I have always admired my violin, which I bought from its maker in 1987, when it was nearly brand new. David VanZandt lives in Seattle, and every once in awhile I take my beautiful violin home to "Daddy" for him to touch up the varnish and do any needed adjustments. I found that, once I …
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In May of 2013, I organized my first Seattle Ricochet Meetup, a physical meeting of Ricochet members, around a Hillsdale College National Leadership Seminar held in Seattle. Ricochet members are always up for a meeting, and many Seattle members support Hillsdale College. I posted an invitation on the Member Feed, and asked for advance notice …
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I found an interesting statement in a Wall Street Journal review of a new book of the letters of Laura Ingalls Wilder, writer of the "Little House" series about her childhood in the Midwest and on the prairie. It seems that, in her eighties, she did a radio broadcast, to the "Children of Chicago", and …
For most of my life, I have had a revulsion reaction to people whose bodies are deformed, or whose behaviors are offensive in public. I believe this revulsion is probably hard-wired into human beings from prehistory, as a survival characteristic (others whose looks or behaviors are not "civilized" might be foes); so I'm betting that …
Every day, I give thanks to have been born in the Greatest Country on God's Green Earth. Our country is one of the most beautiful on Earth, with terrain ranging from blazing hot deserts, to grassy prairies, to high snow-capped mountains, to chains of beautiful blue lakes. The American people are the most generous in …
What about this Black Life? Did you know that over 60% of black babies are aborted? Yes, SIXTY PERCENT! This evening, I discovered an interesting Web Site called Black Genocide. Give it a look. This simple fact shows that so-called Progressives do NOT believe that Black Lives Matter. In truth, the fact that Abortion is …
Let's see. In the past couple of years he has met with, and praised: The Brutal Dictator of Russia, Vladimir Putin. A Saudi Prince, of a kingdom that represses its women, stoning them to death for "honor crimes". He has done his best to release "detainees" (brutal terrorists) from Guantanamo Prison, allowing them to return …
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https://dailypost.wordpress.com/photo-challenges/dance/ They got the slow dance out of the way, so they could dance to the Persian music. My nephew married a gorgeous young lady whose family is from Iran. Her dad gave an absolutely hilarious speech that had all the wedding guests rolling in the aisles. To the Dance!
Beware of relying too much on the Government Transportation (bus, train) to get you to work. Be careful of selling your car, and trying to "save the planet" by using mass transportation. This is what happens: DC Workers Brace For Nightmare Commute as Metro Shuts Down for Emergency Inspection The Powers That Be in the …
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As long as I can remember, I have always loved the seashore. I grew up in Seattle, on Puget Sound, an arm of the Pacific Ocean. In the summer, my sister and I would join our maternal grandparents and our Portland cousins for a week at Seaside, on the Oregon coast. In the 1980s, I …
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