Giving-It’s That Time of Year
So, why do people give? What makes giving to others a good thing? Some would say that giving is to help other people, perhaps those defined as "needy"; i.e. the purpose of giving is to improve the situation (emotional or material) of others. As you might imagine, the motivations for giving have been extensively …
Photo Challenge: Yellow
Here's a little guy I captured through my kitchen window in January of 2011. He is a Townsend's Warbler and he comes around most winters. I love the black mask on the yellow background.
Rats! I WANTED them to shut down the government!
During the tense negotiations in DC a while ago, where the D's and R's "negotiated" (scare quotes intended) a spending bill to keep the sainted government running for yet another fiscal year, I was rooting for the R's to simply say NO. I want them to shut down the government, since much of it …
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Easy One! Photo Challenge: Twinkle
I must have hundreds of pictures of the beautiful Christmas lights in the "Bavarian Village" of Leavenworth, Washington. Here's one of my favorites. Leavenworth is in the Cascade Mountains, just west of Wenatchee on US Highway 2. Every summer, my husband goes there to the International Accordion Celebration. We try to drive up there a …
Just some thoughts on blogging…what do readers like?
I've been doing this here blog for a few years now, and I have noticed some things. Like, I seem to get new followers whenever I do a post that's not relevant to the theme of my blog (conservatism). And a goodly number of other WordPress bloggers seem to blog about their personal lives, and …
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Photo Challenge-Lost/Gone but Not Forgotten
These are graves at the Mt. Hertzl Cemetery in Jerusalem, Israel. Graves of brave Jewish fighters, fighting for the birth of the State of Israel. They are honored, and most definitely NOT forgotten.
Something Different-My Own Recipe
Have you ever invented your own recipe for a main course or side dish for your family? I did, while I was single, and couldn't afford to eat out. Since I cooked all my own meals, I had to introduce some variation to my somewhat monotonous menu. I actually came up with this one while …
World Turned Upside-down…Headlines after Thanksgiving
Here are some headlines found on Fox News today. Prisoner Bogus Tax Refunds The Next Housing Crisis runup (relaxed mortgage lending standards) Black Friday shooting at Chicago Nordstrom Social Security benefits for illegal immigrants? UN scolds US on record of "torture" and police brutality. Employers have incentive to hire illegal immigrants (over native-born Americans) New …
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Thanksgiving
I subscribe to the RushBabe49 Properly Grateful Theory of Life. Often throughout the year, I stop and think about how fortunate I am to live in this Greatest Nation on God's Green Earth. By the accident of birth, I had upper-middle-class parents, in one of the most beautiful parts of this country (Pacific Northwest). I …
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