To understand the importance of Uncle Clarence in my life, you need to be acquainted with him. He was my mother’s oldest brother, fourteen years older. Very early in her life, he left home and went to Panama and, according…
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THE UNCLE CLARENCE CAPER
Posted in Chat Tagged with: Alaska, baby whooping cranes, Civil War diary, Navy Seabees, Operation Migration, Panama, Panama Canal, salt water taffy, sea shells, watermelons
CHRISTMAS
This post was mounted on my blog almost two years ago. This seems like a good time to bring it back for another appearance. Happy Holidays during this wonderful time of celebration!!! For me, Christmas rarely arrives on December…
Posted in Chat Tagged with: Christmas, Colorado, gift, jeweled lights, jolly fat men, Mexico, shepherd's garb. Colima, Silent Night, sleigh bells, winter, wise man
ON THE SUBJECT OF CHRISTMAS TREES
Recently I was very disappointed in the decision makers of Redding Pennsylvania. Today I am more than proud. I’m encouraged. For those of you who missed the newscast, a fairly ugly Christmas tree had received enough criticism that the city…
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John Donne, a British poet born in 1572, wrote a poem, NO MAN IS AN ISLAND, that finished with the words Ernest Hemingway used in the title of one of his best known books. Donne’s poem says, “And therefore, never…
Posted in Chat Tagged with: Community, Ernest Hemingway, Flight for Life helicopter, FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS, John Donne
