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Peace Thru Parsley: July 2005
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Inspirational travel stories. And food. Friday, July 29, 2005. Her Own Pit Crew - part 1. We're doing it again, following a wrecker towing our motorhome. Ah, but the scenery is different: Mississippi was hot, humid and green; Texas is hot, dry and brown. Maybe we aren't prayed up? Maybe we are. It could have been worse," JB replied from deep-thought mode. It's Saturday. Repairs can't begin until Monday. We need to be in Tucson, Arizona, Sunday evening by six - 635 miles away. I don't believe it! I looked...
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Peace Thru Parsley: June 2005
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Inspirational travel stories. And food. Tuesday, June 28, 2005. Ste Quentin, France - No money, no room. Driving into France from the east we stopped at Ste. Quentin to exchange dollars for francs and find a room. We don't speak French, and we didn't recognize a bank name. At the Post a man held the door for Minnie. She thanked him. He responded, "You're welcome," in English. Where are you staying? What do you plan to see and do? We were open to suggestions. "You're traveling without destination too?
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Peace Thru Parsley: October 2005
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Inspirational travel stories. And food. Sunday, October 30, 2005. NANTUCKET: Ghosts and Gams. Wind rustling the leaves, mist, salt air, light fog, and set-stillers spell Halloween on Nantucket. I dressed for the occasion in my black tights with little white ghosts, black boots, skirt, four-ply cashmere sweater, and painted a tiny ghost on my face. At the Whaling Museum's Ghost Gam we sat amidst whaling artifacts and under the skeleton of an eighty-foot whale with jaws that could have absorbed a car.
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Peace Thru Parsley: August 2005
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Inspirational travel stories. And food. Tuesday, August 30, 2005. Her Own Pit Crew - Part 3 and the end. I sat behind the wheel of our forty-foot motorhome looking ahead at 635 miles of unknown. All but the last verse of the 23rd Psalm had unfolded. I'd prayed myself blue, but was I "prayed up? More support couldn't hurt. Calling to Jesus and Mary, Arch Angel Michael for protection, Lady Master Rowena to clear my path, and all my dead relatives and friends gave me a busload. As designated driver, my frie...
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Peace Thru Parsley: May 2005
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Inspirational travel stories. And food. Thursday, May 26, 2005. Thanks to the fallen and to those who serve. Labels: Celebrating Memorial Day. Posted by esme weatherwitch at 2:06 PM. At the American Cemetery and Memorial in Hamm, Luxemborg we stood at Patton's grave not set apart from his men, but with them as he wanted. It was a warm day. From a marble bench we prayed for and thanked them and left puddles of sweat. Our contribution would dry up, but theirs was permanent. Our bellies in our throats we wa...
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Peace Thru Parsley: March 2006
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Inspirational travel stories. And food. Friday, March 17, 2006. Happy Saint Patrick's Day! Ireland. Trees are rare as sunshine. Roads are twisted. Rocks a plenty. Hospitality warm. Willie Nelson music on St. Patrick's Day. 2006 Red Convertible Travel Series. Posted by MaeAnn (MJ) Jasa at 5:55 AM. For the love of green. Over shepherd's pie or Irish stew, lamb either way you look at it, and a pint at a local pub, we'd celebrate Saint Patrick's Day thankful he drove the snakes out. We'd see if they play...
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Peace Thru Parsley: September 2005
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Inspirational travel stories. And food. Thursday, September 29, 2005. At Hereford, England, we stayed at a BnB that raised 90,000 chicks. Could this isolated hen comprehend that much cackling? Posted by MaeAnn (MJ) Jasa at 4:00 PM. 90,000 baby chicks and a 100 head of dairy cows. You have how many baby chicks? Minnie asked the farmer at Hereford, England. 90,000. That's 30,000 in each of these three buildings.". You know we had to look, and he was proud to show us. Puzzled, he held one chick at the water...
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Peace Thru Parsley: February 2006
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Inspirational travel stories. And food. Tuesday, February 21, 2006. Honeymoon and the Queen. South Carolina feels "English" today: gloomy, drizzly, not too cold. I'm sipping hot ginger tea and nibbling a yummy, chocolate-filled pastry at Panera's, grateful for their Wi-Fi, and wishing for a trip to some warm, exotic place. Thumbing through the archives of my soul, memories of Mexico City surface. Aaaahhhhh, the honeymoon. I stammered. " Here? Riding in her magic carriage wearing gown and crown, she parad...
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Peace Thru Parsley: January 2006
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Inspirational travel stories. And food. Friday, January 20, 2006. Posted by MaeAnn (MJ) Jasa at 3:59 PM. Less than a dollar. Posted by MaeAnn (MJ) Jasa at 3:53 PM. Thursday, January 12, 2006. Posted by MaeAnn (MJ) Jasa at 4:18 PM. Wednesday, January 04, 2006. No, it's the ice," he said. Ice fishing St. Croix River. Posted by MaeAnn (MJ) Jasa at 8:00 AM. Mississippi, United States. View my complete profile. World on a Plate. Year of the Goat. Christmas 2015 and MS Tornadoes. Have You Filled a Bucket Today?
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Peace Thru Parsley: December 2005
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Inspirational travel stories. And food. Saturday, December 31, 2005. New Years resolutions: playground for optimists. I might be superstitious, but on the first maybe I should cook some blackeyed peas with ham for luck and fix Ro-tel cabbage salad for money. The best to you and yours in 2006 and always. Labels: New Year's Southern tradition. Posted by MaeAnn (MJ) Jasa at 7:21 PM. Thursday, December 29, 2005. Tracks, Cracks and Facts. Life in the deep woods: one afternoon a bobcat strolled through camp; a...