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About Me: I've been in the Boston area since 1999, I'm an upstate NY native. I love to garden (veggies/flowers/herbs) and bake, read and I'm car-free. I go strawberry and apple picking each spring/fall.
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Forum Post: How much time do you spend in traffic each day?
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Comment on: Brushing up on Sicilian fare - Dishing - Boston food blog
As someone with Sicilian roots, I'm thrilled to see you focus on Sicily. Unfortunately, the trip is beyond my travel budget this year, but it's one of my dreams to get there. I'm interested in your st more »
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Comment on: Flu hits Massachusetts unusually early and hard - Boston.com
My 2-yr old nephew got the flu this week and he DID get the flu shot! more »
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Comment on: Crazy but true: women having foot surgery to fi - Flash Player Installation
Talk to any foot specialist and they'll tell you they do surgery on women's feet all the time due to problems caused by wearing high heels/bad shoes; seems the same to me. Wasn't there a woman on danc more »
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Comment on: Crazy but true: women having foot surgery to fi - Flash Player Installation
Talk to any foot specialist and they'll tell you they do surgery on women's feet all the time due to problems caused by wearing high heels/bad shoes; seems the same to me. Wasn't there a woman on danc more »
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Comment on: 'Five tips to help new college graduates get a handle on repaying student loans'
College grads please be mindful of your Federal Perkins loans. Often times Federal Perkins loan are "forgotten" in the repayment process because they are administered by the school and there is a a ni more »
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Comment on: 'Pick-your-own strawberries at farms in the area'
6/27/2011 This morning I went picking at Verrill Farms in Concord, right at 9 am. I knew I was taking a chance with the field conditions, because of all the recent rain and the festival this past satu more »
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Comment on: 'Biologist explores man-made barriers between us and nature'
Sounds like an interesting book-I will add it to my book list-thx for the review. more »
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Comment on: 'Pick-your-own strawberries at farms in the area'
A friend and I went picking at Hanson Farms Sunday (June 19) afternoon. We are adding this farm to our "favorites" list for places to pick strawberries! It's in a "country" setting, friendly staff, gr more »
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Comment on: Berkshire%20Botanical%20Garden%26%2339%3Bs%20March%20Classes%20and%20Workshops
I would love to go to a couple of these workshops. Any ideas on getting in touch with people from Boston that are going? Thanks for sharing these events.
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Comment on: 'Mentally ill man charged in ATM attack'
"Some mentally ill people are violent criminals" the point being some and the reality is very few mentally ill people are violent criminals, it's headlines and stories like this that encourage the sti more »
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Comment on: '2 young psychiatric patients arrested '
Would 2 young psychiatric patients arrested even be a story if it didn't happen with psychiatric patients? What if the patients were cancer patients would you use the same headline? This is a good exa more »
2 to 4 hours round trip from Arlington to Boston using the MBTA.