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A Stroll Along the Grebbe Line

Posted on April 24, 2026 by TheJessicaness

key developer in Dutch aviation, founder of Martinair, founder of KLM, president of Transavia ’79-’02sculptures by Kees Verkade and bust by Servaas Maas in Schiphol Airport I want to sleep on the flight into the Netherlands, but we’re too close … Continue reading →

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The Texture of a Tuesday

Posted on January 26, 2026 by TheJessicaness

Happy New Year! As much as I track what I do and make lists of things I want to do and have done, I don’t usually count how I spend most of my days, so I have done that now … Continue reading →

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In Florida for 4.5 or 5.75 Months

Posted on October 10, 2024 by TheJessicaness

I wrote about our 2023 December trip to the Tampa area. We came back for nine days in March to find a place to live within a one-hour commute from Caleb’s transitional position into the civilian sector at Cummins Inc. … Continue reading →

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Inis Fáil Is Our Fate

Posted on May 21, 2024 by TheJessicaness

This nickname, Inis Fáil, means the Island of Destiny. The Tuatha Dé Danann race brought this stone, Lia Fáil, to Ireland, and it’s been used as a coronation stone in the belief of its mythical powers and ability to make … Continue reading →

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All About the Birds and the Squirrels

Posted on November 4, 2020 by TheJessicaness

I take the morning bus from Kingston upon Thames to Teddington Lock and try a new juice drink (new to me, but I don’t remember what it was). The Shambles (meaning meat stall in Old English) restaurant was once Stapleton … Continue reading →

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