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INTERNATIONAL TOWN CRIERS’ DAY

Posted on July 8, 2019 by

I enjoy looking at a site called Days of the Year, which lists all the special and unusual holidays at home and around the world. It’s amazing what people celebrate.  Today is International Town Criers’ Day – one of those … Continue reading →

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SORTING THROUGH THE GARBAGE

Posted on September 27, 2018 by

There is nothing like scrounging through the trash in search of something you lost.  I’ve had that encounter many times.  Once I lost a check and assumed I’d tossed it out with the insignificant mail. I had to wade through … Continue reading →

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PASSIVITY

Posted on June 20, 2017 by

“Technology teaches passivity. Absorbed in our devices – at any age – we are absorbed in someone else’s perspective.”   Julia Cameron Hiding our heads in the sand when the world is out of control is not the answer. I’ve been trying … Continue reading →

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RESISTANCE?

Posted on May 16, 2017 by

The definition of RESISTANCE – an underground organization of a conquered or nearly conquered country engaging in sabotage and secret operations against occupation forces and collaborators. There has been a lot of talk about a forming resistance movement in the … Continue reading →

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ONLY GOD CAN DO THAT

Posted on April 30, 2017 by

ORIGINAL ART & POETRY BY PAUL & KATHY BOECHER© To capture the essence of a hazy, purple sunrise, To  brush strokes of muted lavender and gold, To place a creature within the environment, To temper, refine, correct, re-do, The life … Continue reading →

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FUNNY (?) NEWS

Posted on February 9, 2017 by

From USA Today – Gayle McCormick, a 73-year-old retired prison guard in Washington state who describes herself as a “Democrat leaning toward socialist,” says she decided to end her marriage of 22 years after her husband announced at a lunch … Continue reading →

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