Posts Tagged ‘Bed and Breakfast in Harvard Square’
Jose Mateo Ballet School – A Review
by: Luisa Kay Reyes Ed Note: While not being a reviewer/critic by profession, Ms. Reyes has a love of music, art and dance. Musically, she specializes in opera and is passionate about ballet. She is a trained vocalist and pianist, having studied, among other places, at Oberlin Conservatory. She has a Masters Degree…
Read MoreGluten 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…
Read MoreA 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…
Read MoreMy Nose Survives Winter
copyright 2013 Bettina Network, inc. I have been a loyal guest, staying at Bettina Network homes for a very long time. Last year, I went to the kitchen in one of my homes very early in the morning and found the host bent over the kitchen sink with her head in a pot of steaming…
Read MoreEstate Sale Finds!
copyright by Bettina Network, inc. 2012 for Marceline Donaldson Estate Sales are one of my passions. I have been involved with them since about 1965, having owned an Auction Gallery in the Sheraton Ritz Hotel years ago and have barely missed a weekend without some stop at an estate sale in some city. I haven’t…
Read MoreVeterans’ 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…
Read MorePoetry – 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…
Read MoreIn 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,…
Read MoreMore on Apple Cider Vinegar
copyright Bettina Network, inc. 2012 “Thanks for your information on Apple Cider Vinegar. I remember it being around a lot when I was growing up and then it disappeared. In fact, white vinegar, which I believe is a petroleum derivative, has replaced a few of the uses for vinegar which are still around – mainly…
Read MoreIn Memory of Jaki Leverson
. May 28, 2010, Jaki Leverson died. There is much joy in bed and breakfast, much happiness, laughter, sharing, but there is also grief and pain. Jaki Leverson was a guest in our homes from 1990 until she could no longer travel from London to the United States in 2008. We kept in touch via…
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