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Will the last virgin of Judea please rise

posted about 4 hours ago, updated 6 minutes later by ChelseaLad | 3 comments
As 250 plus wedding guests assembled, the procession of the wedding party commenced. To accompany the joyous parade, the vocalist sang the traditional Ave Maria. For purposes of this blog, I will invite my cousin, Celine Dion, to use her haunting ...

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More money living on less

posted about 24 hours ago by brightsoul | 0 comments
I got more money when My husband died.
It took me off my disability, so now I have had to buy my own health insurance good thing AARP is giving me a 30% discount and helping with prexisting condtions, it does not matter at this time.
I need to get...

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Water Into Wine

posted 1 day ago, updated 4 minutes later by ChelseaLad | 4 comments
"On the third day there was a marriage at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there; Jesus also was invited to the marriage, with His disciples. When the wine failed, the mother of Jesus said to Him, "They have no wine."
"And Jesus said t...

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Reducing The Distances Between Us

posted 1 day ago, updated about 10 hours later by Bluesman07 | 8 comments
In dealing with inter-personal relationships in the world, we need to see people as people in order to value them. When leaders such as Nancy Pelosi or Barney Frank and others speaks of “dissenters, astro-turf, ring-wing extremists, Swastika-carry...

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"Native Wisdom for White Minds"

posted 1 day ago by okhela | 7 comments
"Native Wisdom for White Minds"

About fifteen years ago, a dear friend shared with me her morning meditation routine. Part of her daily ritual was reading from a daily meditation book, "Native Wisdom for White Minds", by Anne Wilson Schaef. I fel...

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My love affair with Southern writers

posted 2 days ago, updated about 2 hours later by ChelseaLad | 5 comments
I walked into the library yesterday and spied a new novel by Pat Conway. Titled, “South of Broad,” the South Carolina low country author takes us on an another adventure among a bunch of dysfunctional folks in a Southern city -- this time Charlest...

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blogging

posted 3 days ago by allen42 | 0 comments
To blog or not to blog that is the dilemma. For one thing is blogging interesting any more since twits have appeared and taken over the blogosphere.

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Do clothes make the man?

posted 3 days ago, updated 6 minutes later by ChelseaLad | 4 comments
With my son’s wedding coming up this Saturday, I picked up my tuxedo today. I spent 10 minutes with a lovely lass who saw to it that my shirt was the right size and my pants didn’t hang too low with the suspenders holding them up. She then worked ...

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Cincinnati takes a gamble

posted 4 days ago, updated 12 minutes later by ChelseaLad | 3 comments
I have spent the lion’s share of my life in Cincinnati, Ohio, having lived there from 1966 until 1999. I now live 15 miles south of the City in Northern Kentucky.

The Queen City of the West was settled by soldiers who were given land grants for t...

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Andersonville Redux

posted 5 days ago, updated 12 minutes later by ChelseaLad | 5 comments
A couple of days ago, I reported on my visit to Andersonville Prison in Southern Georgia. One comment on my blog suggested the history of Andersonville is prejudiced by the fact the North had won the war and the Union prisons were no better. Also,...

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