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R(isky) E-lationships
Today the news reporters are aghast–the government has access to our phone calls and internet exchanges! Why would this come as a surprise to anyone? Maybe I’m just paranoid, but I’ve always suspected...
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Independence Day in the USA
Happy Independence Day! Click on Independence Day and it will take you to a site where you can read a brief history of our highly prized national holiday, July 4, Independence Day. Then come back and...
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Political Correctness: Mean Girls in Charge?
Is political correctness a useful concept, or does it stifle honest discussion? This, the question posed by WordPress’ Daily Prompt. For my take on this prompt, I will stretch an analogy as far as I...
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Excuse me, but, um, They’re Killing People–Part 1
A Little Background A friend from the 1970′s is now a well-known writer, activist and speaker. When I first met him, he was probably about twenty years old. He was remarkable, even at that age, in his...
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Excuse me, but, um, They’re Killing People! Part 2
“. . . writing from heart to heart toward healthy relationships and living, involves both personal lives on a small scale AND global relationships. After all, we are all individual people on this...
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Part 3: Excuse me, but, um, They’re Killing People!
Perhaps the silence is breaking. In the last few weeks, cbsnews.com, foxnews.com and washingtonpost.com reported violence toward Christian and non-Muslim targets in Syria and Egypt. I still haven’t...
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Action Request for Venezuela
Please, readers who are U. S. Citizens, take a moment to visit this page and sign the petition. It is real. I have family who are living it. There is a petition on the White House agenda to sanction...
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No Need for Eyes to See This
This morning my granddaughter put on How to Train Your Dragon. Again. I sat nearby, reading and thinking, writing a bit, occasionally paying slight attention to the movie. “In centuries of Vikings,...
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Compassion: Left and Right
Marge lay exhausted at the end of a long day, her eyes puffy from too many tears. It has been an emotional day for her. As she lay on the sofa catching a quick break, an ear out for when her son’s...
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Flippin’ Fun Over Fifty!
We usually visit family for vacation, either at Lake Keowee, South Carolina or to the Blue Ridge mountains near Asheville, North Carolina. This year, though, procrastination combined forces with many...
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Drop Your Mask?
The US is buzzing with political opinion, judgments, and even mud-slinging about masks. Wear it. Drop it. It’s gotten so bad here that folks can almost tell if you’re republican or democrat based on...
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Glory, Old Glory
No matter what happens, to me, our flag stands for freedom. Saw this beautiful reminder on my evening walk tonight. Timely. Take heart.
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