Gilad Shalit “Then Jesus told them this parable: ‘Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders and goes...
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Patriot or Traitor Stonewall Jackson, George Marshall and Honor “The heart of VMI’s student government is the honor system. Although honor, like many idealistic concepts, defies exact definition, it clearly refers to relationships which govern society and which yield to the members of that society immediate and tangible benefits. The honor system at...
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Where are you from? The waitress did not seem to understand me, as I tried to place my order; thus I asked her if I had mispronounced poutine? She said no, smiled, and asked where I was from, taking me aback. I hesitated for a moment, wondering how to answer. I finally said...
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Digital Camera Envy? The first time I went to the Hoover Dam was with my Father, who took great joy in sharing the world with us. He would stop at historical sites, roadside curiosities, ball parks, interesting eateries, and natural wonders, weaving wonderful tales about the locations we were seeing, making sure...
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What do we treasure? Recently, I toured the Belz Museum in Memphis Tennessee, which specializes in Asian and Judaica works of art. http://www.belzmuseum.org/ ; the collection was quite fascinating; and you may be sure that I shall be sharing some of the work with you. Prominently displayed, was an intricately carved wood screen,...
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Another Wish for a Happy New Year I ushered the New Year in by hauling several plastic containers of collectible ephemera into the library, with the goal of bringing order back to my disheveled life, in the new house. As I started to go through the first container, I ran across a slew...
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I Hope You Had a Merry Christmas Christmas is normally my favorite holiday; and a time of year when I shift into automatic gear. This year, automatic gear did not work. For the previous ten to twelve years, this time of year meant a trip north, for Thanksgiving, with stops along the way,...
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It is Going to be Okay Our new house has what I think of as ridiculously high taxes, apparently we are in a great school system, but there is no trash pick-up! Coming from South Florida, where the trash is picked up, at your house, twice a week, including bulk pick-up, which will literally...
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The Cookie Jar The kitchen has not yet been painted, nor that hideous wall paper stripped – though all cabinets are clean and freshly lined. The new refrigerator is working beautifully and happily housing the magnets; the dishwasher finally arrived yesterday, it took three weeks to get here. I will spend a lot of...
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Change “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” ~ Leo Tolstoy ~ Lately, it seems that the only consistent thing in my life is change – except for my friends; I will get back to that one very important and invaluable element of life, later. Have you ever...
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