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Not With a Fist (Selma)
April is Poetry Month! On this year’s 50th anniversary of the March on Selma, it seems fitting to publish Hilvie’s poem, written soon after the tragic events of that day. Not With a Fist (Selma) by...
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Spring Poems
Spring Poems Sidewalk Times by Mickey Monsen, Becketwood Member We walk, but first we rolled— Baby buggies, strollers, coaster wagons, kiddie cars and tricycles And as we grew— Roller skates, go-carts,...
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Up a Tree
Up a Tree by Maggie Easter, Becketwood Member What do you do when you are “up a tree?” First you find a branch upon which to sit. Then look around for what to see. If in winter There are no leaves to...
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This spring the Becketwood Wild Flower Garden is flooded with wonderful color set in shades of green from our amazing variety of wildflowers.
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My French Pilgrimage
My French Pilgrimage By Vanjie Bratt, Becketwood Member Last year, I took an amazing journey—a French pilgrimage that ended at the famous labyrinth in the Chartres Cathedral. We four pilgrims and two...
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Tai Chi Chih
Tai Chi Chih by Sonja Walker, Becketwood Member Sonja Walker, a Tai Chi Chih practitioner, illustrates her personal “moving meditation” in the following poem. Becketwood has an active Tai Chi Chih...
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Laughing Water
Laughing Water Or, How did Hiawatha get from the Upper Peninsula to Minneapolis? by Carol Bechtel, Becketwood Member As a youngster, I learned that the many lakes in my home state were the result of...
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The Lake District & North Yorkshire in Bloom
The Lake District and North Yorkshire in Bloom, May 2015 by Dee Schaefer, Becketwood Member While in England with Road Scholar, we toured more than a dozen gardens. This garden is at our country house...
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Lunch with a Crayfish
Lunch with a Crayfish by Carol Masters and Judith Maddux (photo), Becketwood Members Becketwood bus tours are always enjoyable, but especially when Iric Nathanson is the historical/architectural guide....
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Down by the Riverside
Down by the Riverside by Carol Mockovak, Becketwood Member Every Tuesday morning from June through September, members of the Becketwood T’ai Chi Chih classes carpool down to Hidden Falls Regional...
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My French Pilgrimage
By Vanjie Bratt, Becketwood Member Last year, I took an amazing journey—a French pilgrimage that ended at the famous labyrinth in the Chartres Cathedral. We four pilgrims and two guides started in...
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Tai Chi Chih
by Sonja Walker, Becketwood Member Sonja Walker, a Tai Chi Chih practitioner, illustrates her personal "moving meditation" in the following poem. Becketwood has an active Tai Chi Chih group. Twenty-One...
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Laughing Water
Or, How did Hiawatha get from the Upper Peninsula to Minneapolis? by Carol Bechtel, Becketwood Member As a youngster, I learned that the many lakes in my home state were the result of rain filling in...
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The Lake District & North Yorkshire in Bloom
by Dee Schaefer, Becketwood Member While in England with Road Scholar, we toured more than a dozen gardens. This garden is at our country house hotel on Lake Windermere. It was a taste of what was to...
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Lunch with a Crayfish
by Carol Masters and Judith Maddux (photo), Becketwood Members Becketwood bus tours are always enjoyable, but especially when Iric Nathanson is the historical/architectural guide. At the culmination of...
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Down by the Riverside
by Carol Mockovak, Becketwood Member Every Tuesday morning from June through September, members of the Becketwood T’ai Chi Chih classes carpool down to Hidden Falls Regional Park. At 9 a.m., they join...
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Our Skydiving Adventure
Editor’s note: In June, our Becketwood neighbors, sisters Sally Lofte and Susan Foster, went skydiving for the first time. This is their story. Following their story is a poem written by another...
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Impressions of China
By David Liddle, Becketwood Member A “vacation” in one place is supposed to refresh you because you can relax, whereas “traveling” from one place to another can be hard work and leave you feeling...
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9 Books Kenya
by Ann Lovrien, Becketwood Member As October leaves changed our surroundings into brilliant reds and golds, Becketwood’s Members had an opportunity to learn about important changes taking place in...
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Tasty Tasting Tour…and a recipe!
by Carol Masters, Becketwood Member We were thankful in mid-November to the Food Committee, chair Judith Maddux, who sponsored a “Tasting” of enhancements to Becketwood’s menu options, focusing on...
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