The Declaration of Independence, along with the US Constitution, is arguably the free world's finest attestation to the values that underpin the world's most influential Republic. Reflect on it today, and contemplate the consequences if Americans embrace tyranny right here at home. Think about the phrase, "Consent of the Governed". Does that still resonate …
Weekly Photo Challenge – Door
I am an Art Deco enthusiast. This is a door on a bank in Philadelphia. I think it's an excellent example. https://dailypost.wordpress.com/dp_photo_challenge/door/
(poundsign)LoveWins! Really??
For the past week, homosexuals and their advocates and supporters have been literally dancing in the streets, since five lawyers in black robes "gave" them the "right" to government-sanctioned "marriage". That ruling, and a couple before it, has taken the issue out of the hands of the People, and in the case of Proposition 8 …
Make no Mistake-it’s Never Too Late
Looking back on my life, I’ve made many choices that I regret now. But there is one choice that I made in 1984 that I would do all over again in a heartbeat; re-starting playing the violin. When I was a kid in the Seattle Public Schools in the 1950s, it was understood that when …
I’m having trouble corralling my thoughts on this week’s Supreme Court rulings
My brain seems to be a tangle of thoughts, concerns, and emotions, given the momentous rulings handed down by the nine Ivy League lawyers in black robes in Washington, D.C. Over the experience of humanity, for the last 5,000 years of recorded human history, those nine people have in one stroke, deemed that two people …
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Cute, Talented, and….she plays the Accordion!
Last weekend was the Leavenworth International Accordion Celebration, in "Washington's Bavarian Village". This 7-year-old stole the show from her Dad on Thursday, danced to his band playing Beatles on Friday, and wowed the judges on Saturday. Enjoy Miss Maria (Masha) Telechev https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ro-ryEP1U5w
I Coined a new Phrase- “Going Hillsdale”
You are probably aware that I am a big supporter of Hillsdale College in Michigan. And that one of their main claims to fame is that they do not accept one red cent of government money; that enables them to teach the liberal arts exactly the way those arts should be taught. Hillsdale's refusal …
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It's time for Summer. I call this one "Cactus Attacking Tree". I took it at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix. Here's the full picture:
I just had to show this off!
Yesterday, hubby and I went to a local park, and I "caught" this little Marsh Wren. Isn't he cute?
Photo Challenge: Vivid
Seen on the street in Safed, Israel. Vivid against the concrete wall. Art and music at the same time! https://dailypost.wordpress.com/dp_photo_challenge/
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