Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #140: Change of Scenery

My readers will have seen my previous posts on trips to Uwajimaya, our local Asian grocery store.  On previous trips, I just took photos of the vegetables, which the store arranges meticulously so they are very photogenic.  Just today, my husband needed to restock his Udon noodles, so I went along to get a change …

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If Carbon Dioxide is a Pollutant…

Then why hasn't the government outlawed carbonated beverages? Big drinks companies like Coca Cola and Pepsico use large quantities of CO2 daily in making your Diet Coke. And when you open a can of Coke or Pepsi, some of the CO2 escapes. Why haven't they forbidden SodaStream to sell its machines in the US? Their …

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Jerking around the Washington State Public-Covid Vaccine Follies

The State of Washington is a One-Party State, ruled by Democrats top-to-bottom.  Up until now, the Dictator Inslee has blamed the Trump administration for all its vaccine failures.  They can't do that anymore, as Trump is out of office.  The State and the "Press" have been jerking around the public for weeks, with good and …

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #130: It’s a small world

This week's theme is Macro/micro photography, and perhaps these photos don't qualify, but they were taken this afternoon, with my iPhone XR camera.  Once again, we went on an excursion to Uwajimaya, our excellent local Asian grocery store.  I am always fascinated by their wide assortment of exotic fruits and vegetables, and I just took …

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When I was 71, it was a Very Bad Year. The Year of “Closed” and “Canceled”

...a year of record-low unemployment, and job opportunities for ex-prisoners and black and other minority workers...until it wasn't.  A year of thriving small businesses, after-work drinks at our favorite Chinese restaurant, and ample overtime work due to a full order book at my aerospace job...until it wasn't.  Quite quickly, 2020 turned into the Annus Horribilis. …

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Tripling Down on Failure: Today’s news from Washington State

If you had a goal in mind for your life, and you engaged in certain actions to achieve that goal, and all those actions had no effect on reaching that goal, what would you do?  Would you re-evaluate whether the goal was achievable at all, or would you simply persist in the same actions?  Would …

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Encouraging news on the Liberty front in Washington State (with caveats)

If you read the post just below this one, you will get an idea of what is happening on the "Dictator Rules by Decree to Prevent Spread of Wuhan Coronavirus" front, here in Washington State.  The news is almost all bad, for liberty-loving citizens and businesses.  Today, however, a glimmer of good news showed up. …

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Damn You, Jay Inslee, Part Three. Damn You to Hell.

With the New Lockdown of the State of Washington, how many Businesses and Restaurants have you RUINED today?  How many Families have you torn apart?  How many Suicides have you initiated today?  How much State Tax Revenue have you destroyed today?  How much additional drug use have you initiated today?  And, tell me, Who Gave …

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Let’s make a Thanksgiving Vow this year-Updated

Updated on November 21, 2020.  The edicts below were issued in early November.  Now, the State has come down hard, and, basically, prohibited Thanksgiving.  All over this Nation, citizens are being told that they MAY NOT gather with their families for a big Thanksgiving celebration.  They MAY NOT travel to be with their loved ones, …

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