at 4 land impact and delivers plenty of ambiance for that low number. I also picked up a taxi at 2 li (TWO!), saving myself 9 points each over the ones I had rezzed a year ago. Several very nice props (taxis included) are free at the shop. I have my eye on a harvester for the half sim country road. There are also plenty of industrial and war items if that is your thing.
The place is ArmyStone's TOTAL - DESTRUCTION.
After 6 Days
Posted by Chic Aeon in events, freebies, iheartslFeed, new releases on Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Another new venue has appeared -- and I bet you aren't surprised.
This one has a twist however, and I will let you read about the intricacies at the official website.
Baiastice has a big selection of mix and match tops and skirts as offerings. Both prints and plains are represented; the blouse comes with and without feathers. Well I love feathers, so it was an easy choice for me.
There is also an angelic French horn as a welcome gift and a stellar photo op area right next door :D. So definitely journey over!
Hair by Dura
Pose by Diesel Works
Manly Stuff
Posted by Chic Aeon in events, iheartslFeed, MALE FASHION, new releases, poses on Monday, July 28, 2014
If you have a guy that is wardrobe challenged -- and one that is a cowboy at heart, 20.FIVE has a new ONE PIECE outfit that might be perfect. One mesh addition and and alpha and they are set. Well the hat is separate of course. Now this will not work for all guys, it is designed for the smaller members of the sex (no XL size and runs small), so be sure and check out a demo. A vest comes with for the cold winter mornings.
These poses are from flowey at the Mens Dept. You have just a bit of time left to get over and pick these up.
I know how hard it is to make realistic poses for the guys -- well maybe not so much if you ARE a guy, but still -- these are very realistic.
Poses by: flowey @ Mens Dept
Beautifully Champagne
Posted by Chic Aeon in freebies, iheartslFeed, new releases, shopping on Saturday, July 26, 2014
Just out from ISON, the "leather trim dress". Beautifully detailed, it comes in many lovely colors.
I was in a champagne mood (now when really am I NOT in a champagne mood?). I added a matching hued hair from eXxeSs and journeyed over to the lovely and still empty building by Barnesworth Annubis.
This is a ladylike lower mid thigh skirt. Dress it up or wear it to a business meeting (glasses would be good -- you don't want too many passes).
Bracelet by Fusion
Pose by: oOo Studio
Coffee and Cigarettes
Posted by Chic Aeon in design, events, iheartslFeed, new releases on Friday, July 25, 2014
22769 ~ [bauwerk] has a new Bistro Set out for the L'Amitie Summer Market. It comes with some great animations as well as coffee and sandwich (whole wheat of course; we want to stay healthy). I downsized the table a bit for these photos and added the really excellent astray and cigarette prop from a 22769 ~ [bauwerk] main store recent release.
There are some lovely details in this set. Quite posh and European.
My outfit is newly out from 20.FIVE and made up of separates (color change by hud of course). The Cami Top and Skinny Jeans (just above the ankle and fit nicely with some rigged mesh boots) are perfect for summer weather.
Shoes by ArisAris
Hair by MINA
Poses by: the chair and PRETENSE from the new Bikini Lovin set
Creations Park Hunt
Posted by Chic Aeon in events, freebies, hunts, iheartslFeed on Thursday, July 24, 2014
Stroll through a parklike setting with winding paths and plenty of photo op spots and reap some rewards. There are twenty five gifts in all. My favorites are shown here but there are also clothes for gals, vehicles and the like.
Just follow the blue arrows to find the large boxes with touch to get presents.
Read the notecard for the story behind the sim.
And here is your landmark.
Posted by Chic Aeon in events, iheartslFeed, new releases on Wednesday, July 23, 2014
!dM "Sarah La Seductrice" is deviousMind's contribution to Genre's "Baroque" round in July/August [ends August 12th 2014]. The detailed pearl chest harness is materials enabled and available in 8 different colors.
This is a fitted mesh design and requires a fitted mesh viewer. Be sure and try the demo.
Make a statement. You know you want to!
Hair Silvia -*X*plosion @ Hair Fair
Pose by: Striking Poses (nla)
Ms Fixit
Posted by Chic Aeon in design, iheartslFeed, new releases on Tuesday, July 22, 2014
Need a great present for the guy in your life OR some realistic "clutter" to make the garage more realistic? Here's something I bet you don't have.
The Home Craftsman Decor A from Storaxtree gives you a tremendous amount of ambiance for only 10 land impact. There are so many shops and outlets (and lots of gifts and specials) that I am not exactly sure just where to find this, but it is available on the Marketplace here. And you can see it up close and personal here.
Outfit: Salopette by BAIASTICE
Hair by Vanity Hair
Poses by: LAP (nla)
Moonlight Swim
Posted by Chic Aeon in hair, iheartslFeed, new releases on Monday, July 21, 2014
I am going to let the pictures tell the tale this eve.
Hair: Discord Designs - Nisha
Swimsuit: 20.FIVE Mesh: Bikini (color change hud)
Earrings: MIEL UVA EARRING (old)
Poses by: Behavior Body
Red White Blue
Posted by Chic Aeon in design, events, freebies, hunts, iheartslFeed on Sunday, July 20, 2014
There is plenty of newness in the 22769 ~ [bauwerk] arena. Clothes, accessories and furniture can be found in a variety of venues this month. My personal favorite is the Travellers Clutch (many color combos) for L'accessories. It comes with its own hold of course. I did a little sneaky blogger magic to get this shot.
You can find this My Grunge Corner console along with a steel ashtray and hanging banner at the 22769 ~ [bauwerk] main store. Out for a Dreaming Tree special, be quick like a bunny as you only have until Sunday Midnight.
Extra thanks to Manuel Ormidale who sends out one of the most complete and easy to use blogger notecards that I have seen!
My summery outfit is from abuu4her on the Starfish Hunt at Old Europe Village. There are a limited number of stalls but some nice gifts. Look for the VERY easy to find starfish and pick ups some summer clothes.
Hair by Vanity Hair
Pose by: oOo Studio
The Peaceful Garden
Posted by Chic Aeon in design, events, iheartslFeed, new releases on Saturday, July 19, 2014
It is a serene stroll through The Garden this month. Fully into the summer season for us north of the equator folks, many designers are on holiday.
But quality always wins over quantity for me (yes, especially with chocolate) and there are some very nice items out for your decorating pleasure.
This Isabelle vanity from {what next} includes color change menu and both animations and static poses. It is PERFECT for hair shots "wink".
From the notecard:
It's available as a set, or decor sold separately and comes with 10 custom animations with self-rezzing beauty props including lipstick, nail polish, mascara, nail file, hairbrush, powder compact, blusher/brush and also 7 static poses for photography. Table/stool and fabric all have texture options and the full set is 9 land impact.My outfit consists of two separate releases from 20.FIVE; the Evangelie Top and Rabarbar leggings. Both are color change and complement each other well. The top runs small; the pants to size.
Super long and definitely sleek, the Reaching Edges hair by Vanity Hair is very modelesce! Add a huge range of colors by hud and you have a very fashionable release.
SLink shoes by Mon Cheri.
And if spiffying up your living room is more on your agenda, this classic Helena sofa and armchair from Atelier Visconti might be just what you need. All but the table come with an extensive and easy to use color change huds. The rug is part of the coordinating release.
So head on over and take a stroll. The Garden is always a beautiful spot for some easy exercise -- and shopping.
A Painterly Affair
Posted by Chic Aeon in design, events, iheartslFeed, new releases on Thursday, July 17, 2014
The queen of niche-ness has done it again.
Out for Fifty Linden Friday from Second Spaces -- the Refresh - Scout's Dresser' set. It adds so much to the storyline.
Don't miss out!
Latin Flavor
Posted by Chic Aeon in events, hair, iheartslFeed, new releases
After a very long photo shoot, this was the winner.
I wanted to dance you see. This new little skirt from Ducknipple may be leather but it really reminded me of Salsa dancing. A brand new head turning hair from Miamai, Ferina @ Hair Fair definitely had me in the mood.
I found a lovely setting, played with Windlight and started through my static dance poses. You know what? None of them worked.
Those of us that have been around for awhile KNOW our 2003 or before avatars were never designed optimally. I found myself really wanting that mesh body. But of course these clothes wouldn't have worked with that mesh body. So for now we are at a crossroads.
Meanwhile. Great hair; great skirt; great pose. Ya gotta flow around those rocks now and then. It is worth it.
You know by now that the skirt is color change by hud :D
Top: Baiastice Mini top in black
Pose by: Diesel Works
Posted by Chic Aeon in events, hair, iheartslFeed, new releases on Wednesday, July 16, 2014
For the Gothic gals that love gachas, out from Blue Blood for The Witching Hour two new releases -- this being Acasia. Plenty of colors to try for, standard sizes are included.
My hair is a new release from ISON @ Hair Fair -- Ruler. Color choice is by hud. This is very natural looking hair, and if you (like me) don't often look good in center parts -- give this one a try!
Poses by: Diesel Works, aDORKable
Hair Fair Divas
Posted by Chic Aeon in events, hair, iheartslFeed, new releases on Tuesday, July 15, 2014
|Manta Hair_Black Satin_Naturals - Miamai
|Silvia Magic - *X*plosion
Of note not only for the show stopping big hair windblown style, Silvia Magic has animated glowing streaks. Perfect for clubbing or fantasy role play. Different sizes come in the pack. There is also a non-glow version for everyday wear.
|HANAYO - [sYs]
Simple shapes with a timeless quality, I don't know if I am in the past or in the future.
|* MEDUSA * - .:EMO-tions:.
A role play hair in the nth degree -- and FREE. it doesn't get much better than that!
Poses by: Vista Animations
Summer Apples
Posted by Chic Aeon in iheartslFeed, new releases on Monday, July 14, 2014
New out from ArisAris a cute summery release with touches of crimson. The Come To Me set includes top and skirt; matching flat sandals are available. Here I went with a previously released platform wedge, Simmering Altitude.
Hair: [LoQ'ue] Mezcal @ Hair Fair
Earrings: Bliensen + MaiTai - Samedi - Spirals
Poses by: LAP (nla) and aDORKable
Hair Fair GIFTS
Posted by Chic Aeon in events, freebies, hair, iheartslFeed on Sunday, July 13, 2014
|Rosy Mood
Most gifts are free, some are dollarbies. Here are a few of my favorites. Most come in many colors. Color change huds are in evidence too.
|[LaNoir Soleil Designs]
|[ Oblivion ]
Poses by: Vista Animations
Be On The Lookout - Hair Fair
Posted by Chic Aeon in events, hair, iheartslFeed, new releases on Saturday, July 12, 2014
|Sayaingen - Discord Design
Hair Fair is underway and there are styles for everyone. Here is a quick look at some of the very many choices available for your buying (and donation) pleasure. Kiosks are marked with donation percentages; some give 100% to Wigs for Kids.
|Iris - MINA
|Eilana - Damselfly
|TETA - eXxEsS
|Flirt - Vanity Hair
|Sand Snake - Bliensen + MaiTai
|Greta - Amacci Hair
|Hair 52 - Eaters Coma
|Absinthe - [LoQ'ue]
* Eilana -Purple Moon Feather Earrings
* Sayaingen - Bliensen + MaiTai - Quel Night - Earrings FREE@HairFair
There are four sims this year.
Poses by: Vista Animations, Behavior Body, aDORKable, Diesel Animations, Amacci


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Where we love is home, home that our feet may leave,but not our hearts..so, home is where the hearts is... this school holiday I had a project..this because to avoid feeling miss to Papa and worried his journey by plane...May Allah blessed papa D and safely landed to Malaysia.
SMS are sent by jackel 3 times and give more discount to me if I shop in their mall....actually , I just want to window shopping but then..when mama entered the curtain department..mama felt like love at the first sight with this cloth..fruits everywhere..English style....let's peep ...what is mama's project!
mama tried to finish my project before papa's home.so, abang helping me to hang this kitchen curtain.
SGSG holiday theme..fruits everywhere...kitchen towel also fruits theme..
jeng...jeng..even table cloth...like it so much..
feel like to eat everytime in the kitchen
due to mama problem, high cholesterol..now, mama using the olive oil and canola flower oil. No more palm oil..but then, feel guilty, because Tok wan is a Peneroka ...Tok wan has a coconut palm farm...but then mama have to stay healthy..so I had no choice...sorry Tok Wan
he..he..tukar lagi olive theme...
This is my hobby ..ID can't be separate from me..I love to see everything in neat and sweet..


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|Overall C78 page [1]
Major Contributor(s): Robert C. Palmer
Minor Contributors please initial relevant rows
|Subject Matter
|C78/, no. []
|20 Jan
|Sir Phillip Yorke, knight, Attorney General, at the relation of the Reverend Richard Troyte, rector, parson and incumbent of Silverton, Devon; and also of Roger Chamberlain; and John Warren, churchwardens; and John Wills; Robert Comings; and Thomas Carpenter, overseers of the poor of said parish v. John Richards, merchant
|re. will 24 Nov 1724, of John Richards of London, merchant; very great personal estate of £30,000; School endowed by bequest with £120 per annum, for boys born & resident in the parish...
|C78/1744, no. 4 [2]
|24 Jan
|Richard Children gentleman v. Guy Lloyd esq and William Arnold gentleman
|re. debts £400 of John Arnold late of Debtford [Deptford], Kent; a messuage or tenement.
|C79/11, no. [3]
|25 Jan
|Anne Morrice; Judith Morrice; and Elizabeth Morrice, spinsters, the three surviving daughters of Humfry Morrice of London, esq by Judith his first wife, the said Elizabeth Morrice being an infant by said Anne and Judith Morrice, her sisters; and also of said Thomas Lee of Hartwell, Bucks, baronet, the surviving executor of Dame Elizabeth Lee his late wife; and Thomas Lee; William Lee; and Anne Lee, children of said Sir Thomas Lee their father; and also John Claxton, & Sarah his wife; and Brown Claxton their only child, an infant, by said John Claxton his father; and Anne Sandes, widow v. Katherine Morrice, widow and executrix of said Humfrey Morrice
|[faded document] re. will 4 Oct 1720 of John ?Crown merchant; estate of £100,000...
|C78/1734, no. 6 [4]
|28 Jan
|Charles Oxley; Leonard Metcalfe; and John Storzaker executor of George Storzaker his father v. Abraham Smith; Jane Smith, widow; Charles Mann & Jane his wife; John Smith; and Elizabeth Smith
|re. debts of William Smith, died 1718; messuage and several lands at Landrick [?Langrick] in West Riding of Yorks.
|C79/19, no. [5]
|28 Jan
|David Langton; Richard Archer; and William Codd v. John Flindell
|re debts £146, for goods sold and delivered, of Thomas Edwards, leather cutter of London, indebted to complt. David Langton and other debts; lease 22 Jan 1729, of his house and shop.
|C78/1936, no. 3 [6]
|3 Feb
|William Jenkins executor of Sarah Evans widow v. Ann Hall and Thomas Hall
|re. loan 26 May 1687 £400, by Thomas Hall from late Sarah Evans; secured on lands and properties, alleged to be free of all encumbrances. in manor of Clifton [?Chilton], Bucks..
|C79/183, no. [7]
|3 Feb
|Robert Serle, infant, by Arthur Vansittart, esq v. Anne serle, widow; Peter Serle, infant, by said Anne Serle, mother and guardian; John Hanmer, esq; Roger Hudson, baronet; William Guidott, esq; and Rebecca Vincent
|re. ordered and decreed that the defendant. should come to an account before Master Holford of this court for estamation of the testators' estate...
|C78/1751, no. 5 [8]
|3 Feb
|Richard Bently, doctor in divinity, master of the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, University of Cambridge of King Henry's Foundation; and the Fellows and Scholars of the same College v. Jane Cooper, widow and executrix of John Cooper, esq; John Gilbert, esq; and Thomas Andrews, esq
|re. ownership of the late dissolved Priory of Thurgarton, Notts. and of property in pars. of Thurgarton, Hoveringham and Flintham, by the complainants and their predecessors; letters patent 24 December, 38 Henry VIII [1546-7].
|C78/1743, no. 4 [9]
|4 Feb
|Ann Evelyn; Elizabeth Evelyn; and Mary Evelyn infants by Mary Evelyn widow (since the wife of Charles Boone, esq, their mother) v. Edward Evelyn; and james Worsley esqs AND v. Thomas Forth esq; and Thomas Cragg, gent, both since deceased; and James Evelyn an infant son of the said Edward Evelyn
|re. indenture 20 Oct 1698 made by George Evelyn the complt's g-father, and several messuages, lands and hereditaments in Surrey.
|C78/1831, no. 4 [10]
|5 Feb
|John Papillon gentleman v. William Voyce; Lee Steer; and John Cledhill
|re. will 7 Oct 1725, Samuel Papillon, fishmonger of London, living in Hackney, Middx. (complt's father); very considerable real and personal estate; numerous bequests...
|C79/80, no. [11]
|8 Feb
|Caleb Lomax, esq, son and heir of Caleb Lomax, esq, by Mary his wife, an infant by Thomas Rose his grandfather v. John Holmden, & Ruth his wife; and John Holmden their son; Thomas Beech, & Anne his wife; and Anne Tyrrell, spinster, daughter of said Anne by her former husband; John Tyrrell deceased; Graves Martin, & Elizabeth his wife; William Hucks, son and heir of Fiducia Hucks; Richard Clay, & Martha his wife; and Richard Clay their son, the said Ruth, Anne, Elizabeth, Fiducia, and Martha being the five sisters of Caleb Lomax the complainant's father; Anne Mathews, spinster, one of the executrices of Caleb Lomax the complainant's father; May Lomax, widow, complainant's mother; and Anne Lomax, spinster, his sisters
|re. Joshua Lomax (complts' g-father) and the descent of capital messuage and manor of Childwirth [Chilworth near Guildford, Surrey] in the par. of St Michaels next Saint Albans...
|C78/1740, no. 3 [12]
|9 Feb
|Anne Colmore, wife of Thomas Colmore of London, merchant, by Isaac Milner of the same place, merchant v. Katherine Morice, widow and executrix of Humphry Morice, esq
|re. marriage agreement 24 Feb 1717, Thomas Colmore and the plaintiff Anne Colmore; £12,000 fortune, terms and conditions.
|C78/1697, no. 6 [13]
|17 Feb
|Sir Phillip York, knight, Attorney General, at the relation of William Healy and Dorothy his wife v. Charles hall, esq; and others
|re. time out of mind £5-10s p.a. paid out of manor and lands of Washingborough cum Heighington, Lincs. for teaching children of said town to read...
|C78/1798, no. 2 [14]
|18 Feb
|John Morgan; and Thomas Morgan, an infant, said John Morgan and Elizabeth Morgan and Lettice Morgan spinsters, brothers and sister and also legatees of Edward Morgan; Elizabeth Lloyd, widow; and Richard Rees vintner, creditors of said Edward Morgan for themselves and for the other creditors v. David Morgan, gent, brother and heir of said Edward Morgan; and David Edwards, esq; and James Dalton, gent, devisees in trust of said Edward Morgan; and Sackville Gwynne, esq
|re.will 31 March 1727, of Edward Morgan; rectories (St Peter's and Killycwm [Cil y Cwm]) and divers lands in several places and parishes in the county borough of Carmarthen...
|C78/1710, no. 5 [15]
|24 Feb
|William Hallows, esq v. William Bambrigge, esq; and Dymocke Cawdron, gent
|re. loans 20 June 1719, by William Bambrigge [?Bambridge or Bainbridge] from William Hallows, secured on lands in Whaplode and Holbeach, Lincs.
|C78/1838, no. 8 [16]
|24 Feb
|Gervase Balguy of Hope, Derbs., gent, brother and devisee and also executor of John Balgney of Hope, esq v. James Hamilton; Henry Balgny; and Phiullippa Balgney
|re. property of late Alexander Hamilton (rector of Eyam, Derbs, d.1717) formerly married [in 1714] to Ann Balguy, sister of complt; pretended loan £200 by John Balguy (father of Ann) from Alexander Hamilton.
|C78/1743, no. 7 [17]
|25 Feb
|Thomas Taylor, gent, son and heir of Shadrack Taylor v. John Truster an infant, son and heir of John Truster; John Atwood, gent, assignee under a commission of bankruptcy of John Trustee; and Benjamin Covert, esq
|re. mortgage on 'mannor and mansion plan', with close of land called Summer's Croft being all parcel of the possessions of the Dean and Chapter of Chichester; complt. was son and heir of Shadrac Taylor and Hester, who was a dau. of Thomas Woodward, clerk, a canon residentiary of the Church of Chichester...
|C78/1816, no. 3 [18]
|26 Feb
|Jane Best; Anne Best; Smalbrook Best; and John Best, the four children of Smalbrooke Best by the Susannah Best (his second wife), infants by Robert Jacomb, esq v. Susannah Best, widow and administratrix of said Smalbrooke Best; Fielding Best; Sarah Best; Dorothy Frances best; and Bridget Best, children of the said Smalbrook Best (by his former wife); Thomas Blencowe, esq; and Henry Jacombe, gent, executors of Henry Perris; and John Wells, executor of Brown Wells
|re. marriage agreement 1 Aug 1720, Smalbrooke Best and Susannah; portion £1,500, property
|C78/1767, no. 8 [19]
|29 Feb
|Edward Brown, esq; Samuel Weaver; Philip Tyrrell; David Bordit; Mary Southam, widow; Frances Skipper, widow; Catherine Turner, widow; John Garnell, & Mary his wife; John Litchell, & Bridget his wife; Samuel Vegus; Palmer Brown by Anthony Brown, gent, his guardian; and Frances Brown, spinster v. John Langley; and Richard Humphrey, executors of Samuel Brown; (added later:) Sir Philip York, Attorney General
|re. draft will 25 Nov 1726 of Samuel Brown, worsted weaver of Norwich and property at Stalham, Ingham and North Walsham, Norf. and par. St Clements in city of Norwich & personal estate of £1,200+; attorney Nicholas Vipond.
|C78/1831, no. 1 [20]
|3 March
|Mary Kemble widow and relict and administratrix of Anthony Kemble mercer v. Richard Kemble
|[faded document]re. Anthony Kemble of Cirencester, Gloucs; ownership of messuage or tenement called 'Ram Inn' in Cirencester.
|C79/72, no. [21]
|3 March
|Susanna Steavens, an infant, by Humphry Ambler v. Thomas Steavens, esq now Sir Thomas Steavens, knight; and Richard Steavens
|re. approval of Master Hiccocks of this Court of purchase of several messuages, lands and tenements in par. St Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey, Surrey, part of the Earl of Salisbury's estate.
|C78/1746, no. 7 [22]
|6 March
|Margaret Northleigh widow and relict of Stephen Northleigh esq and Margaret Northleigh; and Mary Northleigh infants by said Margaret Northleigh their mother v. Edward Yard esq and John Pollexfen esq
|re. marriage agreement 29/30 Nov 1714, Stephen Northleigh [c.1692-c.1731] and Margaret (née Davie) the mother; £5,500, manors or parts of manors; stepfather, Edward Yarde.
|C78/2078, no. 1 [23]
|14 March
|Granvile Wheler, esq [1701–1770] v. Thomas Sharpe, doctor in divinity, & Judith his wife; Jonathan Shere, gent, & Bridget his wife; Robert Hutton; Grace Hutton; and George Hutton, infants by their guardian; Frances Middleton, widow and administratrix of Ralph Middleton; Frances Middleton; Grace Middleton; and Richard Middleton, infants by their guardian; Frances Wheler; John Smith; Grace Smith; Mary Smith; and Elizabeth Smith, infants by their guardian; George Grey, esq; John Hutton, gent; and Sir Phillip York, knight, Attorney General
|re. ordered and decreed that it should be referred to Master ?Tothill of this Court to take an account of the plaintiffs estate of Sir George Wheler [1651-1724], deceased, come to the hands of the said complainant, his executors or to the hands of any of the other persons...
|C78/1768, no. 10 [24]
|15 March
|Morris Richards v. Herbert Burges; Joanna Nicholls widow and executrix of Roger Nicholls her late husband and Elizabeth Richards wife of the said Mirris Richards
|re. death intestate 11 May 1725, of Nicholas Sweeting [turner of the Strand, Westminster]; considerable personal estate, £1,100 [Morris Richards, 1690-1771, married Elizabeth Sweeting, dau. of intestator].
|C79/72, no. [25]
|25 March
|Gaspard Sellon; and Claudius Aubert v. Richard Lewin; John Smith; Ricahrd de Titterton; William Seward; John Wastell; Scipio Guy; James Crossett; James Low Kilmain; and Patrick Garson
|re. allegations of wrongdoing by Scipio Guy when acting as a broker, making contracts and buying South Sea Stock on behalf of Gaspard Sellon..
|C78/1814, no. 11 [26]
|1 April
|Sir Samuel Marwood, baronet v. Cholmley Turner, esq, & Jane his wife; and Jane their daughter Marwood; William Turner; Henry Pierce, esq; Edward Place, esq, & Mary his wife; and Sir John Stapleton, baronet
|Trust settlement of the estate of William Marwood of Little Busby, Yorks on his nephew Sir George Marwood, the complts grandfather. Marriage settlement of Henry Marwood & Mrs Margaret Darcey, his first wife, daughter of Lord Darcey. Estate in Little Busby, Ayton, Stainton, Stokesley, Carleton, Nunthorpe & Nunhouse, Yorks. Marriage settlement of Henry Marwood & Dorothy his second wife, daughter of Allan Bellingham.
|C78/1741, no. 1 [27]
|18 April
|The Attorney General at the relation of John Lush and Joseph Marsh church wardens of St Edmonds within Salisbury, Wilts v. Henry Popray; George Ellis; and Timothy Guest & Lydia his wife
|re. will 11 Feb 1714, Edward Frow late of London, merchant; seized of real estate and a considerable personal estate.
|C78/1936, no. 1 [28]
|19 April
|Elizabeth Ray; and James Ray, executors of Robert Ray deceased; Robert Tomlinson; and John Copley v. Anne Metcalfe; Richard Green; Elizabeth Brearey, widow; Henry Brearey; and Elizabeth Brearey, spinster
|re. Ordered and decreed that it should be referred to Master Allen of this Court to compute what was due to the plaintiffs for the sum of £300, in the decree mentioned, with interest from the end of 6 months, after the death of Catherine Ray...
|C78/1697, no. 7 [29]
|22 April
|Arthur Ashley Sykes, doctor in divinity v. William Hall, & Elizabeth his wife; and William Triggs, esq
|re. loan June 1709 £80, by William Whetherhead late of Barnes, Surrey from Arthur Ashley Sykes, secured on cottages or tenements and some lands (according to custom of manor of Richmond, alias West Sheen)...
|C78/1751, no. 4 [30]
|26 April
|William Lonsdale of Stockton [Stockton-on-Tees], Durham, grocer; William Deighton; and Elizabeth Denton of Stockton, widow; Robert Wright of the same place, gent; and Thomas Watson of Stockton, merchant, creditors of said Thomas Sutton v. Elizabeth Sutton, the daughter; Elizabeth Sutton the mother; George Sutton; William Sutton; Jane Bowes; and John Rudd
|Debts of Thomas Sutton. Refusal to settle debts from the decds estate. Lands in Hartburne, Co Durham, surrendered to the use of Jane Bowes of Old Elwick, Co Durham & John Rudd of the City of Durham.
|C78/1749, no. 3 [31]
|26 April
|Arthur Hollingworth of Battle, Sussex, gent v. Jacob Hollingworth; Gwynnett Freeman; and Bambridge Buckeridge
|re. covenant 15 Apr 1703, concerning capital messuage and manor of Hollingworth, Ches.[now in Greater Manchester].
|C78/1701, no. 2 [32]
|28 April
|Ann Mortimer, daughter of Ann who was the daughter of Henry Smith of Froom Selwood, Som, clothier, said Ann being an infant, by Edward Shrapnell of Trowbridge, Wilts, clothier v. William Bunn; John Collins; George Cure, & Elizabeth his wife; William Walter; James Singer; James Wickham; William Denmead; John Weaver; Henry Allen; William Osbourne; Thomas Eames; William Wise; Thomas Chandler; Thomas Sere; and Edward Mortimer
|[see also below] re. will 2 Apr 1711, of Henry Smith and messuages, tenements and lands in Froom [Frome] and Selwood, Somerset etc; property in trust for child.
|C78/1789, no. 5 [33]
|28 April
|Ann Mortimer the daughter of Anne the daughter of Henry Smith, an infant v. William Bunn; Elizabeth Smith, widow and relict of James Smith; William Walter; James Singer; William Denmead; John Weaver; Thomas Anns; William Wise; Edward Mortimer; Thomas Chandler; and Thomas Seer
|[similar to above] re. will 2 Apr 1711, of Henry Smith and messuages, tenements and lands in Froom [Frome[ and Selwood [Soms.] etc; property in trust for child.
|C78/1781, no. 11 [34]
|11 May
|Thomas Cooper gentleman and Sarah Cock widow creditors of Daniel Cock deceased on behalf of themselves and otehr creditors of said Daniel Cock v. John Thornton & Letitia his wife and Daniel Cock an infant son of the said Daniel Cock
|re. will 1 Mar 1727, of Daniel Cock, messuages and lands in Essex, £200 p.a. and very considerable personal estate, bequests; his debts
|C79/61, no. [35]
|11 May
|Peter Gery v. Charles Gery; Thomas Atney; and Samuel Sanders
|re. will 18 Feb 1722, of Thomas Gery (complt's uncle) d. Mar 1722; capital messuage and lands in par. Bilson [Bilstone], Leics. & messuage and house adjoining, in Derby.
|C78/1956, no. 3 [36]
|11 May
|Jane Cart, widow v. William Stammers, & Sarah his wife
|re. loan 22 June 1722 £200, by William Stammers from complt. Jane Cart, secured on messuages and tenements in the hamlet of Wapping, par. Stepney, Middx., value £100 p.a, leased by Thomas Butts to William Stammers...
|C78/1697, no. 9 [37]
|17 May
|George, earl of Warrington v. George Leigh, gent; Henry Leigh, jr, an infant; Sir Henry Mainwaring, an infant; Mary Saxon; Robert Parker; and William Hough
|re. will 17 May 1686 & codicil 10 Feb 1691, of Sarah, late duchess dowager of Somerset [1631-92], and manor of Cherrington or Chirton, Wilts. with messuages, lands and premises belonging, & a very considerable personal estate; bequests and endowments [The Duchess of Somerset's Charities].
|C78/1767, no. 5 [38]
|25 May
|George Henry, earl of Lichfield; Osmond Beauvoy esq; Oliver Marton gentleman; William Ashurst esq; and Thomas Ashurst gentleman executors of Robert Ashurst esq their late father; Thomas Harris esq; John Eyre esq; George Brown esq; Thomas Penson gentleman; and Sarah Chester widow and administratrix of Peter Chester doctor of divinity her late husband v. Gabriel Roberts esq; Augustine Woolaston esq; Bennett Langton esq executor of George Langton his late father; Phillip Roberts esq; William Goostrey gentleman; John Bainbrigg gentleman; and James Woollaston gentleman
|re. loan 13 Mar 1718 £15,000 by Augustine Woolaston from Joseph Musgrave, secured on marshlands, messuages and hereditaments called Sutton Marsh in co. of Lincs.
|C78/2073, no. 2 [39]
|25 May
|Seymour Loder, & Mary his wife; John Loder, & Jane his wife; John Jordan, & Anne his wife; John Carne, & Elizabeth his wife v. Robert Loder
|re. will Aug 1701, of John Loder (g-father of complts.); manor and rectory of Hinton, Berks. [Hinton Waldrist or Waldridge, now in Oxon.]
|C78/1746, no. 5 [40]
|3 June
|John Floyer, esq v. Humphry Sydenham, esq; Dame Alice St Barbe; and William Hawkins
|re. descent of property of Henry Saint Barbe (complt's g-grandfather) of Broadlands [near Romsey], Hants; manors of Romsey Extra & Romsey Intra etc. and lands in Ashington, Soms...
|C78/1824, no. 7 [41]
|7 June
|John Pritchard, & Ann his wife; and Katherine Joy, widow, which Ann and Katherine are executrices of Catherine Harris, widow v. Francis Goulding
|re. indenture 17 Aug 1722, between Francis Goulding and Catherine Harris, both of Twickenham, Middx; £100, surrender of two copyhold messuages, gardens and backsides in Twickenham; annuity of £8 p.a. during life of Catherine Harris...
|C78/1755, no. 7 [42]
|7 June
|Thomas Rowley the second son; and Rebecca Rowley the daughter of John Rowley, infants by John Roberts of Nine Elms, Surrey, dyer v. John Ferrers, sr; and thomas Price, executors of John Rowley; Mary Rowley, widow; John Rowley; and James Rowley, infants by John Ferrers their guardian
|re. will 26 June 1728 of John Rowley; messuages, lands, tenements and hereditaments, partly freehold, partly copyhold & very considerable personal estate, sufficient to pay debts and legacies with a surplus; bequests...
|C78/1750, no. 4 [43]
|10 June
|Benjamin Charlewood v. James St Amand, esq, administrator with the will annexed of James St Amand, esq
|re. James St Armand [1643-i728] of Covent Garden, apothecary in partnership with compt's father in messuage leased (10 Mar 1720) from dowager duchess of Bedford; allegation that it was intention of James St Armand that complt. 'should succeed him in all his business'.
|C78/1743, no. 1 [44]
|19 June
|Margaret Douglass of Hamm Court, Surrey, spinster v. David, earl of Portmore; John Crawford, & Mary his wife; and Gilbert Douglass
|re. lease 1689 of manor of Hamm Court, with wharf called Hamm Haw [Weybridge], Surrey etc. etc., held by Robert Douglass (complt's late father) from Dean & Canons of King's Free Chapel of Saint George within Windsor Castle [St George's Chapel, Windsor]...
|C78/1702, no. 4 [45]
|22 June
|Nicholas Dobree of Guernsey Island, merchant v. Jane Griffin, widow; William Hornby, & Elizabeth his wife; Ann Walker, widow; Grace Jackson; Frances Jackson, spinstgers; William Dobree; and Robert Grey, esq
|re. indenture 16 Feb 1725 demise £1,431 17s 6d, David Boyes to complt. Nicholas Dobree, certain lands in Isle of Wight for 1,000 years; terms and provisos...
|C78/1825, no. 11 [46]
|1 July
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text:
"A man walking alone on a deserted beach, brandishing a lantern in his outstretched hand, might be a fool. But, for a ship that went astray on a stormy night, he might be the savior."
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Lost Somewhere
At the right moment in time, a scribble with a trickle of words can excite the mind like an intricate novel read over a fortnight in the cone of a bedside lamp. I've been waking up real early lately; say 5:30 in the morning. No, it's not insomnia as I often get back to sleep afterward without much of a hassle. It's just as if I'm craving to squeeze every drop of time to unearth the real essence of my life from underneath the hubbub and brouhaha. I reached for my Nokia and checked my email. The usual endless stream of Ship Position Reports scrolled on the small bright screen reducing the days and nights of lonely seamen to coordinates and numbers. I was dozy yet my seasoned eyes detected a different message forthwith. I haven't heard from her for quite sometime and as I read her words consciousness pervaded my senses instantaneously and I became fully alert.
It's been a while... And "Lost Somewhere" has been reading silently, enjoying every single post...
We all look for something at every stage of life and today I think Abu Fares is in search for a tormenting passion in his life...something that will stir up his mind, heart and soul...
NB: And when I mention passion it is in its broad meaning that embraces many aspects
That's it, she left as swiftly as she came. Despite the impact of her words, I faded back into delicious sleep. When I eventually walked out of bed, I knew that Lost Somewhere's words have touched me deep inside and needed to be mulled over within the solitary confinement of a double Scotch.
Two words of tremendous power in the span of a short string bored trough my head. Was Lost Somewhere anguishing in ardor when she posed her question? How did she know what to ask when all I am to her is a man behind a blog? As the amber fluid attenuated my thirst it fed a white fire. The warmth within heated my imagination and it soared, a hot air balloon drifting in the wind above my own ken. I looked down, a man living a tormenting passion that defied attempts to explain was lost in thought. Was it a smile I detected at the corner of his lips? I needed to see his eyes, I could only know if I stared straight in my eyes. I glided lower and stood face to face against him. The eyes, Ah the green eyes peppered with a dash of hazel, looked back at me with enigmatic tranquility as they slowly changed colors. It startled me to see her eyes on his face and I grinned with realization.
The agony, the hurt, the anguish, the pain, the wretchedness and the torment were there to stay. The fervor, the fancy, the desire, the longing, the love and the passion have filled the heart completely, have drenched the soul. The improbability, the rarity, the exquisiteness, the wonder, the preciousness and the inevitability of the merging of eyes and minds cannot come about without a torrent of torment. Life is a tasteless weenie on a bun if not for the discrepant, adverse, cruel, bittersweet, adorable and endearing relish, garnishing the dead of night into a bright encounter, softening the heat of day into a waterfall of rose water, bringing meaning to being, restoring the original innocence of birth.
"It's strange that words are so inadequate. Yet, like the asthmatic struggling for breath, so the lover must struggle for words." - T.S. Eliot
The lives of men and women are senselessly empty if it were not for the tormenting cruelty of time. Their hearts and souls needlessly void if not for the passion of love. I'm struggling to survive, Lost Somewhere, for I will die if I give up my struggle.
The music and lyrics of (Losing My Religion, 2003 by REM) filled my head as I wrote this post and I had to listen to it again and again. Here is a video link in case Youtube doesn't work for you. What a great song!
|What do you think?
34 comments:
- Fantasia said...
I don't know if I want to laugh, cry or re-read this a hundred times. How your muse has taken you on a path of twist and turns! Somuch said in so few words.
- Unknown said...
laughing and crying are so much the same at times.
Your visit, all the way from the Caribbean, is so comforting.
Thanks for dropping by during your vacation.
- Gabriela said...
I hope my English is enough to put into words what I have in my mind... but then again, maybe I'll just use few words.
Don't give up your struggle, not now, not ever. Words like these ones I just read make my day, my week. I simply loved this post!
- Isobel said...
One must still have chaos in oneself to give birth to a dancing star. - Nietzsche
I think your words have a resonance we can all feel, Abu Fares. At least I know I can. Thank you.
- Unknown said...
Your English is beautiful, like your mind.
I will never give up the struggle. I owe it to myself to go all the way.
Thank you Gabriela for your kind words.
- Unknown said...
Nietzsche is a great guy but I don't care for him as I care for what you had to say. That my words resonated in that beautiful head of yours is what made me so happy.
Thank you for filling my empty pages.
Thank you Abu Fares for those beautiful words... I honestly hesitated a lot before responding to your post as it is hard to come close to your beautiful writing or your ability to put in words what we struggle to mention or think of.
Yes it's been a long while and I wrote you the first time when I was somehow lost in this world. It only saddens me to say that the older I get the less answers and the more unanswered questions I have.
Each and every one of us longs for some passion in a form or another ...and I certainly can read it through the lines of someone going through a similar phase...However I wonder if I had to choose would I opt for a passionate life full of unanswered tormenting questions leading to that even more "Lost Somewhere" constant state of mind, or if after all I would choose to be one of those who do not question and live life as it comes, do they really have a duller life???
I hope one day soon you would seriously consider pushing that blog writing experience a bit further from its virtual aspect offering us the opportunity to hold between our hands a book carrying your name. No one is more apt of doing a great job on that matter as u Abu Fares!
- Unknown said...
@Lost Somewhere
"The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.", Henry David Thoreau
You inspired me to write what I did and you helped me get a load off my chest. Writing this particular post was therapeutic as it helped me delve deep within in search for answers. I don't think it tragic that what I found is more confusing than the original question. It keeps the mind working. It makes us, man and woman, alive.
Does living years of being lost somewhere make us regret the tenacity and persistence in poking torment in the eye and accepting the consequences for a fleeting moment of passion?
I can't regret the past as I can't change it. I don't dread the future as it never happened. I don't shy from the present as I face it head on, heart on, mind on and play my hand with whatever cards I was dealt.
I wouldn't have it any other way and so can't you. Some people find their thrill in climbing mountains and taking risks. Others skydive and stare at the face of death with a smirk. I've done both and so much more at one point or another in my life but to seek passion with such passion is unmatched in the liveliness it brings to my restless soul. It's not the thrill of the ride that I'm after anymore. It's not the risk taking and the rush of adrenaline. True passion is totally different and inimitable. It's the search to complete one's self. Will it ever end, the search? What would happen when we truly find our way and nothing stands in between us and our ultimate dream? I believe that there are actually people who went that far and I can't but, not envy them, but wish I could be where they are one day. Even it were the last day of my life, I will strive to be there. Failing is of course probable but I don't care.
I don't want to live in quiet desperation my friend. I want to stare straight in the eyes of life and dare her who would flinch first.
Ah the writing of the book, an unfulfilled dream for so long. May be while I'm staring I should get myself busy and take that first crucial step.
Thank you for your words of understanding. Go after whatever you're searching for, even if it's yourself, and never worry about being found ;-)
- KJ said...
I was taught by a professor in college a lovely little subject called "media writing". Her final exam was a simple question: What have you learned from this course?
I recalled how every day, after the afternoon class, I escorted her to her car. She was in her fifties, yet her figure was more slender and enticing than that of a 20 year old. She walked on slim, long legs with beautifully curved calves. I remember how her shoulders gracefully held her purple dress, and how the pearls snuggled at her breasts, sniffing every possible breath of her scent.
Her eyes were deep green, yet light and kind on those who see them. She smiles for the world, on behalf of the world.
On one of the many days we walked together, amidst pillars of prefixed concrete, slabs of marble and hollow edifices, she told me something that sticks to me to this day.
She said, "dear, you know, I imagine you when you grow up, to be sitting on a comfortable chair, on your porch, writing hallmark cards."
Though she passed away, her words and memories still live with me. And when I read your words, I see myself in you, and you in me.
I wanted to quote Shakespeare's sonnet 116, but I hope that you'd find something that inspires you in my story.
my Dear Abufares, Gilgemish asked the same question 5000 years ago, perhaps the real (jihad)can give us an answer,
إذا لم يكن إبداعا ذلك التشبيه البديع لباريس بتلك الامراة الربعينية التي وصفت فأنا لا أدري ما الإبداع كلما فكرت في باريس سأذكر ذلك التشبيه، عزيزي أبو فارس أخرج للعلن كاتباً....أرجوك
- Unknown said...
I loved your story for various reasons. First, the way you told it was so delicate, intricate and sensual (in a KJ kind of way). Then it really meant a lot to me that you see yourself in me and vice versa. I have to thank you for that and know that I see you as one of the youngest old men I know. And finally, and most importantly, the "tormenting passion" you had (and probably still have) for the woman with the green eyes who smiles for and on behalf of the world is so endearing.
Your story is truly inspirational.
- Unknown said...
I have long ago decided that "mass" passion could only lead to mass "hysteria".
With the state of the world as it is, with the burdens left behind by ideologies, empires and religions I have very little left to admire in altruistic goals and dreams.
- Unknown said...
شكراً لكلماتك والتي فعلاً دفعتني للتفكير ملياً محاولاً ادراك سبب عدم التفاتي إلى الكتابة بشكل جدي. علي أن أصل إلى نقطة العدم رجوع عند اتخاذي قراراً كهذا و حسب ما تبدو عليه الأمور فمن الممكن أن يحدث هذا الآن أكثر من أي وقت مضى
- Dubai Jazz said...
This post had stirred a host of mixed feelings. At first I mistakenly thought this was a rationale of defeatism. I then realized that it's me who sometimes allow the universal definitions of greed and the false pretenses of altruism to keep what I want beyond my reach. It's a struggle indeed. But then that what keeps the horse going beyond the steeplechasers; knowing there's a meal and respite at the end of track.
- Dubai Jazz said...
ah, I swear I wrote my comment before I saw the reference to altruism in your reply to lê. at least I'm making some sense. :)
- Unknown said...
I know that you go into deep mode when you read and that's why I always enjoy reading and replying to your comments. But I couldn't see where you got the idea that this post has any hint of defeatism. It was an attempt on my part to explain to myself and to Lost Somewhere why I will never give up.
I don't intend to keep what I want beyond my reach. But pure passion burns hotter the more difficult it is to attain.
It's a simple fact of life and a beautiful one at that.
Not the art to make somthing to be a beautiful,bu the art to make a beautiful to be more and more beautiful.
Abu Fares,You are the man who does it.
- Dubai Jazz said...
No no, my first impression couldn't be warranted by a reference anywhere in your writing. It was, how shall I put it, a 'feeling'. This is usually what happens when I read blogs in the office, inbetween responding to enquiries from dumb contractors, it'd take a little while for my lazy intellect to attune to your poetic writing.
Keep it up Abu Fares, and I shall, again, join the collective call for you to write a book!
- Unknown said...
"I don't intend to keep what I want beyond my reach. But pure passion burns hotter the more difficult it is to attain. It's a simple fact of life and a beautiful one at that."If pure passion burns hotter the more difficult it is to attain ... and if we are aware of this "fact of life" ... should we still allow our pure passion to operate uncontrollably when our object of passion is most likely beyond our reach ("to obtain"), or should we interfere with rational thinking to reduce our expectations in order to not be disappointed at the end of the passion process that will not lead to us permanently owning what we desire with such great passion?
My advise to Lost somewhere is to absolutely not suppress her passions, but to not allow them to exist uncontrollably either.
It depends on if she is wise enough to find value and happiness in the process itself, and not only in the end point: The "success" of achieving a goal that we passionately seek.
If it is a case of a being motivated solely by the hope of achieving a goal, and not only through living through the process, then I would think about:
1) The probability of success ... how likely it is that I would succeed if I work on it. and
2) the expected (negative) value of pain associated in case the end of the process shows one will not obtain whatever one spent all that passion energy towards obtaining,
But if we learn to enjoy the process for what it is, then ... the more passion the better... no need for calculating probabilities of success and estimating the degree of pain of expected failure.
Oh, life is bigger
It's bigger than you
And you are not me
The lengths that I will go to
The distance in your eyes
Oh no, I've said too much
I've said it all
That's me in the corner
That's me in the spotlight
Losing my religion
Trying to keep up with you
And I don't know if I can do it
Oh no, I've said too much
I haven't said enough
I thought that I heard you laughing
I thought that I heard you sing
I think I thought I saw you try
(THIRD TIME THRU, DS al CODA "GO TO CODA")
Every whisper
Of every waking hour
I'm choosing my confessions
Trying to keep an eye on you
Like a hurt, lost and blinded old, fool
Oh no, I've said too much
I've said it all
Consider this
Consider this hint of the century
Consider this slip
That brought me to my knees pale
What if all these fantasies
Come flailing around
And now I've said too much
I thought that I heard you laughing
I thought that I heard you sing
I think I thought I saw you try
That was just a dream
That was just a dream
That was just a dream
Try, cry, why, try
That was just a dream
just a dream, just a dream...
- Unknown said...
Thank you Al for your kind words of support and encouragement. I really appreciate them and your visit.
- Unknown said...
Ahhh, I see. Well you have to consider that this piece was written immediately after the Double Scotch so it can't be interpreted unless in the right frame of mind. And, DJ thank you for your call about the book. I should consider the matter less casually.
- Unknown said...
I like your way of thinking as a man who can be depended on in time of trouble.
Yet, passion cannot be approached in such a calculating manner. I agree with you that the anticipation of fulfilling the end desire must be as engaging and "fun" as the ultimate goal or we would be fanatic rather than passionate.
No pain no gain!!!
I shall follow your advice and remain unfound... I doubt I can do any better
But passion obviously finds its origin in the small yet deep fissures in our lives. And in a state of denial of our own personal dimension of failure we tend to nurture it, to fill that fissure with an exaggeration of whatever it is about...a "grandiose" illusion that we keep aspiring to.
But we are the only consuming creatures on this planet and from that we will keep on desiring and burning until obtaining and consuming even the unconsumable that once obtained will find it's passion butchered by time, repetition or merely from that acknowledgement of the veracity of that long awaited victory.
Passions are solely made of those burning moments of sweet unrest, passions are our worst and most beautiful illusions of life. What shines in our brains inspired from life shines greater within...
- Unknown said...
@Lost Somewhere
You already understand the game and the lack of rules. I suspect the "like of us" can't have it any other way.
May your voyage of self discovery, enlightenment and passion never ends. For without it, there's no purpose at all.
- Unknown said...
Tsk tsk tsk ... Abu Fares, there is no need for an "s" at the end of end.
- Unknown said...
I told you that you are a dependable man in time of trouble. Even an inopportune "S" could not pass by your first line of defenses :-)
- Unknown said...
Thanks Abu Fares : ) ... Although, I usually try hard to avoid getting into trouble ... because in time of trouble, I am the first one to run as fast as I can.
- Unknown said...
One last thing Abu Fares
Two of your and my friends are placing a bet with me.
They are suggesting that "lost Somewhere" is not who she is ... that you created her.
And I am telling them that they are wrong.
Would you be kind enough to tell them that they are both idiots?
- Unknown said...
I'm sorry to tell our friends that they are wrong. Well, I really am not, simply because it means that you won the bet.
I do hope that Lost Somewhere comes over this place again and answers for herself.
I wouldn't quite say that they are idiots. They're of course free to speculate. But, it doesn't make any sense.. their speculation:-)
- Unknown said...
They ARE idiots.
Don't worry they can take it : )
I wonder whether we should even bother convincing anyone, for those who do ask this question are doubtfully equipped to grasp the whole essence of this post.
As for "creative", is he really that "dependable in time of trouble"? Just writing that bet thing makes me wonder...
- Unknown said...
Dear AF ... Dear LS
We need to be more precise ... It really depends on what kind of "trouble".
For example, I can not be depended on to help a friend in this kind of trouble:
But I can probably help if it is more like this:


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13, 2013]
"No More Kisses for
Bernard!" Story and pictures by Niki Daly, 2011, Frances Lincoln Children's
Books, ages 3-7 years
Review by
Louella Moreland
South African author and illustrator Niki Daly has given us a gem of a
book with "No More Kisses for Bernard!" All children, both boys and girls,
know that when relatives and special friends visit their parents, there are
inevitable hugs, and kisses are deposited on cheeks and foreheads. But as
children start to reach independence (which can come with some as early as 2
and 3 years old) these demonstrations of affection become very unwelcome!
Daly's intrepid character, Bernard, is no exception. This boy, who
appears to be about 4 or 5, knows that as soon as his aunts Lulu, Lola,
Lilly and Tallulah arrive, he will be drowned in kisses and hugs. He loves
his aunts, but he just does not want them kissing and hugging him anymore.
Hiding his lips with his hands doesn't work. He even comes up with the
plan to wear a knight's visor on his birthday. That works until Aunt
Tallulah opens the visor to sneak a kiss on his nose, which causes Bernard
to firmly declare, "No kisses! No hugs!"
Of course the four women are disappointed that their affections are being
rebuffed. They love Bernard very much and try hard to respect his wishes.
Then Aunt Tullulah comes up with an idea. She will create paper heart kisses
and hugs to give to Bernard. He loves that idea! Soon all the aunts are
creating paper kisses and sharing them with Bernard until he is once again
covered in kisses, although paper this time.
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After his bath, as his parents are tucking him in for the night,
they ask Bernard if they can have a special kiss, to which Bernard
agrees. A nice, simple good-night kiss is just right for him to
share with his mom and dad.
Although Bernard and his family are depicted as a generic family
of mom, dad and child, the aunts are a multicultural mix. Every
character is illustrated to depict a personality, from Aunt
Tallulah's offbeat fashions to Bernard's Spiderman costume. The
reader will see in each character traits that are easily identified
in their own families and friends. Each spread has interesting
details that will keep young people searching the pictures for added
information about Bernard and his family.
"No More Kisses for Bernard!" is sure to be a pleasurable read
for young and old alike. Don't be surprised if you hear the refrain
"No more kisses!" being repeated at your house.
For more books like this, visit the Lincoln Public Library, 725
Pekin St.
[Text from file received from Louella Moreland,
Lincoln Public Library District]
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