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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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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In Memory of Roger Fisher

by:  Marceline Donaldson Sprinkled through Bettina Network’s Blog you will find memories of people we knew and with whom we have interacted over the years.  This time, it is someone who was one of those – along with Larry Susskind of MIT – who were majorly responsible for the growth and survival of Bettina Network,…

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A Bettina Network, inc. Scattering Sale

  A  BETTINA NETWORK, INC SCATTERING SALE In Two Parts:  (See Press Release at bettina-network.com/blog/ to understand how Bettina Scattering Sales work.) First Part – On-Line. from July 31, 20112 through August 4, 2012       Second Part – On Location. From August 3, 2012 2pm thru 7pm Thru  August 4, 2012 10am thru 5pm…

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A Reflection at Life’s End!

copyright 2012 Bettina Network You have chosen to sing someone else’s song. You have chosen to dream someone else’s dream You have chosen to live someone else’s life –   and   – so you have chosen to die alone, grieved intensely, by those who watched your pain grow and consume your life. While your…

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A Wonderful Concord Christmas Story

copyright Bettina Network, inc. for Barbara Marden 2011 A few days before Christmas I was giving a friend’s out of town visitor a tour of the house.  My friends six year old son David was with us and did he get excited when I showed him  a secret place to store treasures.  It was in…

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Alabama’s first licensed black female pilot dies at 90

Published: Wednesday, October 26, 2011, 12:16 PM Updated: Wednesday, October 26, 2011, 12:35 PM  By The Associated Press  Mildred Carter, pictured here in 2003, shows her pilot’s license from 1941. (The Birmingham News/ file photo) TUSKEGEE, Alabama — Mildred Carter, who was Alabama’s first licensed black female pilot, has died. She was 90. Funeral services for Carter will…

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Another Secret Exposed!

copyright Bettina Network, inc. 2011 The request for my Thanksgiving stuffing recipe is a difficult one to fill.  It is really my grandmother’s and to sit down and even just think about it brings tears to my eyes and many memories of my early youth. Thanksgiving was a fun day at our house.  My grandmother…

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Olive Oil and Shoes!

copyright Bettina Network, inc. 2011 What in the world would Olive Oil have in common with SHOES????  The two together sounds like the beginning of the end of the shoes and a grand mess to clean.   We had an interesting breakfast with a bed & breakfast guest sitting on the side sofa in the…

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Beautiful and Elegant Skin!!

copyright The Bettina Network, inc. 2011 well, we have once again stumbled upon one of the fountains of elegance!  Can’t say youth because that is a fallacy!  Everything that looks good is called “young”.  That is a bad habit we should break – soon!  Try this and when you look in the mirror you will…

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