In the soon-coming days, our nation will be celebrating a holiday known as “Thanksgiving.”
It is a distinctively Christian holiday, having its origins with the Pilgrims whom came to this land seeking religious asylum and freedom.
Not only is the giving or expression of thanks and gratitude to one another a truly not-of-this-Earth practice Read the rest…
I remember so clearly Minnie telling me to go downstairs and look in her cedar chest and get her towels that she had been saving. I was her caregiver now that she was bedfast, and I could not seem to keep up with all the washing of bedclothes and towels.
No telling how long she had been saving those towels. Read the rest…
I love the fall. Even with the day off, I was up about 4:30 - checking the temperature and cloud cover outside… Long about 6am the sun was trying to wedge it’s glowing fingers inbetween the clouds, sparking the gold and red highlights in the tree-tops. Read the rest…
I was reading something on the World Wired Web. You know… the thing called the “Internet.”
In fact, I learnt a new word - “flamen.” Read the rest…
Wall Street & Main Street:
Futures
and the
Human Stock Market
In the stock market there are numerous financial instruments which have existed for many, many years, and which form the stock market itself. Among them are stock, in preferred and common types, as well as futures, which are most typically trades associated with commodities, which are predominately comprised of agricultural products, and include precious metals. Read the rest…
Tonight, Arizona Senator and Republican Presidential nominee John McCain gave one of the most dignified and gracious concession speeches I’ve ever heard.
In it, he encouraged all Americans to join together behind President elect, Illinois Senator and Democratic nominee Barak Obama for the betterment of America.
Thanks, John.
God bless the United States of America.
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