Last week, we flew to Nashville (see Photo Challenge post for flight pictures), for a Hillsdale College National Leadership Seminar, entitled "Educating for National Leadership". Now, we are longtime supporters of Hillsdale, and we always look forward to these two-day seminars which include dinner, lunch, a reception, and a range of nationally-recognized speakers. We combined …
Continue reading Nashville Trip: Hillsdale National Leadership Seminar, and a taste of Liberty
The last time Hubby and I made a trip to our favorite Asian grocery store, Uwajimaya, we saw an item on the shelf that we had not noticed before, and decided to try it. The item is a somewhat "instant" noodle mix that makes a Singapore Curry. We tried it, and it was just wonderful! …
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 …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #140: Change of Scenery
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 …
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 …
Continue reading Jerking around the Washington State Public-Covid Vaccine Follies
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 …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #130: It’s a small world
...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. …
Continue reading When I was 71, it was a Very Bad Year. The Year of “Closed” and “Canceled”
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 …
Continue reading Tripling Down on Failure: Today’s news from Washington State
A friend turned me on to this. Follow this link for a great read. Keywords: US Marines, jungle, pepper plantation, snakes.
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. …
Continue reading Encouraging news on the Liberty front in Washington State (with caveats)
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