They’ve Got Us Right Where They Want Us (with thanks to a Ricochet friend for the idea)

Isolated from friends and family. Schools closed, so our children cannot see or play with their friends; in fact, being taught to fear their friends. Churches closed. Movie theaters, retail shops, bars and restaurants closed (these are all the places where we socialize together). Stuck at home. Working from home, distant from colleagues and supervisors …

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Final Photo Challenge of 2017-Favorites-Travels with/to Friends

2017 was highlighted by travels, to various destinations to meet with friends, and to get re-acqainted with old (in both senses of the word) friends.  Here are my favorite highlights. In February, Hubby and I traveled to Phoenix for a Hillsdale College National Leadership Seminar.  This was our third trip to Arizona with the Hillsdale …

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Weekly Photo Challenge: A Good Match

Things that complement each other...Good times, and Cousins!  Back in October, we met some of my family down in Portland, OR.  We celebrated some birthdays, had dinner, and got re-acquainted with family we don't see often. In their birthday finery, my sister, and my twin cousins.  Aren't they cute? Brother and sisters.  My cousin from …

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What Societal Permission of “Homosexual Marriage” Really Means

In case you have not noticed, more states in the USA are re-defining Marriage to include two people of the same sex. For approximately 5,000 years, the concept of Marriage has meant one Man and one Woman, joined by a ceremony in either a civil setting or a religious one, and sometimes both. When one …

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