Merry Freakin Christmas Day two of our back to home road trip. We are staying at Marriott properties along the way which include free breakfast. Most of the food we can’t or won’t eat. We went down to eat this morning and Lou Ann asked the attendants Jan and Rosie if they had Almond milk. …
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On the road again Lou Ann and I left Virginia this morning and drove to Indianapolis. On the way we saw wonderful fall colors. We stopped to go the bathroom outside Uniontown PA. We went into a Burger King to use the restroom and on a lark, Lou Ann asked if they had Veggie Burgers…
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Angels of Mercy Today was an adventure! We reserved a U-haul trailer a couple of weeks ago, to pick up this morning at 9 am. Last night, I thought what if the ball part of the hitch doesn’t work? I got up early and put it on. Went to the U-haul place which is in…
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Creating Peace on Earth I know folks who go into public bathrooms and pick up paper towels and such that others have dropped and dispose of them. I know a person that when they are driving their car, they constantly think of how they might help others. They watch and slow down so others can…
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Angels I went for a walk this morning and on the way a lady was walking a snow white Samoyed named Mosby, pictured here. I told her that Lou Ann and I had a dog named Angel who was twelve years old before she left the planet. Her dog was speaking to me just as…
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The waters will come What if Atlantis wasn’t a myth, but an early precursor to a new age of great flooding? Across the globe, scientists and civilians alike are noticing rapidly rising sea levels, and higher and higher tides pushing more water directly into the places we live, from our most vibrant, historic cities to…
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Guardians of Earth Who decided that some plants are flowers and should be nurtured and treasured and some are weeds and need to be pulled, chopped, burned, shoveled, in other words, destroyed? I realize that I have a hierarchy of preference. When I see a tree being climbed by a vine; in my mind the…
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Play We went to watch our granddaughter Carly play soccer. She is 15 and 5 foot 7, 150 strong pounds. She is quite an athlete like her father Chris. On the way we listened to a TED talk on NPR about play and how important it is for humans to do so. Many of us…
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Same Kind of Different as Me Another powerful movie for folks to see. This is a true story about a married couple, living in Texas, who have personal challenges. The wife, who has a heart as big as Lou Ann (you thought I was going to say Texas), volunteers as a homeless mission. They have…
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Loved Lou Ann and I were visiting my daughter Deborah today, in Dale City Virginia. She is always fun to be with, we laugh a lot! As we were traveling across town to visit her, we drove by a road named Taylor. I pointed it out to Lou Ann and she said awwww… in a…
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