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seachase22

seachase22

My current avatar is an old photo of a much younger version of me on the steps of the El Castillo pyramid at Chichen Itza.

I consider the books on my shelf part of my intellectual DNA. I have read them over the course of nearly half a century and many I remember little or nothing about. Regardless, at one time, I absorbed some of the... more »
  • Raleigh, NC, USA
  • member since July 10 2007

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  • Hahtoolah

    Hahtoolah says

    Is your new avatar from Chichen Itza?

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Hahtoolah

    Hahtoolah says

    Seachase:

    I have not been to the Gamble Plantation, the former home of Judah Benjamin. I was just intrigued by Benjamin's life in politics during the civil war era and before he was essentially forced to flee the country. Although he had an unhappy marriage, his estranged wife sat to it that he was buried in a Catholic cemetery in France.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • uplandpoet

    uplandpoet says

    thanks glad to have you with us. we have toyed with the notion of moving but family, business and now a three year old who thinks he owns Howard Park:)

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • uplandpoet

    uplandpoet says

    Boca? Raliegh? what gives?

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Hahtoolah

    Hahtoolah says

    I haven't yet begun to read "The Orientalist." I have, however, read "The Girl from the Golden Horn", which is the book that Lev Nussimbaum wrote under the name Kurban Said. I found that novel very interesting.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )