Author: Garnetjewel
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Window Shopping at Little Nashville
This is my first photo of our Little Nashville Experience of 2024. As you can tell I would rather get everyone else in the photo than myself whenever possible. Although I did take a couple selfies later that evening. I really enjoyed this piece of art. Once we got into jive or moving I realized…
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Protests Are Even Here… In Indiana
At lunchtime the news, while not surprising leapt from Jon Swaner’s mouth. I immediately looked at my phone to find out the specifics even as he spoke of them in the next few minutes. My family just went through Bloomington last Thursday and Saturday. Thursday was when I really caught up on the protest in…
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Thoughts on Making A ‘Truce’
When I first came upon this article this afternoon I had to look at the title a couple of times. What was the context that a truce was needed? Especially after having watched another clip of Riley Gaines with the West Virginia AG talking about Title 9. So I had an entirely different idea at…
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Veterans Responding
My time with Veterans has been special. My great-Uncles, my Grandpa’s and my friends from church. I have had some wonderful conversations with World War II, Korean and Vietnam War Veterans. So when I see anything special dealing with our American Treasures, our Veterans I tend to tear up. Just a few minutes ago I…
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Cleaning… the Kitchen
The past couple of days have been… well I am not certain what word to use. This is a job that is extremely necessary and yet has been difficult to accomplish. First of all having the right manpower and tools to remove the kitchen paraphernalia of various sizes and weight loads. Honestly even on our…
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Saying Goodbye… Is Still Difficult!
Last year my Grandma moved out of her house that she had lived in since 1965. It was no simple or easy task to go through this house with thousands of memories and treasures within its walls. The fortunate silver lining about this experience is the fact Grandma is still alive and we can still…
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The Keffiyeh
Memories have resurfaced in seeing this scarf on American campuses and really domestically, coast to coast. I still remember as a child during the Clinton Administration watching Yasser Arafat on the news proudly wearing his keffiyeh as the PLO Leader, the Palestine Liberation Organization at Camp David. Watching some of the Jewish interviews on Fox…
Jewells of Thought 