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Goodbye to Friends of Suffield after more than 50 years of service
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Goodbye to Friends of Suffield after more than 50 years of service
The Glass Room by Ann Cleeves. St. Martin’s Press 212. 374 pp. If you have watched PBS on Sunday night you may have seen “Vera”.
National Cheese Pizza Day September 5 “Beauty comes in all shapes and sizes. Small, large, circle, square, thin crust, thick crust, stuffed crust, extra toppings.” – Anonymous “Anyone who says that money cannot buy happiness has clearly never spent their money on pizza.” – Andrew W.K.
Labor Day – September 6 “Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.” – Aristotle “Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration. The rest of us just get up and go to work.” – Stephen King “All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
Rosh Hashanah September 7 – 8 “Jewish tradition teaches us that for the next ten days, the Book of Life is open. As millions of Jews ask God to inscribe their names in that book, we recognize how much lies beyond our control, yet during these days of awe we recognize our tremendous power to make a difference in our lives and in our world.” – Barack Obama “Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.” – Hannah Arendt
Teddy Bear Day September 9 “In a world where everyone seems to be larger and louder than yourself, it is very comforting to have a small, quiet companion” – Peter Gray
“Bears being sent through the mail should never be squashed up to make them fit. It gives them indigestion.” – Pam Brown
Teddy bears don’t need hearts as they are already stuffed with love.”
–Unknown
World Trade Center Attack – September 11“If we learn nothing else from this tragedy, we learn that life is short and there is no time for hate.” – Sandy Dahl, wife of Flight 93 pilot Jason Dahl“Time is passing.
The Observer was on the Erie Canal, in England, Virginia, Wyoming and Kansas!
On June 12, 2021, the Town of Suffield renamed and dedicated the Remington Street Bridge as the Dustin L. Doyon Memorial Bridge. It was truly a day to be proud of Suffield.
“It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.”– Mark Twain
On a recent Friday, I found myself in CVS waiting for my mom to pick up a “few things.” As I lingered, I ran into John Coggins, a guy I have known for more than 12 years.
The Mountains Sing by Nguyen Phan Que Mai & Whereabouts by Jhumpa Lahiri