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The Bully is Stealing our Lunch, too.
This is an article sent to me by a good friend in Toronto. While not my words, the words cut to my heart. And I share them with my countrymen (of all colors, genders, and beliefs) in the hopes they will move you as well. Goodbye, America. It’s been nice knowing you. By Pete McMartin, Continue reading
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Oh, Canada!
How embarrassing. We will shortly be Zooming with good friends from Toronto with whom we have much history around serving others on humanitarian missions at home and abroad. We know each other’s children and families and have hosted each other in our homes many times over the years. We watched Bishop Marianne Edgar Budde’s plea Continue reading
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How to Amuse Them Today
A.A.(Alan Alexander) Milne is one of my favorite authors. I have original copies of his Winnie the Pooh books as well as his children’s poems. These belonged to my mother and uncle when they were children. I loved to read Winnie the Pooh stories to my children when they were very young. I would still Continue reading
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Light One Candle
I grew up in South Florida where the difference between the number of hours of light in the day did not change so drastically from summer to winter as it does here in New England. Ditto the temperature from season to season. The fall was not heralded by wild displays of color in the trees Continue reading
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Wisteria: Fun Facts
Many years ago I bought a sad little wisteria in the very back of a nursery at the end of the season. It was clearly destined for composting. Now a decade and a half later, one tendril has finally made it across one side of our pergola. The wisteria blooms, but the blossoms are nothing Continue reading
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Electing our Leaders
Definition of terms (simple) Redistribution or re-districting is the process by which electoral districts are added, removed, or otherwise changed. Gerrymandering is the political manipulation of electoral district boundaries to advantage a party, group, or socioeconomic class within the constituency. The United States has a representative democracy, in which not all citizens meet and make Continue reading
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Why Platypus?
To be honest, trying to find a name that has not already been taken – on WordPress or any other platform – is unbelievably difficult. I was looking for something that implies that these are my thoughts. And my thoughts are not particularly well informed by deep research (see Heather Cox Richardson) or political savvy Continue reading
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