Category: Holidays
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Prospero Año y Felicidad
On Christmas Eve Day, I took my dog for a stroll along the beach. The weather was unseasonably warm — almost 70 degrees. After a mile or so, we came upon this message in the sand, and I snapped a pic using my camera phone. Using the BeFunky app on my phone, I combined the image above with…
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NYC: If You Lived Here, You Wouldn’t Sleep Either
Six hours, give or take, in arguably the world’s greatest city. One D-SLR camera. One Gina Marie. Put these all together and what do you get? Many digital images, of course. I whittled a hundred or so down to the following “baker’s dozen” of my favorites. Eerily, nearly half of these feature mannequins and/or statues.…
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A Storm of Herculean Proportions
Ah, the post-holiday afterglow: Chrismas lights still adorn houses, the air is cool, presents have long been unwrapped, and New Year’s toasts have all been exchanged. It’s time for a fresh start and, apparently, a fresh snowfall. (Thank you, Winter Storm Hercules.) I’m a Minnesotan by birth, so I should be used to this. Still,…
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Happy Thanksgivukkah to You, Happy Birthday to Me
Every few years, my birthday (as well as my brother Eric’s) falls on Thanksgiving. (Nope, we’re not twins.) This year, our birthday falls not only on Thanksgiving, but also on Hanukkah . . . never mind that we weren’t raised Jewish — it’s still an honor. Tonight, after America fills its collective belly with turkey…
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A Comic Strip by Little Gina
I drew this over two decades ago; I’d just turned twelve. I came across it while looking through some old papers recently. The language is a bit dated, but the message still holds true. 😉
Virtually Gina 