I Tried Your Liquid Vitamin C….

It was terrific.  I started using it when I heard about it at a Bettina home.  Liquid C is a little difficult to find, but I discovered it in a Vitamin Shop.  It comes in a bottle – like a milk bottle – and the bottle is covered with an orange plastic wrap.  That was…

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Live by the Rule of Law – OR –

copyright 2013 Bettina Network, inc. Live by the Rule of Love! As a host family in the Bettina Network I’ve met all kinds of people, had thousands of conversations around the breakfast table and sometimes have great evenings with complete strangers in front of my wood burning fireplace.  Conversations which changed my life and have…

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A Bettina Guest Comments on Zimmerman-Martin

You don’t have to copyright my comment!  It is free to whoever wants to use it. I’ve been a guest at Bettina homes for many years.  My regret is that I was not at the home in Harvard Square to be a part of the discussions that I know took place over this trial and…

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Martin-Zimmerman and they Followed Historical Patterns

copyright Bettina Network, inc. 2013 Don’t you know, just about every table talk conversation today is about the Zimmerman/Martin case and practically every sermon in many different denominations and religions includes some reference to it. This is our contribution to the conversation: 1) George Zimmerman was not tried by a jury of his peers.  Wasn’t…

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Open That Car Door Wide before Entering

copyright 2013 Bettina Network, inc. We had a guest recently, a frequent visitor from Turkey, who was going with us to an estate sale.  His area of expertise – both education and research – is in materials. He got to the car door, opened it and stood there for a minute or two.  I wasn’t…

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Dr. Oz – Breakfast Conversation

copyright Bettina Network, inc. 2013 Considering we are a network which tries hard to be as organic as possible – which means in food, lifestyle, building structures, etc. – it was quite something to be a part of a breakfast conversation which resulted in all saying they were turning off Dr. Oz and his television…

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The Morning After

copyright Bettina Network, inc. 2013 Estate Sales should be staffed by psychiatrists and psychologists who are looking for material to use in writing a book about all of us. At some time or other we all pass through – either an estate sale or a bed & breakfast.  We pass through as a guest or…

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Gluten Problems??????????

copyright 2013 Bettina Network, inc. for Marceline Donaldson Many years ago I worked for The Pillsbury Company – for a brief time – with a long following law suit – which is the stuff of legend around my neighborhood. I offer that fact to you in the interest of full disclosure. One, of the many…

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A Tribute to The Rev. Patricia Riley Colenback (1931-2013)

taken from “Alla Bozarth-Campbell’s – From Womanpriest: A Personal Odyssey, Paulist Press 1978 Bakerwoman God   Bakerwoman God, I am your living Bread. Strong, brown, Bakerwoman God. I am your low, soft, and being-shaped loaf.   I am your rising bread, well-kneaded by some divine and knotty pair of knuckles, by your warm earth-hands. I…

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2013 The Jubilee Year

copyright Bettina Network, inc. 2013 for Marceline Donaldson We declare the year 2013 to be the Year of the Jubilee and a holy, joyous, history making, sin forgiving year! By whose authority? – by our own.  Isn’t that how such things happen!!!! Generations from now, the historical cry will be reported and everyone will forget…

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