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Indian Summer:  What, Why and When   After Labor Day has passed, it seems that almost any warm day in the northern part of the United States is referred to by most people as “Indian summer”.  And while their error is certainly not of the world-shaking variety, they are, for the most part, in error.   Besides specific dates, there are certain Indian summer criteria to be met.  Indian summer is warm, of course. In addition, however, the atmosphere during Indian summer... Read More

My Son has just landed in Iraq. I for the 6 Months Training kept saying to him, "You are my only Son...I can use my trump card." I did not want him going because my Husband already served 15 Months in the big sandbox. My Husband also got injured but at least it did not destroy his Military Career. His Convoy was hit the day before he was to come home. Two died in that and several injured. He still was able to pull the group together and return fire in the direction of the flashes from the shoo... Read More

Setting Examples by Hands On, Walking The Walk, How to Clean a Beach, Park, Stream, Lake, River, Your Own Back Yard By Waster-Sizing, Bending at the Waist to pick up the Waste and, getting Rid of Both. Hearing the Cry of Mother Nature and Doine Something About It.Carpe Diem, NOW Is The Only Time There IsHealth and Happiness To All
KOTO Keeper Of The Ocean
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MY HOLIDAY WITH JOHN McCAIN   by Mary-Kay Gamel, Professor of Classics, Comparative Literature, and Theater Arts Cowell College, University of California, Santa Cruz   It was just before John McCain's last run at the presidential nomination in 2000 that my husband and I vacationed in Turtle Island in Fiji with John McCain, Cindy, and their children, including Bridget (their adopted Bangladeshi child).It was not our intention, but it was our misfortune to be in close quarters with John... Read More

I Have A Drug Problem  The other day, someone at a store in our town read that a methamphetamine lab had been found in an old farmhouse in the adjoining county and he asked me a rhetorical question, ''Why didn't we have a drug problem when you and I were growing up?''
I replied: I had a drug problem when I was young:
I was drug to church on Sunday morning. I was drug to church for weddings and funerals.
I was drug to family reunions and community socials no matter the weather.
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