Veterans’ Day – 2012

copyright Bettina Network, inc. 2012 – by Marceline Donaldson We celebrated Veterans Day by piling all of our guests into our car and their car and going to Memorial Church in Harvard Yard. It was a great day for everyone.  Memorial Church was dedicated in 1932 to the memory of the Harvard dead of World…

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Petraeus over Breakfast

copyright 2012 Bettina Network, inc. Just when you think things are calmer, up comes a topic of conversation over breakfast which could have fried the organic, free of the cage eggs. The conversation was basically – don’t you think this was a last stand to unseat Obama and turn the election victory over to Romney?…

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Vote Today – My Opinion, et tu?

By:  Marceline Donaldson, 2012 Hope everyone gets out to vote. I still can’t believe the race is so close. When you think of people supporting and giving money to elect an Archbishop of the Mormon Church for president of these United States is unbelievable in a country which believes in and has a constitutional amendment…

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Dr. Alice Amsden’s Commemoration at MIT

Over the weekend of October 20, 2012 MIT held a commemoration/memorial for Dr. Amsden and it was recorded and published.  One of  the Bettina Network Community members called to ask that we post the email on Bettina Network’s Blog that we sent to those who purchased at Dr. Amsden’s Scattering Sale.  She had forwarded the…

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Ultra-Pasteurized = Ultra-Junk-Milk

copyright Bettina Network 2012 Today is very discouraging.  I spent yesterday looking for organic milk and am discovering the good milk is being replaced all over the city by the ‘ultra-pasteurized’.  It is as though stores are saying ‘we will carry organic milk, but we don’t think it will sell so we will stock the…

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Cleaning Wood Furniture

copyright Bettina Network, inc. 2012 I read and followed your blog on Cleaning Wood furniture from February, 2010.  If you want to refresh your memory the address is https://www.bettina-network.com/blog/?m=201002 or check on the left side of this page and click on February 2010.  I would like to make a suggestion for change.  We started using…

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The “Perfect” Storm

copyright Bettina Network, inc. 2012 How does a Bettina home survive a storm which threatens to down power lines, flood areas and generally disrupt life as we are accustomed to living it with all that we take for granted? To give you an idea of how we do it, what follows are a few tips…

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Poetry – Valerie Gillies

copyright 2012 Marceline Donaldson We experienced a wonderful, brief, impromptu concert of troubador harp music by daughter accompanying her mother’s poetry recitation.  It was a magical time.  We thought we would share with you a small glimpse of Valerie Gillies’ poetry.  She has several books of poetry, if you are interested and would like to…

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Thanks for your Presidential Post!

I would like to add just a couple things, which I think need to be highlighted: We read lots about minorities playing the “race card.”  No one has said one word about the races taking place today – presidential and otherwise where one person running is blatantly using the ‘race card’ against their opponent.  For…

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Politics at Breakfast? I’m Shocked

copyright Bettina Network, inc. 2012 You know there would be talk about the coming election over a Bettina Network breakfast table with the media talking Romney and Obama 24/7. You have something to say?  Come to breakfast after a stay in one of the homes in the Bettina Network, inc.  We don’t put your name…

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