I heard it’s National Cat Day

I'm a cat person, so here are a few selections from my trove of cat pictures. The picture above is my current "owner", Kikyo, in the most undignified pose. The picture above is my previous cat, Milhaud (pronounced "mee-yo, named after French composer Darius Milhaud because it sounds like meow).  She was about 17 years …

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My first response to Weekly Photo Challenge-How about THIS Monument?

Back in 2010, Hubby and I drove to Hillsdale College in Michigan for Hillsdale Hostel.  We spent a week on the road getting there, the week there, and a week getting back.  On the way from Everett, Washington to Hillsdale Michigan, we passed through Wyoming, and stopped at Devil's Tower National Monument.  Here are a …

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A Politically-incorrect way to think about the conflict in Syria

So while our president is tying himself and his regime in knots trying to figure out what to do in/about Syria, here are some facts. The Iranians have said that, if we bomb Syria, they and their buddies, Hezbollah and Al-Quaeda, will take out the state of Israel. First of all, unlike our so-called commander …

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