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Is The Tiny House Movement A Big Lie?   — You can read all about it over at the Tree Hugger Blog. Click on the big red link above.

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How a Medicare health maintenance organization (HMO) works. The premium is smaller, but it includes Part D prescription coverage. What’s the catch? Read all about it.

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I recommend this post about Michelle and her service dog, Ruthie Mae. http://dogkisses.wordpress.com/2014/03/18/a-campaign-for-the-sweetest-dog-in-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-3317

Please click on the title “Ruthie Mae,” to see a clickable link. Thanks.  . . . .

— John

 

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If Samuel Johnson Could See Us Now

Portrait of Samuel Johnson commissioned for He...

Portrait of Samuel Johnson commissioned for Henry Thrale’s Streatham Park gallery (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Read the opinion piece by Ron Pagano in last week’s Salisbury (MD) Times. Samuel Johnson said: “Patriotism is the last stronghold of scoundrels.”

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I don’t seem to get to that wonderful state by working harder and faster

“I am not my work.”

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Seamus Heaney

A remembrance by Katy Evans-Bush at “Baroque In Hackney”

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Margaret Thatcher

Here’s a succinct post that nearly says it all about Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan, and history!

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The importance of walking and value of walkable communities, especially for older folks. http://blog.walkscore.com/2013/03/seniors-walkability-benefits-for-an-aging-public/

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Slideshow of Tiny House Photos

For some reason, readers of WIP are fascinated by tiny houses. BTW, I’ve lived in a one-room efficiency apt for five years, and plan to move to one that’s even smaller in the fall.

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Evergreen Health Cooperative

This is interesting. Dr. Peter Beilenson (former health officer in Baltimore City and Howard County) and others starting an innovative health cooperative in Maryland. Beilenson was interviewed briefly by Dan Rodricks today on WYPR.