Posted on April 15, 2009 by Val
This made me smile and sent chills up my spine. Life is so wonderful if we only remember to stop, smile, and engage.
more about “Centraal Station Antwerpen gaat uit z…“, posted with vodpod
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Posted on November 20, 2008 by Val
Tibet perches near the top of the world, held hostage by China. In 1959 the Dalai Lama escaped this once-independent country and leads a government-in-exile. As the spiritual rule of his people, the 14th Dalai Lama has not returned to his home for nearly 50 years. A Nobel Peace Prize recipient, [...]
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Posted on July 18, 2008 by Val
Wednesday night Mike and I watched Encounter Point. Wow. What an incredible documentary. From the website:
Encounter Point is an 85-minute feature documentary film that follows a former Israeli settler, a Palestinian ex-prisoner, a bereaved Israeli mother and a wounded Palestinian bereaved brother who risk their lives and public standing to promote a nonviolent end to the [...]
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Posted on May 13, 2008 by Val
On June 22, 2008 my parents will celebrate 61 years of marriage. Some days, I don’t know how they did it. My mom is in a nursing home and my father lives by himself in the house I grew up in.
We’re selling the house to buy one next to my sister so my mom [...]
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Posted on February 16, 2008 by Val
Well, it seems like we’re on a Netflix spree right now. We watched King of Kong and as documentaries go, this one is very fun. It takes us through the hardened world of arcade gamers in pursuit of the high score. The film follows Steve Wiebe and Billy Mitchell on their pursuit of the world record score [...]
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