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Quote of the Week

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Don Merritt

“That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that History has to teach.” Aldous Huxley

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Remembering John F. Kennedy

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Don Merritt

Today John F. Kennedy would be 95 years of age; hard to imagine… Of course I’d rather be writing about how he was planning to celebrate today that having to remember him… Mr. Kennedy inspired a Nation with his unusual … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Week

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Don Merritt

Another quote today from the original “quotable” Mark Twain: “If you don’t read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed.”  Wow, then too I see…

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The Glory of Spring

Posted on March 31, 2012 by Don Merritt

Since today is Saturday, I thought I’d just do a short post with a lot of pictures.  I went out the other day and took some pictures in the yard with spring raging all over and I’ll share some of … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Week

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Don Merritt

“I don’t make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts. “ — Will Rogers

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Winter’s Swan Song

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Don Merritt

Where I live, we haven’t had any snow since the 3rd of this month, and since then we’ve actually had one day that reached 70 degrees.  Looking at the extended forecast, we are supposed to be in the 50’s and … Continue reading →

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Photographic Musings

Posted on March 10, 2012 by Don Merritt

Have you ever looked at an old photograph of someone… really looked at it? I don’t just mean to notice that they dressed differently than we do or to give it a glance as though they aren’t really normal people, I … Continue reading →

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Modern Conveniences

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Don Merritt

In 2004 we were shopping for a new house, and I am including two photos we took in one of the houses that we considered.  Sadly, this one was not the one that we ultimately bought… In the photo above … Continue reading →

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The Home Stretch

Posted on February 25, 2012 by Don Merritt

Yesterday when I came back into the house after shoveling several tons of fresh, wet heavy snow, I was looking through some old photos for a blogging idea when I came upon this one… Now I am not a Cubs … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday Ronald Reagan!

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Don Merritt

Well you guessed it, today is Mr. Reagan’s birthday… I hardly know where to start with this one; I realize that Reagan remains a controversial figure today, but this isn’t a political blog as a rule, so I’ll let others … Continue reading →

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