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Virginia Tolles
Dec 31 min read
A Battle Wages on the Bird Feeder
Same song, umpteenth verse. About four squirrels in our back yard are determined to take over the bird feeders, sending the birds flying...
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Virginia Tolles
Nov 251 min read
On this Thanksgiving Week . . .
. . . Let us be grateful for all that we have and for all the many blessings that we have received. . . . Let us remember those who are...
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Virginia Tolles
Nov 100 min read
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Virginia Tolles
Nov 62 min read
In Honor of Those Who Serve Us
Now, don't take me wrong. I know there are public servants who abuse the power of their positions. Sad, but true. Most, however, are...
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Virginia Tolles
Nov 41 min read
How to Prepare for the End Times
Not long ago, a YouTuber posted a video about BRICS (Brazil, Russian, India, China, and South Africa*) trying to take over the dollar....
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Virginia Tolles
Nov 41 min read
“Rejection is God’s protection and redirection.”
Have you ever heard the expression, “Rejection is God’s protection and redirection”? Neither had I until yesterday, when NataLee...
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Virginia Tolles
Nov 42 min read
‘Tis sad times in DC
So tense has the presidential election campaign been that extra caution is being taken around the White House, the Eisenhower Executive...
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Virginia Tolles
Oct 312 min read
To Publish or Not to Publish
Sometimes, publishing a book feels like giving away something that is near and dear to us. If we seek an agent and traditional publisher,...
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Virginia Tolles
Oct 211 min read
Don't Judge an Actor by the Characters He Portrays
When I think of a good example of why I should not decide what kind of person an actor is, I think of Elliott Street. Although he was a...
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Virginia Tolles
Oct 152 min read
Tiny Home Communities for Homeless Veterans
Watch this video about a tiny home community for veterans in Kansas City . A movement has been growing for the past six or seven years to...
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Virginia Tolles
Oct 151 min read
A Very Pleasant Memory
I was given pause to remember a time in high school when we watched a film showing Dr. Michael DeBakey and Dr. Denton Cooley performing...
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Virginia Tolles
Oct 152 min read
What a Trip!
Roger Chavers via Wikimedia Commons As with every adventure, there were good points and not-so-good points. The drive across US...
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Virginia Tolles
Oct 152 min read
I'm a Trainaholic. That is, I Love Trains!
Webmaster C and I are going back to ride the Arkansas & Missouri Railroad's excursion train. Last year, we rode aboard the former...
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Virginia Tolles
Jul 81 min read
Words of Wisdom: Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight David Eisenhower (White House - public domain via Wikimedia Commons) On the occasion of his inauguration as President of the...
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Virginia Tolles
Aug 25, 20232 min read
Our Presidents Fly High in Style
The name “Air Force One” is used to describe the airplane on which the president flies. Regardless of whether he is aboard a VC-137...
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Virginia Tolles
Jun 16, 20231 min read
As I Look from My Window . . .
…Two finches are having their breakfast at the thistle feeder. A dove is dining on the ground beneath another feeder, while another dove...
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Virginia Tolles
Jun 14, 20233 min read
The Typewriter and Beyond
In June 2016, the Farmer’s Almanac honored inventor Christopher Latham Sholes for the patent he received on June 23, 1868, for the...
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