Author: Garnetjewel
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Misinformation
Ever since October 6th and 7th happened so many inconsistencies have been thrown into the media to spew around. There are so many words used to justify and show bias against our long-standing ally Israel. Words like apartheid, proportionality, cease-fire, misinformation; the victims have been accused of being the transgressors without facts on their side.…
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Sunday Morning
Working as we had for the three previous days for the Estate Sale I was pretty exhausted this past Sunday Morning. Even with sleeping in past 7 am, I was still half asleep that morning through the services. My emotions however, were up high and lots of things unfolded from class time to just before…
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What makes a good neighbor?-Writing Prompt
Neighbors. Living out in the country our neighbors have been family… cousins essentially. Now we have some neighbors that aren’t related to us, yet one couple has another tie to us through the Pleasantville Church and my Grandma Betty. This question is a little bit to each his or her own. If not for my…
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9th Degree Irritated Yet
Today was the first vote for Jim Jordan to be Speaker of the House. This feels like a farce. Why can the Democrats always work in lockstep together while the Republicans of infighting? Why is it so hard to coalesce around our one person and vote? We are literally fighting amongst ourselves knowing full well…
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Home Sweet Home
Goodness having a change of scenery was so great. However, I will be so grateful to be back in my own bed alone in my room. Having some peace and quiet and my own bathroom with privacy will be nice tonight. Today has been a quaint day coming home. Again the foliage was so bright…
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What could you try for the first time?-Writing Prompt
Well I can tell you what I want to try is being with my other half in the same state. We have literally been going through a courtship in different places yet I know his passion is there even consuming the problems in front of us going forward together. Growing up in my family with…
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Liberal Breakfast
Monday morning was interesting. When I mean interesting I mean it was sad. On two different screens MSNBC on one and ABC on the other. All of the 5 to 6 other people eating breakfast had their eyes pretty much glued to one of these screens. Once Dad and I got our food most of…
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Last Night
Believing we would have a nice restful sleep was a little bit naive, I suppose. The one upside is that I wasn’t completely alone on the 9th floor like I was at Drury Inn last year. Fortunately there’s only 3 levels here. That did make me nervous looking out that window last July. I had…
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What principles define how you live?-Writing Prompt
Well it’s called the Bible. God gave us the 10 Commandments in the Pentateuch and in the New Testament Christ spoke before he ascended to heaven on the Beatitudes. Also back in the old Testament King Solomon wrote a whole book on Proverbs showing the dichotomy of good decisions with bad decisions. These are the…
Jewells of Thought 