Category: Modern American History
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The Day After
Once lunch was eaten I went into cleaning mode. Yesterday with the good weather we took advantage and let the dog out. In doing so we needed to clean and sweep the living room most especially. Call it a winter cleaning I suppose. We also finally got some stuff off the floor and were able…
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Reality
Tonight listening to some of the news worthy moments of the day has been enlightening. Lately friends of Israel and of America have shown their red lines. Some friends simply weren’t friends. Even Hollywood Celebrities and Democrats are showing their true feelings. Democrats like Goldman and Moskowitz are usually straight party-liners. They are both Jews,…
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Giving Thanks For Family
The holidays bring about some difficult truths for some of us. Everyone in this life suffers and everyone suffers loss of a friend and family member. Over the years we see holes in our family gatherings. This year it’s still fresh… September wasn’t that far ago. Although, I am certain my Dad, his sisters and…
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Embers Blowing While Exchanging Texts
When Bryan and I began to converse, in the first month he mentioned his younger brother. This was still very new to me and talking to a New Englander took my words from me… and literally my breath. I grew up knowing that Massachusetts was integral to the American Revolution as well as Boston and…
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Lack of Cognizance… of History
I am still trying to digest these facts. Young Americans are believing that a terrorist can have something to say to Americans after what happened on September 11th by terrorists. What is not wrong with that statement! Talk about having scrambled eggs for brains. Isn’t it amazing. Everyone who said the Germans should have done…
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Kodie Report
Over the past week we have had some unusual and funny conversations to say the least. Most of us feel like we have become Dr. Doolittle talking to her as much as we have lately. Although to be honest, some of us were ready going in that direction before that happened. But Dad… was not!…
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Yesterday’s Rally
The number 300,000 is an estimation of the amazing crowd the Rally accumulated. This is a powerful number showing considerable solidarity America has for Israel. Just observing from a livestream was incredible and I watched from several. Besides the muting of some of those livestreams something more heinous did happen yesterday. In all there were…
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Remembering a Lovely Lady
Dad scrolls through the area obituaries on a regular basis. If he didn’t do this as he does we would miss being with several friends when they go through bereavement periods. Today is no different while preparing for one viewing another had been scheduled for Friday night. Grandma Rosemary and this lady, Joyce Lively hit…
Jewells of Thought 