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  • Tavern

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    A tavern is a place where madness is sold by the bottle.    Jonathan Swift Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whigs, then for the Tories), poet and cleric who became Dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin…. Read More ›

  • Tending the Stones for the Lock, XXIX

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    29th part of the new weekly story.  (1st Part)   The inspiration for this came from an off hand comment I made on Facebook, and since people seemed interested I decided to follow through.  Happy Reading.  (1st Part) (2nd Part)  (3rd Part) (4th Part) (5th… Read More ›

  • Politics

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    I deliberately did not read anything about the Vietnam War because I felt the politics of the war eclipsed what happened to the veterans. The politics were irrelevant to what this memorial was.    Maya Lin Maya Ying Lin (born October… Read More ›

  • Life

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    Life is like a ten speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never use.    Charles M. Schulz Charles Schulz, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on November 26, 1922, launched his comic strip Peanuts in 1950. Featuring hero Charlie Brown, over the… Read More ›