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When It’s Your Turn To Cook The Bird
By Jim Foreman, Guest Blogger Jim Foreman tells me he wrote this twenty years ago for a women’s magazine. It has been republished, somewhere, every year since then. I suggested to him that it would be a shame to break … Continue reading
Posted in Edible Flowers, Holidays, Humor, Literature
Tagged family, Jim Forman, Storytelliing
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France, Terrorists and the War That is not a war.
by Chuck Stanley Other than those affected directly, I am probably handling this less well than most here. Especially affecting me is the death of 23 y/o Nohemi Gonzalez. It has been only five short months since I watched my … Continue reading
Posted in France, Terrorists, War
Tagged CIA, Criminals, France, ISIS, National Security, NSA, Radical Islam, War
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The View vs. Nurses Everywhere.
by Chuck Stanley My older son wrote to tell me he broke the internet today. No, I’m not kidding. The View, an ABC daytime talk show, is taking serious heat over comments their hosts made last Monday. Our readers may … Continue reading
Posted in Nurses
Tagged doctor's stethoscope, Dr. Mark Stanley, Facebook, Joy Behar, Kelley Johnson, Miss America Pageant, Miss Colorado, nurses, RN, stethoscopes, The VIew
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Day of Infamy for a Seventh Grader
by Chuck Stanley All of us have a Day of Infamy. For younger people, it is probably 9-11-2001. For older people, perhaps the assassinations of Dr. King, Bobby Kennedy, or President Kennedy. In my case, it is Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s … Continue reading
Posted in 9-11, American History, Terrorism
Tagged Brandi Stanley, CelticLassie, Memories, PTSD, World Trade Center
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Pilot saves lives by riding his plane into the ground instead of ejecting.
by Chuck Stanley There was a crash with fatalities at the Shoreham Airshow in West Sussex, England Saturday afternoon. A Hawker Hunter jet fighter was performing a loop, when it did not recover at the bottom of the loop. The … Continue reading
Posted in Airshow, Aviation, England
Tagged Andy Hill, Hawker Hunter, Shoreham Airshow, Shoreham Airshow crash
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So, this seven-foot sad clown walks into a bar….
by Chuck Stanley Puddles the sad clown. Puddles of Pity Party fame. Then he begins to speak….
Jesse LaGreca corrects a GOP logical error.
by Chuck Stanley Jesse LaGreca, journalist, who also blogs under the nom de plume MinistryOfTruth, nails exactly where the GOP went off the rails with the logical fail of the week.
Posted in Health Care, Hypocrisy, Reproductive Rights, Women's Rights
Tagged Jesse LaGreca, logic, NRA, Planned Parenthood
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BREAKING NEWS: Beloved teacher Dawson Tamatea gets world class send-off
by Chuck Stanley Dawson Tamatea was a PE and mathematics teacher at Palmerston North Boys’ High School in New Zealand. One of the most beloved teachers at the PNBHS, Mr. Tamatea died unexpectedly at age 55, passing away while sleeping. … Continue reading
Posted in Breaking News, Countries, Education, Memorial, New Zealand
Tagged Dawson Tamatea, Haka, Palmerston North Boys' High School
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Songs for Saturday: Turlough O’Carolan, The Blind Irish Harpist
By: Chuck Stanley Some three hundred years ago, if you had the pleasure of meeting him, he would have toldyou his name was Toirdhealbhach Ó Cearbhalláin. There is only one known authentic picture of O’Carolan. Obviously, this is a painting, … Continue reading
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