Valuing Life This is a diary I felt compelled to write. Last week I read a news item and magazine article, both of which got me thinking. In 1963, a momentous Supreme Court ruling occurred. It removed prayer from public schools. My premise: the removal of prayer, a spiritual foundation from the public school curriculum, laid the groundwork for Roe v Wade in 1973. The | Read More »
This diary is dedicated to the memory of my dear friend and Conservative mentor, known on RS as TallChE. He passed away Thanksgiving Eve. from injuries sustained in a terrible accident at the end of October. This is going to be a two-in-one diary. As it is my real birthday, I thought I would first share a little bit about myself – a woman’s life. | Read More »
Wow! This is not a simple essay to write about. It is so deep. One of the shortest “books” I have ever read, yet it yields more wisdom than a book of a 1000 pages. I will focus on just a few concepts that made an impact on me. “The world has gone a slumming.” This statement occurs near the end of the essay. It | Read More »
Jaded and Penguin’s Excellent 9/12 DC Adventure “Better late than never.” That is the phrase we overheard from a fellow sardine (rider) on the Metro, which we boarded in Vienna, Va. to DC. Packed as noted, like sardines, that Metro train made many stops along the route, where no one else could board, leaving the metro platforms filled with 100′s of people to wait for | Read More »
Traditionally, a neighborhood was a community of like minded people. Several decades ago most of us grew up in neighborhoods/communities that shared common interests and common goals. We were culturally connected. The Amish are a good example of people being members of a community, though they don’t live close-by. Yet, they can gather together to raise a barn. Recent societal changes due to affluence, increased | Read More »
This is my first attempt at a diary – so here goes: I’d like to share a personal story. Last weekend and this weekend, I was out of town, attending two college graduations. I have twin boys, one graduated from Radford University, Radford, Va. (western part of state), and the other from George Mason University, Fairfax, Va. (northern Virginia). The Radford graduation had Gov. Tim | Read More »
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