Tag: president

• A National Divorce?

  Over the last few months I have been reading a book written by Brian Kilmeade. “The President and the Freedom Fighter: Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and their battle to Save America’s Soul.” Just a couple of weeks ago I read the pages detailing John Brown and the unfortunate circumstances of the Federal Arsenal that would…

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  September 16, 2025

  American Heritage, Bible Reflections, Extraordinary People With Common Sense, Uncategorized

  Abraham Lincoln, abraham-lincoln, Charlie Kirk, Civil War, conversation, Frederick Douglass, history, Indiana, John Brown, Kilmeade, museum, national divorce, politics, president, punks, slavery, tentacles, wrath

• A New Day

  Since my birthday, January 20th of this year a lot has happened. President Trump has had a busy 8 months or so in office. One of the wonderful and blessings of his administration is that our border is no longer porous; it’s closed. Today a major development has been all over the media. A boat…

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  September 3, 2025

  Extraordinary People With Common Sense

  blown up, defense, drugs, fentanyl, foreign actors, messages, offense, president, Secretary of Defense, Secretary of War

• Leisure Reading with Lincoln and Douglass

  My ideas for articles today have had to be reset. What started as a day at home ended up being an afternoon at Terre Haute. My brain isn’t really working this evening, but earlier I got to spend some time actually reading. Reading for leisure, has not been much of a priority lately. So it…

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  September 2, 2025

  American Heritage

  abolitionist, Abraham Lincoln, abraham-lincoln, books, chapters, details, Frederick Douglass, freedom fighter, history, Indiana, Leisure Reading, lessons, president, slavery

• 2025 Versus 2020

  Goodness… I have been without words for much of the past 3 to 4 weeks. Not just the busy atmosphere of the Seasons either. I enjoy writing when I have something I believe I can share with others, but lately everything in my life feels complicated. The Christmas of 2019 was amazing even though we…

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  January 14, 2025

  Family, God’s Timing, Spontaneity At It’s Best

  2020, 2025, birthday, busy, Christmas, complicated, compression hose, cross-stitch, foot therapy, health, hymn books, life, Los Angeles, milestones, New Year, president, rectangle, schedule, seasons, social hour, surgery, surgery date, therapy, Versus, words, writing

• Loving Reagan

  There are different themes I found from the movie Reagan yesterday. It took sleeping overnight to marinate on the two-hour long biopic and some research this morning. Two books came to mind this morning when I wanted to look inside Ronald Reagan’s life. Both are written by the same author, C. Brian Kelly, “The Best…

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  September 4, 2024

  American Heritage, Extraordinary People With Common Sense, Modern American History

  actors, actresses, author, biopic, complemented, currents, First Ladies, grandparents, Jane Wyman, love, miserable, movies, Nancy Davis Reagan, Parents, passionate, president, purpose, relationship, Ronald Reagan, security, staple, star, stern, The Best Little Stories of the White House, theater

• Going… Old School

  Last Thursday our internet went on and off a few different times from noontime to sometime during the evening. When it came time to slow down for the night Mom had been asking me to put a movie on. So since our dumb television wasn’t acting as smart I decided to look through my DVD…

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  August 13, 2024

  American Heritage, Extraordinary People With Common Sense, Family, Modern American History, Spontaneity At It’s Best

  American History, American Presidents, Dennis Quaid, favorites, Grandmas, Jane Wyman, Kamala, laughter, magic, movie night, movies, national security, no internet, old movies, policies, president, priceless, Ronald Reagan, time, trump, uncles, voting

• The Presumptive Nominee

  We live in America the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave. Yet this very woman wants to go much further with Obama’s plan and Hillary’s to outright break all the social norms our country has stood for since our birth in 1776. Her beliefs and how she perceives the color of…

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  July 31, 2024

  American Heritage, Modern American History, Women

  abilities, abortion, American politics, Campaign, candidate, Country, DAs, deaths, debate, Democrats, donald-trump, illegal migrant crime, joe-biden, kamala-harris, Liberals, news, politics, president, Primary, prime ministers, problems, protection, republicans, trump, Women

• Saluting A Hero

  As I drove north up 41 into Terre Haute, during the first three stoplights, I began to notice the flags. Sometimes on a good windy day they are wonderful spreading their message far and wide. The message yesterday was that a former Sheriff of Terre Haute was being laid to rest. It was in his…

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  July 30, 2024

  American Heritage, Extraordinary People With Common Sense, God’s Timing, Spontaneity At It’s Best

  American flag, community, conversations, death, devotion, election, Fire Chief, flag, funerals, half-staff, honor, law and order, love, message, news, Police Department, president, processionals, relationships, role models, Saluting a Hero, Sheriff, trump, WTHI

• The Strength of America

  Watching the 3rd day of the Republican National Convention has been emotional. More so than the past 2 days. Each day the Everyday Americans have been inspirational stories told. This third night though tears keep coming from the different guests and their truly amazing and unique stories. So many priceless moments tonight in this lineup…

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  July 17, 2024

  American Heritage, Extraordinary People With Common Sense, Family, God’s Timing, Modern American History, Spontaneity At It’s Best

  American flags, connections, Family, Gold-Star families, granddaughters, Grandpa, grandparents, guests, life, love, memories, military, moments, nomination, overflowing love, president, RNC, speeches, strength, trump

• Martin Luther King Day

  This is a day meant for reflection of this man’s life. Growing up I did think of this day as a Birthday present for myself. It has been on my birthday and around it most years. I enjoyed the days off from school. Dr. King’s “I have A Dream” speech has been ruminated ever since…

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  January 15, 2024

  American Heritage, Are These American Ideals Gone?, Modern American History, Spontaneity At It’s Best, Uncategorized, Women

  day off, Dr. King, MLK Day, president, republicans, school, segregation, speeches, vice president, Virginia