Author: Garnetjewel
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A Feisty Woman & Iran
This woman came into my peripheral vision during the Covid lockdown in 2020. I saw some of her posts and videos on Gab which I was only on for a short time and then on Telegram. She is a German woman with her own thoughts and she won’t be silenced. A recent article from the…
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Listening to Uncle Tom
Interviewing Veterans was still a new experience for me. One of my teachers from high school gave a few of us a graduation gift. This gift wasn’t used for college it was used to have conversations and record them for posterity. This recorder was given to me at the perfect time and Grandpa knew that…
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Sullivan Building Back
Earlier this year a violent tornado ravaged from Illinois through Indiana. It is not an evening or night I will forget anytime soon. The next day I literally had a full day of light-headedness and dizziness. Memories that are hard to forget that I had never experienced from winds the day after even. Over the…
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Hoosiers Everywhere Are Mourning
Growing up in Southern Indiana there aren’t too many of us who don’t know the name Bobby Knight. This coach is legendary and my Dad just happens to also be a high school basketball player back in his day. I have seen the video of him throwing the chair multiple times in my life even…
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What something you believe everyone should know.-Writing Prompt
There are so many ways to answer this question. I would be remiss though at this time of Thanksgiving to not take advantage of this moment. This has been quite a ride since the last week and a half of March earlier this year. I took a risk and my calculation of releasing some emotions…
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Listening To a Veteran
When Papaw Freddy told me his list of men I needed to interview his brother-in-law was high on the list. This was among the first couple I was able to do while Papaw was still alive. It was important to him, my Great Uncle Tom was a special man and I could see it in…
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1890
The world in 1890 was much different when this little girl was born today. Dugger where she lived most of her life was a mining town and she lived just south of the town. Ironically, I just described myself, but I will come back to this thought later. Mining would be a part of her…
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Inversion of Values
Okay I admit I got this title from the Senior Advisor of Israel’s Prime Minister. This distinct method of life and living is the fundamental difference between Hamas and Israel to think about right now. Life… who values life more? There are books I have read that can still give me nightmares when I think…
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What does it mean to be a kid at heart?-Writing Prompt
Would this be the same as ‘Young at Heart’? My grandparents all had this special way about them and Grandma Betty still does. The joy of being saved and knowing that Christ loved children and specifically said to bring the little children to Him. We are to have faith like a child. When I was…
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A Bridal Shower; Post Accident
My accident was August 2nd, and the bride to be’s accident was a month later. Saturday was the Bridal Shower for my parent’s Preacher’s only daughter. The young lady who was T-boned and now stuck wearing a brace due to several broken bones. Her, mother, the Preacher’s wife mentioned the fact the shower could have…
Jewells of Thought 