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#203 #48in48 History of SSA
During an election year, there are a ton of soundbites that are thrown at you. One of the predominant subjects of those soundbites happens to be Social Security. Some say it is an entitlement (which...
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#205 #48in48 #MorningParagraph
Look at that, I am actually writing the Monday morning paragraph on Monday morning! I feel as if this is going to be a different year. I cannot place my finger on what it is. There are a lot of things...
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#206 #48in48 #StephenHawking #HistoricalFigure
This week Stephen Hawking will celebrate his 75th birthday. Hawking is an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author and Director of Research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology within the...
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#Dreams
Have you ever had just a never-ending bat shit dream? I did last night. The cast was: a friend of mine from work, a friend from NYC, a couple and a coworker traveling to Germany. We stayed in shacks...
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#217 #48in48 #EarthScience #Volcano
Picture link: http://globe-views.com/dcim/dreams/volcano/volcano-01.jpg I would love to see a volcano (up close from a distance). The photography is amazing. But I believe my experience would...
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Sterilization And Governments Who Attempt To Control Population #48in48...
This political season there has been an unending supply of news regarding reproductive rights, women’s health issues, access to healthcare, etc… While reading an article, off to the left, another...
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#219 #48in48 #Science #Radon
I read this article on radioactive waste from fracking being dumped illegally: State Finalizes $95K Fine for Radioactive Dump at Landfill By Associated Press • 17 hours ago State officials have...
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Old Journal Entries 2017-01-06
Next up in the old (actually) written journal is an excerpt from a paper I wrote in college about my Pawpaw”: He was a kind and caring man in whom I placed my constant trust. When other children were...
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Dreams 2017-01-06
Last night I had another solid sleep and with it vivid dreams. Preface – Ma never “comes to me”. There was the one time, immediately after Dad’s death, that I saw a couple who looked just like them...
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Recipe – Chicken and Corn Chowder #48in48 #227
Original recipe link here: http://damndelicious.net/2015/10/15/slow-cooker-chicken-and-corn-chowder/ I have to take down the Christmas tree and clean today. So I do not have to worry about “what’s for...
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United States #Tourism Interesting Statistics
I love to read travel articles and daydream of new and exciting places to travel. All of my travel since I was a kid has been landlocked to the United States. But this country holds so many travel...
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#230 #48in48 #PersonalHistory #Elvis
Or as I like to call him, Uncle Elvis… Let me tell you my Elvis story… On July 24, 1976 I was able to attend an Elvis concert in Charleston, West Virginia. That is my picture of him from the audience....
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Old FB note about Ma and the end.
This was posted as an old Facebook Note. I wanted to move it here because it gives the most detail to one of the two worse weeks of my life. I cannot read it. But I wanted it here so that I had it if...
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Amanda Abbott #Photography
It has been such a joy to watch my daughter’s photography grow, morph, progress. I have pictures from various phases of her work on my library wall. My favorite series was the nighttime photos for...
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About Al #PersonalHistory #48in48 #235
At a little after 9AM on January 10, 1988 I became a Mom for the first time to a healthy, happy, blue-eyed baby boy. Fourteen and a half hours of labor were worth it. I always repeat the story of how...
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Harold Pinter – No Man’s Land
For Alex’s birthday, I took him to see the National Theatre Live’s No Man’s Land. It is a Harold Pinter four man show starring Sir Patrick Stewart, Sir Ian McKellen, Damien Molony and Owen Teale. We...
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Old Journal Entries 2017-01-11
Ever so often, I will come across a poem in my old journals that I giggle at and because it is so far removed in years, I wonder – What in THE hell was my train of thought on this one… The Constant...
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Billy Joel “We Didn’t Start The Fire”
For me, this is one of those “scream out the parts you know and hum to the rest” kind of songs. I love it. Loved it when it was released. It is a great history lesson in one fast-paced song....
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#246 #48in48 #MorningParagraph
Last night I decided to tackle one of the tubs full of old papers I brought home from Dad’s after he passed away. There were a handful of pictures in the lot, not many. But the ones there were from a...
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Did you know Trump is not the first Trump to want to build a wall?
In the 1950s there was a TV show called “Trackdown.” According to the IMDB synopsis: “Texas Ranger Hoby Gilman travels the Old West tracking down assorted killers, bank robbers, horse thieves and other...
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