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Straight Talk in a Crooked World
This video was mentioned in a Daughters of the American Revolution communication. The author noted that many Vietnam veterans have never been told thank you– by anyone. If you see a veteran, take a few seconds to shake their hand or give them a hug and thank them for their service. These men and women […]
Read More Thank You For Your Service“No, don’t take pictures. Just enjoy the parade.” Ha, that didn’t last. I couldn’t help myself. The annual Veterans Day Parade in Auburn, Washington is so rich with culture, color, and camaraderie that I used the old point and shoot to capture a lot of what we saw. Someday I’ll get an expensive camera. Someday I’ll […]
Read More 2014 Auburn Veterans Day ParadeOh, God, no, please no… I think that’s what I said when I read the headline today declaring that American journalist James Foley had been savagely beheaded by the demonic gang of terrorist thugs called ISIS. Frankly my brain makes up its own acronyms for ISIS, like Ignorant Savages Instigating Slaughter. I know these people […]
Read More RIP James FoleyThe City of Pateros, Washington is burning. This picturesque town of about 650 people in north central Washington where the Methow and Columbia Rivers meet is beloved by many. We go there to relax, to enjoy the outdoors, and to enjoy the scenery. An out of control wildfire, one of scores burning in the state […]
Read More Pateros in FlamesThis Saturday, June 14th, 2014, is Flag Day. This is the day we Americans celebrate the adoption of our national flag on June 14th, 1777. Until the latter part of the 19th century, we didn’t have a separate day celebrating our beloved banner. As a matter a fact, it wasn’t until the summer of 1949 […]
Read More Raise It Up! Sing Along!This sickening story came to my attention over the weekend: Obama Ignores Pregnant Wife of American Sentenced to Sharia Death By Hanging for Not Renouncing Christian Faith Meriam Yahia Ibrahim is the pregnant 27 year-old wife of a naturalized American citizen. She and their 18 month-old son Martin are being held by the authorities in Sudan, […]
Read More Save MeriamHace mucho calor en Seattle hoy. It’s about 82 degrees outside today, and as a coworker said, everybody’s hitting their brakes because the sun’s in their eyes… just like they do when it starts raining. In the vein of my Tooling Along in our Motorcars post from several years ago, I formulated a top ten bad […]
Read More Top Ten Bad Seattle Driving Behaviors*Please note: Fruitful Farm does not open until May 9th, 2014 at 9:30 A.M. The Restaurant at Rhodes River Ranch is open. *** Oso businesses suffer as customers stop coming around KOMO just published this great article on how the mudslide is affecting businesses in the Oso area. In a sick twist of irony, […]
Read More Shop Fruitful Farm!Right now Obama is speaking at the Oso Fire Department a few miles from the horrific mudslide that happened one month ago. Throughout his speech, he has kept referring to… Ahso. Darrington, Arlington, and Ahso. Oso is the Spanish word for bear and I’ve never heard it pronounced any other way than Oh-soh. So I’d […]
Read More Ahso?On a hill overlooking the Skagit Valley near La Conner, Washington is a community called Pleasant Ridge. Settlers began to arrive in the area around the Civil War in the 1860s and gravitated towards the ridge’s elevation as it offered protection from floods. Until the Depression, Pleasant Ridge was a thriving community that contained churches, […]
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