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Elizabeth Thomsen

@ethomsen

(AKA Betty Balestracci) Librarian, blogger, photographer, diner lover, dog lover, traveler, family historian, Wikipedian, mostly from Worcester, Mass.

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calendar_today28-03-2007 20:20:35

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I really hope the new owner does great things with this historic site, a favorite of mine! (Lots of great pictures in the article, mostly from the Digital Commonwealth) #mohawktrail #floridama #whitcombsummit Digital Commonwealth berkshireeagle.com/tncms/asset/ed…

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Yo-Yo Ma, along with Emanuel Ax and Leonidas Kavakos, begins his performance at Washington’s Kennedy Center with a performance of Ukraine’s national anthem. A full, standing house.

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"Refugee reception points, hostels and logistics points are organized here...Home care courses are held here. Books are collected here to be transferred to libraries in neighboring countries that receive Ukrainian refugees." #ukraine #libraries npr.org/2022/03/09/108…

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“I just imagine that there is this mother — an archetypal mother, or just a regular mother — feeding her baby. And there are people around trying to metaphorically save this new life, new generation." npr.org/2022/03/14/108… #UkraineWar #art

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The forgotten history of the immigrants who built America’s transcontinental railroad - Smithsonian Magazine #archeology #immigrants #chineseimmigrants #familyhistory apple.news/AE60TWnEES1eWS…

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Worth the drive to photograph the beautiful Palace Diner, a 1927 classic built by the Pollard Company #diners #pollarddiners #biddefordme #mainediners

Worth the drive to photograph the beautiful Palace Diner, a 1927 classic built by the Pollard Company #diners #pollarddiners #biddefordme #mainediners
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Whoops, I did it again, another shopping accident on Facebook Marketplace! Just couldn’t resist these little Dutch houses — my mother didn’t own salt and pepper shakers like these, but I know she would have loved them! #saltandpeppershakers

Whoops, I did it again, another shopping accident on Facebook Marketplace!  Just couldn’t resist these little Dutch houses — my mother didn’t own salt and pepper shakers like these, but I know she would have loved them! #saltandpeppershakers
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How Florence Nightingale Changed Data Visualization Forever #scientificamerican #florencenightingale #Datavisualization scientificamerican.com/article/how-fl… via Scientific American

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These salt and pepper shakers reminded me of “The Dutch Twins” by #LucyFitchPerkins , a childhood favorite of mine, so I really needed to buy them. (I might need to get out more) #saltandpeppershakers

These salt and pepper shakers reminded me of “The Dutch Twins” by #LucyFitchPerkins , a childhood favorite of mine, so I really needed to buy them. (I might need to get out more) #saltandpeppershakers
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"Advanced age and the pandemic have done little to deter Japan's Yayoi Kusama. At 93, the world's best-selling living female artist is still painting daily at the psychiatric hospital she voluntarily checked into and has lived in since the 1970s" cnn.com/style/article/…

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Today @mayorwu announced that riders at 20 bus stops and busways are now able to access free digital content throughout this spring and summer provided by us, the Boston Public Library.

Today @mayorwu announced that riders at 20 bus stops and busways are now able to access free digital content throughout this spring and summer provided by us, the Boston Public Library.