Nina Tisara
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Memories and Musings
Memories and Musings: On Photography as a Hymn of Praise
Alexandria, VA – There is a connection. At least for me there is a connection between my photograph of the…
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Memories and Musings
Memories and Musings – On the Landscape of Aging
Alexandria, VA – There’s something sad about old telephone directories. Not the ones that used to be published by The…
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Memories and Musings
Nina Tisara’s Memories and Musings: On Sand and Stone
Alexandria, VA – Often I am amazed by what I don’t know. On the bright side, each thing I don’t…
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Community News
Letter to the Editor: The History of the Old Town Lights on King Street
Alexandria, VA – Dear Zebra, Nina Tisara’s question, “But whose bright idea was it?” in the February issue prompted me…
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Zebra Misc
The Port City Art Scene: It’s Party, Party, Party!
Alexandria, VA – February is a seemingly incessant celebration, from Groundhog Day to the Presidents Day parade. The art party…
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Community News
Alexandria Mosaic Artist and Photographer Nina Tisara Receives Highest Award by Friendship Veterans Fire Engine Association
ALEXANDRIA, VA – It’s not easy to surprise Nina Tisara. At 85, she’s still got her ear to the community…
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Memories and Musings
On Garlic and Red Ribbons
Alexandria, VA – What do garlic and red ribbons have in common.? Were their purported protective properties just bubbe meises…
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Community News
PUBLISHED! Little Pine’s Halloween, by Nina Tisara
Alexandria, VA – “Now available as a soft cover book, Little Pine’s Halloween is a story I wrote for my…
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Zebra Misc
Memories and Musings – On We Try Harder
Alexandria, VA – “We Try Harder,” per Microsoft Bing, is a slogan created by rental car company Avis in 1962…
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Memories and Musings
On Work: Nina Tisara Gives Her Memories and Musings
Alexandria, VA – When I was young, I wanted to be an explorer like Marco Polo or a scientist like…
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