Blog tagged as USA

Summer is here, and for many of us, with it comes an urge to go someplace we may have read about but never visited.  If you’re looking for a fun, family-oriented destination, I have a suggestion to make.


 A copy of the latest edition of The Monitor, the Naples, Texas, 140-year-old newspaper...


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25.06.26 01:41 PM - Comment(s)
A reflection on a bygone era of politics, recalling a respected senator who focused on service and accomplishments rather than attacking opponents. A timely reminder that positive leadership never goes out of style.
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10.06.26 08:47 PM - Comment(s)

Summer is coming!  When I was a child, this not only meant a change in temperature, but it seemed to me my whole world changed. 

For your edification, I am sharing with you some important summer rules.


1) You cannot go barefoot until after June first.


 2) If you get a sandspur stuck in y...



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19.05.26 11:04 PM - Comment(s)

This morning, I awoke with the words of a hymn in my mind. I can remember my mother singing it as she did housework when I was a child. I went to one of my bookcases and found an old hymnal. The hymn Life's Railway to Heaven was on page 200. The publication date was 1896 - one hundred twen...

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04.12.25 06:24 AM - Comment(s)

We had been married less than a year.  My husband was just out of the U. S. Navy and attending the University of Texas at Arlington.  I was working for C. P. Waggoner Sales Company in Grand Prairie across the street from Chance-Vought.  As the saying was at the time, I was earning my ...

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14.08.25 03:08 AM - Comment(s)