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time and tradition
Went to Walmart and all the fall stuff is on display. Scarecrows, dried leaves, pumpkins, door wreaths. Outside the mums are lined up like a parade. Mums have somehow come to symbolize fall for me. I don’t remember seeing them… Continue reading
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a repeat
In 1933 a youth organization was formed in Germany. It was to replace the highly popular boy scouts. It was called the Hitler youth. To say membership was optional is an understatement. You would become a member or else. It… Continue reading
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opinion and principle
Well seems like the ” squad ” has an agenda of their own. Following Israels’ rejection of them and then relenting, I hear this; as the first Muslim-American congresspeople. Now hold on there just a minute! Muslin-American? What is that… Continue reading
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air to a fish
Yesterday I read a review of a new Hollywood movie. The headline caught my attention as it was saying this movie was a comedy and that Hollywood hadn’t made a successful comedy in a while. I wasn’t aware of that… Continue reading
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a beginning
Today is the day. We are taking my grandson off to college. It’s an exciting time for him and a bittersweet one for his Mom. It’s another beginning. Now Grandma and I will be going along to help get him… Continue reading
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whose fault is that
Having a standard. It is a frequent topic of mine, you could say I am an advocate of standards. I firmly believe you must establish a standard. Without a standard how do you measure success? And isn’t that what we… Continue reading
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an attempt to deceive
After reading a book written by a friend concerning a mystery I got to thinking. There are many kinds of secrets and many reasons to keep them. I won’t talk about the book I just finished reading and spoil… Continue reading
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to say nothing
Not much I want to write about this morning. The news is pretty much the same, people are getting shot by criminals and the call is to restrict guns to the non-criminals. I can only guess that is because those… Continue reading
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funding the future
Headline news in Maryland. Casinos have generated millions of dollars being placed in the education fund. In a strategy to cover abuses in the past Governor Hogan created a lock box. This lock box contains the funds earmarked for education and… Continue reading
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it's only fair
Our thoughts are based on our life experiences. I think that is a fair statement to make. Really we humans just react and adapt to the environment. It’s what we have always done. Then we started to control our environments,… Continue reading