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Stronger than a credit card! Able to leap tall buildings, and small addictions, in a single bound. Look! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No! It’s me, overcoming an impulse! Not “super” human yet,...
Nov 14, 2011 | 0 | 12 |
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When and old man dies, a library dies with him – African Proverb
Veterans’ Day is here and I enjoy hunting up some stories about my father, David S. McKean, a veteran of World War II. He died in ...
Oct 24, 2011 | 0 | 10 |
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One of my hobbies is to collect old folklore stories from times long past and from around the world. Here is an old scary Norwegian tale you might want to read for Halloween.
Retold by Terri Badh...
Oct 03, 2011 | 0 | 5 |
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The first beginnings of Halloween were much sweeter than the ghoul-focused celebration of modern day. It all began about 2,000 years ago with the simple, pastoral Celtic people. They inhabited wh...
Sep 19, 2011 | 0 | 4 |
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Looking for something to celebrate?
A holiday is a day designated as having a special significance for an individual, a government, or religious group. It maybe an official or unofficial observan...
Sep 01, 2011 | 0 | 5 |
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The first Labor Day was observed Sept. 5, 1882 in Boston. It became a federal holiday in 1894. It is celebrated on the first Monday of September, and meant to honor the workers and work force tha...
Aug 16, 2011 | 0 | 8 |
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Family Recipes, another form of Genealogy
It is a second marriage for me. A friend once told us that a second marriage family is not like a “smoothie” or a milk shake. Things aren’t so smooth an...
Jul 28, 2011 | 0 | 15 |
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HOW IT ALL BEGAN
After the War of 1812, there was an “age of intellectual unrest and moral reform” in the United States, New labor unions, anti-slavery groups, health associations, temperance...
Jul 13, 2011 | 0 | 6 |
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Life might be great right now, but trust me and save or copy this article, because failure and bad times come to everyone. You can pull this article out and read it, when you need it the most.
Fa...
Jun 23, 2011 | 0 | 14 |
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This is the time of the year to not just wave a flag, but take a deeper look into the history of the United States of America. Our freedoms have been paid for by the sacrifices and blood of others...
Jun 13, 2011 | 0 | 3 |
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At some point, every father has received a card and a necktie as a Father’s Day gift. They are actually the gifts with the most history and honor we can give. It is said, that the ver...
May 31, 2011 | 0 | 7 |
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None of us prepares for a natural disaster really hoping to use the Emergency Preparedness Supplies we have stored. We prepare, usually, just to know it’s none, so we can rest more comfortably. S...
May 23, 2011 | 0 | 100 |
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What do Poppies have to do with Memorial Day?
Is Memorial Day still a sacred, patriotic holiday?
It was called “Decoration Day”, in my childhood memories, and we pinned a little red poppy ...
May 13, 2011 | 0 | 6 |
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Learning to Appreciate small joys, Brings bigger Joys
When the dull drab grey, of winter finally melts into spring, my eyes and heart search for colors. Though the eye of the beholder, even the...
May 05, 2011 | 0 | 126 |
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Praises for mothers have been on the lips of children since the beginning of written language and continue even now.
----Jewish Proverb: God could not be everywhere and therefore he mad...
Apr 14, 2011 | 0 | 7 |
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If I ruled the world, Easter would be celebrated the same Sunday morning in April every year, without concern for full moons and equinox details. When I first started researching information on Ea...
Apr 07, 2011 | 0 | 4 |
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“Will this be the season of, “What was I thinking?” Ah! Warm weather! We have waited so long for it to be here. So much to do! So little time! If you plan it well, and keep it as simple as poss...
Mar 28, 2011 | 0 | 5 |
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A very unique Holiday, which is not a formal holiday!
No one is exactly sure when or why it started!
It doesn’t celebrate any particular thing!
There is a strong case for the belief, that the beg...
Mar 14, 2011 | 0 | 11 |
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I have some Irish roots. We all claim to have Irish roots at St. Patrick’s Day. It’s a great time to be a little Irish, and who isn’t ready for some green? It’s in the Bible? Something like, “...
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