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"Thanks for the Memories" - Dementia, Family, and the Holidays
Reprinted with permission. Originally posted on LinkedIn by JA Bourke.Foreword by GreyHawkIt's that time of year - a time of remembrance, and of family. And, gift giving. From the piece reprinted below...
View ArticleCDC Recommendation: Do Not Buy Pre-Packaged Caramel Apples
Just a quick heads-up: You know those pre-packaged caramel apples you see at some stores during the holiday season? You might want to take a pass on those.Prepackaged Caramel Apples Lead to 5 Deaths...
View ArticleA Gift of Wonder
I'm not the world's best gift-giver. Depending on who, and why, I may be among the worst - or perhaps the most average. But when it comes to kids, I think I do OK: I generally feel that I hit the mark...
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BBC, America (No, not ~that~ BBC...)
And now for something completely different...The BBC (British Beer Company) has established several foothold locations across Massachusetts, and secured a two-prong incursion into New Hampshire - but...
View ArticleBoston & New England Kossacks: Vote for next meetup date [POLL]
Just a quick poll to get input from Kossacks in and around MA as to when the next long-overdue BosKos meetup should be.We're going to try the Applebees in Quincy once more time - and the starting time...
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Boston & New England Kossacks: Vote for next meetup date [2nd, Extended POLL]
attribution: GreyHawk Three days ago, I posted a short diary with a poll asking folks in BosKos & New England Kossacks to chime in to pick a date that worked for them. We got one vote for the first...
View ArticleBuckle Up, Boston - More Snow Coming (The Yetis are ecstatic.)
Fair warning: This is a hit and run(-ish) diary.Just shared the following on Twitter, and something akin to it on FB:Buckle up #Boston, more #snow coming. At least the #BostonYeti is feeling the love....
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Bernadette Devlin McAliskey: an Irish heroine
Bernadette Devlin McAliskey Another Saint Patrick's Day Parade in New York City has come and gone and still the parade organizers refuse to open it up for more than one LGBT group to march with Irish...
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How did you begin to unlearn racism?
Overpass Light Brigade, "Unlearn Racism" When the Overpass Light Brigade brought the message of "Unlearn Racism" to Milwaukee, they held up lights on a subject that we are confronted with daily, but...
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BosKos & NE Kossacks Meetup July 25 and 26
Just a reminder & re-posting of the diary from Tuesday - please share it with anyone who might be in or migrating to/through the area. It'll be great to see folks. - GH Calling all Boston and New...
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BosKos Meetup This Weekend!
attribution: GreyHawk All Kossacks welcome. Although organized under the banner of Boston Kossacks ("BosKos"), this is for New England Kossacks, Massachusetts Kosmopolitans, and any other Kossack under...
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BosKos - Today (and Yesterday!) UPDATED
This is NOT the follow-up diary to yesterday's BosKos - it's the reminder diary that TODAY is ALSO a BosKos meetup! Yesterday's meetup was very successful: HawkWife and I had the privilege of meeting...
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BosKos Meetup Follow-up - "They live"
Yes, we live. We're alive! The BosKos crew had a successful weekend meetup event this past July 25 & 26. While we didn't manage to draw in our entire crowd, we had our best showing yet - total of...
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Kansas Surrenders! MBOPRA #BlackLivesMatter #LetOurPoorPeopleLive. STDDs,...
Fifty weeks! Fifty weeks since we decided that chronicling injustice cannot be enough. Fifty weeks since we decided that in addition to protests, and popular appeal, and voting we also needed to use...
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BosKos - End of August Meetup
Good morning, folks! We're planning to have an End of Summer meetup that will be the last weekend of August. We're going to meet "in town" (-ish), which (for Boston) can mean anywhere from Kendall...
View ArticleBosKos: Planning
I meant to post something over a week ago, and time/work/life got busy. My bad.The majority of Boston Kossacks had already realized that we hadn't nailed down a venue, so the meetup originally...
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Bicycling While Black Triggers Call to Police in Marblehead, MA
Hanging out on a Saturday night, waiting for Top Comments to publish, so I take a few minutes to scroll through Facebook, and what comes across my feed but this posted image: I live less than fifteen...
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Woozling Woobles - "Maximum Woo" and Oakley, too
Just a quick Woozle pic to share. I'm still trying to work with collaborators to assemble and publish a collection of "Woo Tales" - stories of our dogs (and some cats) over the past 20-odd years. Most...
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Boston Kossacks: August Meetup?
This curious bird surprised the 10 11 Weather Team the other day.OK, folks — it’s been a while. We need to have a meetup — I’ve already forgotten what everyone looks like. Even myself.1The last meetup...
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BosKos Meetup - Open to all Kossacks
The next meetup is now on the calendar.If you’re planning to attend, let us know which day — the initial plan was for Saturday, but to ensure that our fellow area Kossacks who can’t make it still have...
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