Asymmetry is pretty simple for me to find. I just step out the back sliding door, and I find my two small Japanese Maple trees. Both are studies in Asymmetry. The one that I planted first, just after I bought my house in the summer of 2000, is named "Fluffy" (by my husband). It was …
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And this is what I found outside the door. Those are some pretty big books! Classics that everyone should read.
So Terri gave us alternatives this week. Photos of our town, or our favorite town. I live in Western Washington, in a small city considered a suburb of Seattle. This is the waterfront on Puget Sound, just north of the US Navy Base in Everett. This is Silver Lake, just south of my house. And …
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I read Ayn Rand's huge novel, Atlas Shrugged, in high school, and I liked it then. And it seems pretty pertinent now. Here is a quote from that book. To me, it sounds like what is going on in our country today. In my opinion, Americans need to wake up and resist the not-so-gradual enslavement …
I just finished reading my first-edition, first-impression copy of John Philip Sousa’s autobiography. It was published in 1928 by Hale, Cushman, and Flint of Boston. Its subtitle is Recollections of Men, Women, and Music. The book itself is in very good shape, for nearly 100 years old. Its paper is a bit fragile and yellowed, …
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In the past week, your humble RushBabe49 has had multiple posts over at Ricochet.com promoted from the behind-the-paywall Member Feed, to the public-facing Main Feed. I have been a member of Ricochet since December of 2012, and it is my go-to web site now for real news and commentary. Ricochet members are from all walks …
Mine (the Baby Boomers) is the first generation of Americans to grow up with Disney. We went to the theater to watch Fantasia, Cinderella, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and all the other iconic Disney animated movies. We sat eagerly in front of our TVs and watched the Mickey Mouse Club. We begged our …
A couple of years ago, a Ricochet friend turned me on to author T. Lee Harris, who wrote a short novel (The Eloquent Scribe) set in ancient Egypt in the time of Pharaoh Ramesses II. The hero of the detective story is a young apprentice scribe named Sitehuti. In the first chapter, he acquires a …
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Today is a holiday to celebrate the birthdays of two of the greatest presidents in the 250-year history of the United States of America. Just so it's not reduced to a simple day off from work, here are some quotes from both presidents. Washington Said: If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and …
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No way could I miss this little ditty, composed many years ago by one of my favorite cartoonists. Speaking of tiny feet, we should all remember a line from a Robert Frost poem: The Fog comes in on little cat feet. All four little cat feet, visible at once. That kitty is pretty relaxed, isn't …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #161: Feet and Shoes
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