Category: Extraordinary People With Common Sense
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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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Revolutionary War & Israel
This is now my 2nd or 3rd attempt at this article. Due to conditions out of my control I was unable to publish this idea that’s been in my head for several years. I wanted to write this for my first blog and the timing was wrong. So now perhaps this is just God’s timing…
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A Glorious Day
By the grace of God, I was able to watch live and listen to the roll call vote held today. I cannot tell you how nearly goose-bump awesome it was when I realized the vote was on and they were already into the ‘B’s and I heard only Johnson from Republicans. For the first time…
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The Speaker Vote
Fortunately with the seriousness of the Israeli Attack our lawmakers seem to be taking this as they promised to. A candidate has been selected behind closed doors with a secret ballot. Still this is not the final vote. Rep. Steve Scalise has been tallied to have been the winner of this secret ballot. Yet like…
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Family Life Is Not Perfect
Families are not perfect. People are not perfect. The Bible highlights many different couples and dysfunctional families that He used to show us lessons. Look at Jacob with two wives Leah and Rebecca one had children and the other was barren for a time. Moses being raised by an Egyptian Princess, Samson and Delilah had…
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Evidence
When my Grandpa Leo died I had no idea how much that would turn me upside down in a way. Music was my childhood I lived and breathed music. I sang while cleaning and washing dishes my grandparents, parents and uncles were always scaring me in the middle of singing high the notes. They seemed…
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Saying Goodbye… A House of Memories
Now that a dumpster is on the premises makes this phase even more stark. No one knows what will happen and who will get the house yet. Before we get to that step we need to clean up the house and find the little treasures of our grandparents that have trinkled down through the family…
Jewells of Thought 