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From The Grand Canyon To The Great Wall: Travelers´ Best, Worst And Most Ridiculous Stories From The Road

Posted on June 19, 2012 by

A NEW collection of travel writing that includes 4 profiles I wrote of regular Frenchmen (and women) making a difference in this world on the 90th anniversary of WW I. From the outlandish and unimaginable to the routine and universal, … Continue reading →

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LYME Disease – round 2 – recovering

Posted on June 13, 2012 by

Enroute to a family reunion one Sunday in the Summer of 2008, I went to the ER in York, Maine, because of these compounding symptoms: Several days of increasingly severe headache and stiff neck, with a sudden aversion to bright … Continue reading →

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Hope Farm Press April 2012 NY Books Newsletter

Posted on April 14, 2012 by

Hope Farm Press April 2012 NY Books Newsletter 2012 April Vol XIV Issue IV New York State Books Newsletter from Richard Frisbie of Hope Farm Press *************************     FROM THE EDITOR Finally – I’m buckling down to focus on … Continue reading →

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An Escalator of Opportunity in Medellin, Colombia

Posted on January 4, 2012 by

NEWS STORY: Escalator opens up hillside slums In many urban areas of Latin America it is the poor that populate the hillsides. In Rio the ghettos, called favelas, are contained, almost barricaded, separate from the affluent city dwellers below. One, … Continue reading →

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The Last Page – Carnegie Library Preserved

Posted on December 10, 2011 by

For many years, years after I served on the Library Board shepherding the school/village/town supported library into its own entity with its own tax district, I promoted keeping the library in the village. Believe it now, or not, at that … Continue reading →

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Prescient and Persevering – My Culinary Writing

Posted on October 14, 2011 by

On January 6th, 2011 I declared 2011 is The Year of the Pie. It was so, although the cupcake did pretty well too. Probably 2012 is the year of the Cupcake, if the Grilled Cheese Sandwich doesn’t beat it out … Continue reading →

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Hope Farm Press October ’11 NY Books Newsletter

Posted on October 3, 2011 by

2011 October Vol XIII Issue X New York State Books Newsletter from Richard Frisbie of Hope Farm Press ************************* FROM THE EDITOR September flew by – or should I say poured by? I’ve never seen so much rain and flooding … Continue reading →

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Wine of the Devil

Posted on September 10, 2011 by

If you are a champagne and sparkling wine lover, you’ve probably heard a tarted-up story of how Dom Pérignon invented Champagne. It goes something like this: Discovering that some of the wine he made had fermented a second time in … Continue reading →

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Hope Farm Press September ’11 NY Books Newsletter

Posted on September 2, 2011 by

2011 September Vol XIII Issue IX New York State Books Newsletter from Richard Frisbie of Hope Farm Press *************************   FROM THE EDITOR August is a blur of sunshine and gardening capped off with an earthquake and hurricane. What a … Continue reading →

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Writing outlets update

Posted on August 19, 2011 by

Many of you know I’ve added Professional Baker to my bio, (Now, besides touring top kitchens, I cook in one!) but the news that my friends at Travelingboy.com finally made room for me on their masthead is NEWS! I’m busy, … Continue reading →

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