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A Poem: A Box of Christmas Memories
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Photo credit-Author A tree stands in a room filled with lights and trinkets of the past Ornaments on display refresh our memory of glitter and glue Gifts of first graders proudly offered to mothers…
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I do declare Miss Lindsey is mad again!
So, Miss Lindsey Graham, Senator of South Carolina, plans on challenging the grand jury subpoena she received seeking her testimony as part of an investigation into possible criminal interference in Georgia’s 2020 election by Ronald Frump and his allies. The … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Thoughts, Writing
Tagged Antifa, Donald Trump, fake news, Georgia, GOP, January 6th, Lindsey Graham, MAGA, Republicans, socialism, South Carolina, Trump, Witch hunt
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I still don’t have it
Once upon a time I might have been good looking, never in a George Clooney or Denzel Washington kind of way, but I probably had a few years where I was 7 maybe an 8 on a good day. It … Continue reading
Posted in Discover, discover wp, Life, Thoughts, Writing
Tagged Blond, female, flirt, Grateful Dead, Greenville, hot, Old, Publix, SC, sex, South Carolina, Upstate
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YOU’RE IN A CULT
Among the many stickers I have on my car I have two that aren’t very popular in my neck of the woods, the red state of South Carolina. One reads, “HE LOST IN A FAIR ELECTION” and the second one, … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Writing
Tagged Adolf Hitler, America, Charles Manson, conservatives, cult, Frump, God, GOP, Jim Jones, Lindsey Graham, MAGA, narcissistic, power, Proud Boys, psychopath, QAnon, Republicans, South Carolina, Trump, White
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Charlie Watts
One of my top five favorite songs in the whole world is Gimme Shelter by The Rolling Stones. The second you hear Keith Richards’ eerie opening guitar riff you know exactly what the song is. It is a dramatic beginning, subtle, with simple … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Thoughts, Writing
Tagged 1978, Charlie Watts, Chuck Berry, Death, Etta James, Gimme Shelter, heroes, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, Music, Pearl Jam, Rock 'n' Roll, The Rolling Stones, The Stones
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We are but a mist
“Yes I understand, That every life must end, As we sit alone, I know someday we must go, Oh I’m a lucky man, To count on both hands, The ones I love, Some folks just have one, Yeah others they … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Thoughts, Writing
Tagged Death, Eddie Vedder, Facebook, Family, Friends, Generations, humans, James 4:14, Kids, Love, Parents, Pearl Jam, People
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Jesus, Inc.
My wife and I lived in Wilmington, NC when we first got married. We were both a long way from home in a town that we had no family living close by and no money so “fun” on a Friday … Continue reading
Posted in Discover, Life, Thoughts, Writing
Tagged Bible, Christianity, Ernest Angley, Evangelicals, Franklin Graham, fraud, God, grifter, hell, Jesus, Religion, Southern Baptist
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The business of death
In South Carolina there is a lottery every year to hunt Alligators. Applicants pay a $10.00 non-refundable fee and if chosen, by a random computer drawing, pay $100 for an Alligator hunting permit and a tag that allows them to … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Thoughts, Writing
Tagged 2nd Amendment, abortion, Christianity, death penalty, death row, firing squad, Guns, henry mcmaster, hunting, Jesus Christ, Open carry, Redneck, SC, South Carolina
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When grownups are in charge
My kids are young adults, 30 and 27. They are both independent young ladies making their way in the world. But occasionally I still get a call to help them navigate a task that they both refer to as “adulting”. … Continue reading
Rush Limbaugh
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” – Martin Luther King, Jr. In my sixty years of living, I have gone through several different cycles. I was … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Thoughts, Writing
Tagged Christianity, conservatives, Ditto Heads, Evangelical Christians, Franklin Graham, God, Hate, Jesus Christ, MAGA, Mercy, Republicans, Rush Limbaugh, Trump
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