Have you ever seen a house with a worse color? This one just popped up in my neighborhood. Yuck!
Category: Culture
Retirement: Things I will NOT miss about my job.
I have been retired for about three weeks now. The first almost two weeks were spent on vacation, so they almost don't count. Here is a list of the many things I will not miss about my last job (I was there for 12 years). Punching a time-clock. After much of a career as a …
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It must be uncomfortable to live in Seattle these days
With the city council overriding the mayor's veto of their bill making drastic cuts to the Seattle Police Department, and the number of homeless camps increasing all over the city, residents of Seattle may be worrying about the safety of themselves, their homes, and their children. Especially since for a few years now, Seattle police …
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He said it better than I could: Guest Writer Henry Racette on the open U.S. Supreme Court seat
Today, we feature another of our Ricochet writers, Henry Racette. Please enjoy and respond to his post on filling the new Supreme Court vacancy brought about by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Saturday. About That Vacancy Now that the coronavirus crisis is essentially over but for the continuing economic disaster being wrought …
Lens-Artists Challenge #115 Inspiration
I am always inspired by the monumental, and not-so-monumental, works of human ingenuity. Whenever I see a bridge, or a mountain road, or a tall building, it reminds me of how people, down through the ages, have altered their environment by building things to make their lives easier, or to commemorate occasions or people. Structures …
Freedom…It’s a beautiful thing!
For the first eleven days of September, Hubby and I drove from our home in Washington State to South Dakota and back. We went through the states of Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, South Dakota and North Dakota. The State of Washington has a state-wide "mask mandate", requiring all open businesses to require all their customers …
Facebook Supports Antifa, the Destroyers
In violation of its own standards against so-called "hate groups", Facebook allows Rose City (Portland, OR) Antifa to recruit online, on its platform. You have, no doubt, seen all the news stories of the violent riots in Portland for the past 100+ days. Please read the linked article above, and then sever all ties you …
Retirement. It’s bittersweet, for me.
Tomorrow, Monday, August 31, will be my last working day at my current job, which I have held for 12-2/3 years. That's the longest I have ever worked at any job in my entire working life. My original goal in life was to work forever, and never retire. Well, the Wuhan Coronavirus put an end …
Lens-Artists Challenge #112, Pick a Word
For this week, bloggers pick one or more of the following words, to illustrate with their photos. The words are: Growing, Crowded, Tangled, Exuberant, and Comfortable. I think I can find at least one photo that illustrates each word for the week. Let's start with Comfortable. People who are owned by a cat know that …
Lens-Artists Challenge #111 Everyday Objects
When I saw the topic for this week's challenge, the first thought I had was "Ooh, this one is going to be fun!". And I think it will be. I hope my readers think my choice of said objects is fun. My first two everyday objects are items that are precious to me. The first …
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