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For the common good.
Have we regulated ourselves into sufficiency ? I was always told to strive to be self sufficient. To be independent. It is a cornerstone of the American dream. To be able by your own hard work,sweat and dedication to build… Continue reading
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Keeping it special
The kids go back to school next week. Because of that I am taking my grandson camping again. It will be the last hooray of summer vacation. Soccer begins next week as well. So between school,homework and soccer his time… Continue reading
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An Anniversary
Today marks exactly one year of my writing this blog. This date is memorable for other reasons as well. The birth of my daughter and the death of an Uncle. I was born in July but August is a month… Continue reading
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Clams and Chickens
While browsing through old newspapers online I ran across an interesting little piece. It concerned my Great Grand Uncle and his chickens. The exact date escapes me at the moment but it was somewhere in the 1940’s. The Article as… Continue reading
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Remembered
As I was doing the research for my family tree I stumbled upon a record. Here was recorded the birth of Alma K Bennett. The date was 1919. Also,sadly enough, it was recorded that she died in 1919. No mention… Continue reading
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Sacrifice
The government needs to save money and balance the budget. No news there. We just borrowed a bunch more for a temporary fix,again. As soon as congress gets done vacationing they may or may not get back to work on… Continue reading
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" Native speaker "
I was just reading about an effort to preserve a language. More correctly ,a dialect. This dialect was and still is spoken by my relatives,friends and classmates. We were never aware of it in that sense. It was just the… Continue reading
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Hangin' out the Laundry
I was chatting with a fellow blogger yesterday and this topic found its way into the conversation. We both wish to write down and preserve the family stories and histories. The “rest of the story” as Paul Harvey would have put… Continue reading
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Senseless
A tragic and senseless act has been committed here in Greensboro. A group,as I’m sure it took more than one,has desecrated one of the oldest cemeteries in town. In what I can only describe as a thoughtless act, tombstones were… Continue reading
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" What if "
I’m sure we all do it. Some are doing it right now. Others will be doing it. Thinking and wondering about decisions. Decisions we have made and ones we are about to make. We all want to do the right… Continue reading