“where do consequences lead? depends on the escort.”
-stanislaw lem
Mar31
Category Archives: u.s.a.
Nov11
every day.
“heroism is endurance for one moment more.”
-george f. kennan
thank you to all veterans, today, and every day
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holland, michigan, usa – summer, 2021
Jun10
an untiring effort.
“democracy is never a final achievement. it is a call to an untiring effort.”
-john f. kennedy
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image credit: pngtree.com
Feb15
voice of america.
on president’s day
remembering those placemats that taught us about our country
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“justice is conscience, not a personal conscience but the conscience of the whole of humanity,
those who clearly recognize the voice of their own conscience usually recognize also the voice of justice.”
-aleksandr solzhenitsyn
Aug23
post office.
Ochopee has one 131-mile mail route that serves more than 900 residents. The mail route covers deliveries in three counties and includes delivery on the Miccosukee Indian Reservation. The tiny building used to serve as a storage shed for irrigation pipes for a tomato farm but was pressed into service as post office after the Ochopee general store/post office was destroyed in a fire in 1953.
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“another success is the post office, with its educating energy augmented by cheapness and guarded by a certain religious sentiment in mankind; so that the power fo a wafer or a drop of wax or gluten to guard a letter, as it flies over sea, over land, and comes to its address as if a battalion of artillery brought it, i look upon as a fine meter of civilization.”
-ralph waldo emerson
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stand up for the u.s.p.s
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credits: patrick riley, naples daily news, luke franke, orlando sentinel
Jul20
get on the bus.
what an adventure it would be to travel on the ‘make america kind again’ bus
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“human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the figure of a free people.
a nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.”
-Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States
Jul17
wits end.
“i would challenge you to a battle of wits, but i see you are unarmed.”
-william shakespeare
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photo credit: gregory dukor/reuters, google images
Nov11
thank you for your service.
caring for veterans shouldn’t be a partisan issue.
it should an american one.
– jennifer granholm
Feb16
americans kick off the week with a day off. some of us.
here’s the most amazing thing you’ll ever read about our 10th president:
john tyler was born in 1790.
he took office in 1841, after william henry harrison died.
and he has two living grandchildren.
not great-great-great-grandchildren.
their dad was tyler’s son.
HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?
the tyler men have a habit of having kids very late in life.
lyon gardiner tyler, one of president tyler’s 15 kids, was born in 1853.
he fathered lyon gardiner tyler jr. in 1924, and harrison ruffin tyler in 1928.
harrison tyler has been interviewed in the last few years for new york magazine.
lyon tyler spoke to the daughters of the american revolution a while back.
it’s all in the math.
his living legacy continues.
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credits: j.english, mentalflossmagazine, google images
Jul4
happy 4th of july
freedom lies in being bold.
robert frost
I didn't have my glasses on.... 