Category: Modern American History
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My Home State Losing Moral Authority
Unfortunately life is not done in a petri dish. I want to believe my fellow Hoosiers are good morally calibrated people, experience has taught us even the reddest state or conservative state is not immune to dumb decision making from lawmakers or even our Education department. Recently before Thanksgiving a headline came out regarding an…
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The Sullivan VFW Update
Not long ago I gave an update on some developing work details just west of where I live. Sullivan County is our County Seat so we spend a decent amount of time there. Plus our Tire Guy is literally right next to this area that got pummeled at the southern end of the City. Unfortunately…
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Not Everything Is Okay
Do you have trouble admitting you don’t have all the answers? I’ve never proclaimed to know everything. Yet there are times like this week I feel drained. I know how to combat depression, but the other part of the problem is what is more depressing. Writing is my purpose and it has been amazing seeing…
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A Chiefs Fan & Indian
Over the past 24 to 48 hours a headline has been going around. I didn’t get any of the real specifics until last night. There was a name associated with this story a Deadspin Writer. Obviously this writer wanted to stir up some controversy. This young boy was being called a racist simply because he…
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Over 700 Articles
Never in my wildest dreams did I ever believe I could write this amount in just over 8 months this year. I have covered a lot of topics in the past 8 months. Many topics that came straight from the news headlines, but also history and family stories. Goodness… I have shared personal upsets and…
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Nostalgia & Christmas Music: Ms. Becky
There are songs that stick in your memory. For some reason I had always thought of this song as a somewhat sad-sounding sound for Christmas. Of course it comes from the Peanuts cartoon. Becky had a lot of titles at church. Not to mention owning the Dairy Queen with her husband in their town. She…
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Hostages
For nearly three years getting off of Facebook and following some Conservatives to Gab and then Telegram; I have become a news junkie. This is not new to some of you who have seen this before. I cannot stay unplugged completely. Telegram is on my phone and my laptop so I’m informed on both. Then…
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Are Christmas Cards Irrelevant?
Last year I wrote letters to my Sunday School teachers and the other couple in the class. Since at that point that’s what our class was for most of the time. Not long afterwards a floodgate arose and several came into the class closer to Christmas. People don’t give cards out like they used to.…
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Movie Memories
Tonight is the debut of “The Biltmore Christmas.” For weeks this show has been on commercials for the Christmas Hallmark season. As much as I have a love and hate relationship with Hallmark I love this show already. About two months ago I was invited after church to a friends house with other church friends;…
Jewells of Thought 