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~ Sadie watches over Carly ~ “Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.” ~ Proverbs 5:15 ~ “Happy is the man who finds a true friend, and far happier is he who finds that true friend in his wife.” ~ Franz Schubert ~ “By all means marry. If you get a good…
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Patrice, Everyday Ruralty, has another five questions making this Chat number 102! 1. Have you cooked any interesting dishes lately? Define interesting. 2. What question would you like to ask Wendell? Hay J wants to know how Wendell gets out of doing any work? (Not that Hay J needs any tips; he’s already the …
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“For your hands are defiled with blood And your fingers with iniquity; Your lips have spoken falsehood, Your tongue mutters wickedness.” ~ Isaiah 59:3 ~ In 1985, when Reagan was President, Libya killed Americans. He bombed their leader’s house. Libya was quiet for almost 25 years. Then somebody apologized here and here and here… Blessings ~ President Reagan ~ conservatives, whether Dems,…
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“God said to Jonah, “Do you do well to be angry…?” ~ Jonah 4:9 ~ “Indulge not thyself in the passion of anger; it is whetting a sword to wound thine own breast or murder a friend.” ~ Akhenaton ~ “Men often make up in wrath what they want in reason.” ~ William R. Alger ~ “The more anger towards…
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In 1994 the movie LASSIE was released to standing room only crowds in….where, where???? Tazewell, Virginia! More specifically, the Cove area of Tazewell County where, you might remember, Thistle Cove Farm is located. In fact, that’s our farm on the movie poster, in the distance, behind Lassie and the boy. Ever since Dave and I have lived here, we’ve had people…
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“I think that if anything exemplifies the overt prejudice and determination of the American media to report only the news that suits their social and political interests and concept of what does and does not fit their agenda, it’s the totally overblown coverage of something Paula Deen said 20 years ago, and some party she planned that she wanted to…
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“Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.” ~ Proverbs 27:2 ~ A man or woman wrapped up in themselves, makes a very small package.” ~ unknown ~ “Anger is the enemy of nonviolence and pride is the monster that swallows it up” ~ Gandhi ~ “Swallowing your pride seldom leads to…
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Hope you’re having a wonderful July 4th holiday; please watch Madison Rising to hear and see a stirring tribute to Star Spangled Banner. It puts to shame those poor white chicks, fat and skinny, who, supposedly in the guise of “art”, mangled that same song. I feel sorry for their captive audiences; no escape from either the embarrassment or their…
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WOW! Patrice has hit 100 Chats! For close to two years of Tuesdays on Everyday Rurality, she’s come up with five questions; here are today’s questions: 1. What’s the best advice anyone ever gave you? – Some of the best advice my parent’s gave me was, “You’ll learn the hard way or the easy way but you will learn.” They…
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Does anyone else find it more than a trifle upsetting the focus on Edward Snowden? All over the web one can read “Hero or Traitor?” Let me be perfectly clear… HERO! Why is it if a whistle blower blows the whistle on…say…Bill Gates…he’s a hero and the government loves him? But, let that same whistle blower blow the whistle on…
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“The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.” ~ Proverbs 18:10 ~ “The ache for home lives in all of us. The safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.” ~ Maya Angelou ~ “I finally figured out that not every crises can be managed. As…
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