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Robin Williamson McBrearty's Blog – January 2012 Archive (3)

Memories of the Challenger from Concord, NH - 26 years ago today

26 years ago today, the Challenger tragedy touched the entire nation, but nowhere more than Concord, NH schoolkids.  My son was a 5th grader.  Every morning, everyone had watched the launch preparations on local cable station, which had a special feed, and seen the technician give Christa McAuliffe an apple, and the astronauts take that walk to the bus to go out to the…

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Added by Robin Williamson McBrearty on January 28, 2012 at 1:30pm — 2 Comments

This is my response to the My Favorite Dessert Creative Writing Challenge

My absolute favorite dessert is a raisin-nut pie that my mother used to make and now my son makes for family holiday dinners (all two of them).  It's made with raisins, walnuts, Karo syrup and I don't know what else, other than it gives me 10 lbs. and 2 cavities per slice.  The reason I love it so much goes back to my 7th birthday.  My mother made me a gorgeous cake, a…

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Added by Robin Williamson McBrearty on January 10, 2012 at 2:00am — 2 Comments

January 8, 2012 Presidential Primary Debate in Concord, NH

I am a volunteer usher at the Capitol Center for the Arts in NH, where this event was held, and I was the orchestra level floor captain, responsible for all seating and logistics in the 1,000-seat orchestra where candidates' families and campaigns, selected press, and the general public were seated.  It's amazing the planning that goes into this kind of event, but it paid off; the event went very smoothly.  I'm working on a longer summary - hard to summarize such big events.  Probably…

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Added by Robin Williamson McBrearty on January 8, 2012 at 9:38pm — 4 Comments

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