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9/11 - remember and honor
In every generation there is *that day*. A day which will remain in our memories until we die.
For my grand parents it was Sunday Dec. 7th. 1941. The day American was shaken out of her complacency and dragged into WWII when the Empire of Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.
America changed that day. We recovered and grew stronger.
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OF TWISTED WORDS => REPRODUCTIVE
Copied from a friend's WordPress posting. (OF TWISTED WORDS => REPRODUCTIVE - CITIZEN TOM)
Nothing twists the meaning of a word more than using it to tell a lie. The term “reproductive” provides a good example. Consider how so-called pro-choice advocates use the term “reproductive.”- The expression “reproductive health” is designed to convince us ( Read more... )
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Odd Prompts 2021 - Week 3
This week’s prompt at MOTE put me in mind of an old TV show.
“The man in the skull mask slowly held up his gun, and his other hand, empty. Then he dropped the gun.”
Sergeant Bill Preston of the North-West Mounted Police shifted slightly in his saddle and looked around, letting Rex pick his way down the trail. The great horse wasn’t as surefooted as ( Read more... ) -
Odd Prompts 21: Week 2
This week’s prompt was fun, but not in the usual way. Earlier in the week I’d been playing around with a throw-away scene, and had what I thought was a hilarious line. Too late, I realized that I was late submitting my prompt for the week. Luck favored me in that we got a few extra hours, so I decided to use a variation of that line as a prompt ( Read more... ) -
Odd Prompts 21: Week 1
A new year, and a new round of prompts over at MOTE.
The first prompt of the year came from nother Mike: The annual unicorn drive ran right down the main road in town this year…
The first thought that popped into my mind was Pony Penning Day. Like many girls of my generation I grew up reading Misty of Chincoteague so I thought, what if instead of ( Read more... ) -
A milestone in Geocaching today
A milestone in Geocaching today for me and my sister. Our 100th find.
Considering that we are somewhat low-tech (we use a Garmin Nuvii (car gps) and Google/Bing maps) and we’ve had to pass on most rural hides 100 finds is noteworthy. (Fortunately our area is rich in urban hides. J ) A new Garman eTrex20 has been ordered in hopes that it will ( Read more... ) -
How low have we gone?
I was link hopping and ran across this article talking about the closing of beaches in Virginia and the difference of interpretation of the order. https://www.kerrydougherty.com/allposts/2020/4/12/no-more-sand-castles . (The author of the piece feels that the order is over reaching and that the local police are being too zealous.)
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Odd Prompts Week 8
This week’s prompt is from Cedar Sanderson: What if you really could have housecleaning done by magic Brownies? What would that really be like?
My brain is kinda like an attic, a jumble of memories that are of little use most of the time, but every once in a while someone goes up and pokes around. This prompt knocked open a few lines from a filk ( Read more... ) -
A Tale of Two Stories
Last night I was scrolling through the feed of a certain well know social media platform. I have friends, on-line and in real life, that cross soci-polictal lines - that means I get posts in my feed from both sides. When I run across a “political” post I will glace at the subject and make that split second decision to read or scroll past. Last ( Read more... )
