Betsy's Lives

From India to New Hampshire

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Betsy Woodman: Fahther's Very Day - Concord Monitor

A touching tribute to a father's love of gardening and life, filled with homemade slang and a unique blend of religious and irreverent memor

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My talk to the Kearsarge Unitarian Universalist Fellowship on February 15: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpI1hzAEvPI

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Folks! Lee Woodman's 6th collection of poetry is out today. They just keep getting better and better! This one is called Colorscapes and it is brilliant in all respects. https://poetleewoodman.com/books/colorscapes/

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Here's the talk I gave on October 12 for Indigenous Peoples Day. It's about the Navajo Code Talkers of World War 2.

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https://www.kuufnh.org/services/kuuf-sunday-service-33/

Hi, folks. This is the talk I gave for the Kearsarge Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship on April 20. It was supposed to be called "Searching for those Points of Light." But I kept typing "Points of Life" instead. Maybe either is fine.

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Brilliant interview by poet Lee Woodman:

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Hi, folks. Here's my talk to the Kearsarge UU Fellowship for Martin Luther King Jr Day:

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My talk for the Kearsarge UU Fellowship on October 20: Spies and journalists put on disguises and go undercover for many reasons: to protect their countries, expose evils, or just plain get a good story. They cross lines of race, age, gender, class, religion, political ideology, and nationality, living a lie to discover the truth. Join me in thinking about the complicated ethics of this practice, the toll it takes, and the unexpected insights.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5yNkGNcMhE&t=1s

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Memories of the 60th anniversary ceremonies of D-Day

Les Anciens Combattants | Betsy Woodman

The sixtieth anniversary of the invasion of Normandy was approaching, and my eighty-eight-year-old dad, Everett Woodman, very much wanted to

#worldwar2

#D-Day

#Normandy

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Lee Woodman ~ Lifescapes

Lifescapes, poetry by Lee Woodman (Kelsay Books)

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I gave this talk February 14, 2021 at the Kearsarge UU Fellowship.

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Let's go back, about 110 years, to a meeting, say in a small New Hampshire town. I'm conducting it, and I'll now introduce our special guest. Mrs. Snodgrass Uppington, President of the

Thinking about the sacred right to vote. 

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The Tuesday Market | Betsy Woodman

Shopping at the Bodega supermarket in San Miguel de Allende was efficient but a bit prosaic as an experience. The Tianguis de los Martés--the Tuesday Market--was another matter. Who knew what

Armchair travel’s still the word.

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"We shop at the Bodega," I told an American that I met in San Miguel de Allende. Her lip curled. She wanted to know why we didn't go to the upscale supermarket patronized by lots of exp

Not our most exotic shopping, but quick and convenient.

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On the Bus | Betsy Woodman

I'm dreaming of pre-pandemic Mexico. We didn't have a car in San Miguel de Allende, and it was just as well. Not that the walking is easy there: the narrow sidewalks and cobblestone streets

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January 2019: Pre-pandemic, pre-takeout only, pre-having to keep six feet away from the next person. The restaurants in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, are in full swing, offering food for stomach, eye

Dreaming of restaurants in Mexico.

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"Wanna go to Australia?" Will asks after dinner. "Sure," I say, and we settle down to binge-watching A Place to Call Home. This addictive TV melodrama with its gorgeous 1950s cloth

A house to reorganize your brain