Inauguration 2009
Jan 20th, 2009 |
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Today, a celebration like none before. Tonight, a good night’s sleep after eight anxious years. And then, tomorrow, the work begins anew for we the people.
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Gift of the Magic Christmas Cookies
Dec 17th, 2008 |
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”How do you put the stuff in the middle?” my niece asks, turning the sugar cookie round and round and upside down, trying to find a clue to the mystery. I just smile and say, “It’s Christmas magic!”
Beverly, my co-worker from many moons ago can claim ownership to the original, but non-magical [...]
Post-Election Blues (And Reds)
Nov 12th, 2008 |
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Whew! November 4th 2008 is now history. All the election rhetoric, prognostications, and promises are behind us, leaving hope and change plus some finger pointing and blame, depending on your perspective. As my previous posts show, I’m part of the hope and change crowd, but am also keenly [...]
On Election Day – Don’t Forget the War!
Oct 29th, 2008 |
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Our flailing economy cries out for action, getting top billing by TV pundits, in campaign speeches, and in letters to the editor across the country. Plunging stock prices, bailout blues, lost jobs, and fading financial futures capture our attention like no other election-time topics. With just a few days left before Election [...]
A Republican for Obama: Nothing against the Rich, but…
Sep 29th, 2008 |
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Besides being a life-long registered Republican, I am also a mature, middle-class, small-town, white, married Christian mother of three, who hunts and eats deer meat. Add farming roots and thirty years of work in a non-union manufacturing company based in a conservative community, and the profile places me firmly in the pollsters’ [...]