In Utah, July 24 is Pioneer Day. The day when the first party of Mormon pioneers came to Mexico, today known as the Salt Lake Valley. Actually, Brigham Young was sick, and I suspect that when he looked out of his wagon that morning and said “This Is The Right Place,” he was just tired […]
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Being absolutely bored to tears by the nonstop coverage of the sad death of Tim Russert, I “happened upon” a news story that nobody is covering. As a civic duty, I share it with you here.
Amsterdam, The Netherlands — 18 June, 2008
Following the lead of the citizens of Lesbos, Greece, Johannes Van der Berg, Deputy […]
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I found a letter written decades ago by my grandmother in her youth (click on photo for larger version). It referred to poppies and fallen soldiers of War War One.
“I have tried to illustrate in my poppy poster the need for all American citizens to help the disabled war veterans. And I sincerely hope that […]
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Bloggers Unite for Human Rights. Today is the day, and I have no grand agenda, no brilliant insights into how to cause world peace, feed the hungry, and stop President Bush from trampling over our constitution and torturing and enslaving anybody he wants. No ideas.
But closer to home, I am happy. I am thrilled that […]
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The third bedroom of my townhouse was a den, but when I bought a laptop, it turned into a storage room. We are now turning it into the “lounge,” which will house an LCD TV and our XBox360 and Wii and DVD player. I came to this decision after realizing that my living room would […]
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