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Monday, March 08, 2010
*THIS* IS THE FACE OF COURAGE…...
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This is a young Iraqi girl, too young to vote, who inked her finger anyhow—so committed to living in a free country, where the government is chosen by the citizens, that she is risking death at the hands of the terrorists, in order to make her position known.
Did you even *vote* in the last election?
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
MY BIRD-FEEDING ADVENTURES…..
Living in Tennessee, I simply put up a bird-feeder and flocks of birds appeared, regardless of the season. Here in Oregon, it hasn’t been so easy.
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In fairness, my backyard is “sterile”.....it’s got grass, and that’s it. There’s no place for a bird to feel secure, and safety trumps bird-seed unless the bird is quite literally starving to death.
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So…...I hung my bird-feeders from the eaves, and then raided a humongous brush-pile on the way to Fred Meyer, and attached the branches to the rain-gutters in order to provide perching places right near the feeders. Nothing…....
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The branches were just bare ones, and I could see a Juniper tree in the yard across the alley - with birdies in it!! So, I pruned Laura’s Juniper tree and attached the resulting branches to the rain-gutters on the garage, about five feet from the feeders. Nothing….....
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I was now feeling distinctly inept….and Sophia was asking me why the birds weren’t coming to eat! That did it. I had to solve this problem or lose all credibility in the eyes of my granddaughter. What to do…......?
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Monday, February 08, 2010
WHAT CONSTITUTES A PERFECT AFTERNOON…..?
I must have had mine last week—Gail and Laura headed downtown to do some shopping, and to spruce up Leslie’s new office. Sophia came over for her regular “date” from 1:00 to 5:00 at Grandmama and Papa’s house. She and I did some imaginative play in the house….
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Then we went outside for a while….
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Sunday, February 07, 2010
CHRISTY OBIE-BARRETT—A REAL OREGON HERO!
Brian Obie, Eugene’s mayor in the late 1980s, says his precocious daughter, who had just one brother, planned on a big family from the time she was 5 or 6.
“I didn’t think she was serious,“ he says.
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She was serious…..
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Even before she married,
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she says she was clear about her goal. She wanted 12 children, some adopted….
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
TELL YOUR KIDS ABOUT HAROLD LEZZENI - A MAN OF COURAGE AND VISION…AND REAL GRIT
Harold Lezzeni was 81 years old when the house he was born in was wrecked by the landslide - there were four feet of mud that cascaded down the hill behind his place and clean through the living area of the house, sweeping away his library, his photographs, his furniture, and everything.
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What could he do? He was 81…his insurance didn’t cover anything due to “floods”, which included the rainstorm that brought the mud. The county, on whose land the mudslide originated, allowed him to spend hundreds of hours over two years compiling the damage figures, and then informed him that they were immune from his claim, so long as no bodily injury was involved. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) gave him $6,000.00.
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He started digging…..read the REST OF THE STORY HERE, along with more photographs of the house.
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Hat Tip: BOOKWORM
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
THE WORLD NEEDS MORE MEN LIKE DETROIT’S MAYOR—DAVE BING
I remember listening to Dave Bing play ball on the radio….I may have seen Dave Bing on the basketball court. I remember reading about Dave Bing in my sports magazines, and admiring his skill….but I didn’t admire him nearly as much back then, and certainly for nothing as important, as I do today.
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Why did Dave Bing run for mayor of Detroit? Cassaundra says simply, “He felt he had to.“....Yes, people know Detroit is in bad shape ... but what do they really know? Do they know that the graduation rate for African-Americans in the Detroit Public School district is 20%? Do they know that the unemployment rate in the city was recently measured at 27%—and that by some estimates the actual number may be 20 to 25 percentage points higher? Do they know that the turnout in the May 5 special election to replace Kilpatrick, in which Bing first won the mayoralty, was only 15%?
Then there is the city’s deficit, estimated to be approximately $325 million. And the city’s median income, which in 2008 was $28,730—the lowest of any major city in the country.
Are you having fun yet, Mr. Mayor?
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Dave Bing is a multi-millionaire businessman and an ex-All Star basketball player.
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Dave Bing is 67 years old…...
Saturday, January 09, 2010
PLAYING TOURIST IN MOMBASA
As you remember, we arrived in HISTORIC MOMBASA by TRAIN FROM NAIROBI, disembarking about 9:00 a.m. This is East Africa’s busiest port
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an ancient town built on an island that has been significant for for over 400 yearsSIGNIFICANT FOR OVER 400 YEARS, and counting. You can follow our adventures on THIS MAP FROM GOOGLE
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After collecting our luggage (thankful, as always, for wheeled bags) we headed up Haile Selassie Blvd, the main street of town.
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Reading
- BlogsForDummies :)
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- Arts & Letters Daily
- Ravi Zacharias
- Southern Adventist University
- The SAU Biology Deptartment - where I work with a bunch of very neat people.
- Venezuelan news—FROM Venezuela