The boardwalk in Eastbourne

English side of the family

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April 4th 2007
Hi, I finally got around to calling Mom after all of the unpacking and tending to a backload of to do's. While it is warm and sunny here in Colorado, she is in the middle of a late winter blizzard in Michigan. What she didn't know when she broke the news is that I had just previously found out from her florist. I called to order a surprise bouquet for her birthday. He could make no guarantee on ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more